Bette Davis as Leslie Crosbie
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Bette Davis as Leslie Crosbie is the iconic lead performance in the 1940 film noir drama "The Letter," in which Davis plays a seemingly refined colonial wife whose involvement in a murder exposes deep moral ambiguity.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character portrayal
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film role ⓘ |
| academyAwardsContext | The Letter (1940) received multiple Academy Award nominations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| antagonistInStory | Mrs. Hammond NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| antagonistPortrayedBy | Gale Sondergaard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInFilm | The Letter (1940 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithGenreCycle | classic Hollywood film noir ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Letter (play) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | W. Somerset Maugham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| blackAndWhiteFilm | true ⓘ |
| characterName | Leslie Crosbie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterOccupationOrStatus | colonial wife ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
emotionally complex
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morally ambiguous ⓘ outwardly refined ⓘ |
| countryOfFilmProduction | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmCinematographyBy | Tony Gaudio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmDirector | William Wyler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmDistributor | Warner Bros. Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmGenre |
drama film
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film noir ⓘ |
| filmMusicBy | Max Steiner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYear | 1940 ⓘ |
| filmScreenwriter | Howard E. Koch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmStudio | Warner Bros. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| involvedIn | murder of Geoff Hammond NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| keyProp | incriminating letter ⓘ |
| languageOfFilm | English ⓘ |
| lawyerInStory | Howard Joyce NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lawyerPortrayedBy | James Stephenson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | protagonist ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
colonialism
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crime and guilt ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ |
| performanceReputation |
iconic Bette Davis performance
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one of Bette Davis’s notable 1940s roles ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Bette Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingRegion | British Malaya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouseInStory | Robert Crosbie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spousePortrayedBy | Herbert Marshall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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subject surface form:
The Letter (1940 film)