A Letter to Three Wives

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A Letter to Three Wives is a 1949 American drama film that intertwines the stories of three women who each fear their husband has run off with the same mutual friend.

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A Letter to Three Wives canonical 12
Four Wives 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film
drama film
film
award Academy Award for Best Director
Academy Award for Best Screenplay
surface form: Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay
basedOn A Letter to Five Wives
novel by John Klempner
blackAndWhite true
cinematographyBy Arthur C. Miller
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Joseph L. Mankiewicz
distributedBy 20th Century Fox
distributedInFormat theatrical film
distributor 20th Century Fox
editedBy J. Watson Webb Jr.
era Hollywood Golden Age
surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood
filmingProcess black-and-white photography
genre drama
romantic drama
hasAlternateVersion radio adaptation
hasTheme female friendship
infidelity
marriage
language English
medium cinema
musicBy Alfred Newman
narratedBy Celeste Holm
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Picture
notableFor ensemble female cast
innovative narrative structure
originalLanguage English
plotSummary Three women receive a letter from a mutual friend claiming she has run off with one of their husbands, without saying which one.
producer Sol C. Siegel
productionCompany 20th Century Fox
releaseDateUS 1949-01-20
releaseYear 1949
runtimeMinutes 103
screenplayBy Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Vera Caspary
screenwriter Joseph L. Mankiewicz
setting suburban United States
stars Ann Sothern
Jeanne Crain
Jeffrey Lynn
Kirk Douglas
Linda Darnell
Paul Douglas
structure interlocking stories

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Joseph L. Mankiewicz notableWork A Letter to Three Wives
Joseph L. Mankiewicz directed A Letter to Three Wives
Joseph L. Mankiewicz wroteScreenplayFor A Letter to Three Wives
Julius J. Epstein notableWork A Letter to Three Wives
this entity surface form: Four Wives
Four Daughters hasSequel A Letter to Three Wives
this entity surface form: Four Wives
Sol C. Siegel notableWork A Letter to Three Wives
1950 Academy Awards bestDirectorFilm A Letter to Three Wives
1950 Academy Awards bestStoryWinner A Letter to Three Wives
Linda Darnell notableWork A Letter to Three Wives
Paul Douglas notableWork A Letter to Three Wives
Robert Parrish edited A Letter to Three Wives
Jeanne Crain notableWork A Letter to Three Wives
Jeffrey Lynn notableWork A Letter to Three Wives
Jeffrey Lynn performedIn A Letter to Three Wives