The Letter (1929 film)

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film

The Letter (1929 film) is an early American drama film adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham’s play, notable as a pre-Code production that preceded the more famous 1940 version starring Bette Davis.

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The Letter (1940 film) 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
basedOn The Letter (play) NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOnWorkBy W. Somerset Maugham NERFINISHED ⓘ
blackAndWhite true ⓘ
castMember Herbert Marshall NERFINISHED ⓘ
Irene Browne NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jeanne Eagels NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lady Tsen Mei NERFINISHED ⓘ
O. P. Heggie NERFINISHED ⓘ
Reginald Owen NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterIn The Letter (play) NERFINISHED ⓘ
cinematographyBy Arthur L. Todd NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Jean de Limur NERFINISHED ⓘ
distributor Paramount Pictures ⓘ
era early sound era ⓘ
featuresCharacter Geoffrey Hammond NERFINISHED ⓘ
Leslie Crosbie NERFINISHED ⓘ
Robert Crosbie NERFINISHED ⓘ
filmFormat 35 mm ⓘ
followedBy The Letter (1940 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
hasLaterAdaptation The Letter (1940 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTheme betrayal ⓘ
colonialism ⓘ
jealousy ⓘ
isPreCodeFilm true ⓘ
narrativeFocus adultery ⓘ
crime of passion ⓘ
murder trial ⓘ
notableAs early sound adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham’s play ⓘ
pre-Code Hollywood production ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
precededBy The Letter (1927 play) NERFINISHED ⓘ
producer Monty Banks NERFINISHED ⓘ
productionCompany Paramount Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ
releaseDate 1929-04-20 ⓘ
releaseYear 1929 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 65 ⓘ
screenwriter Garrett Fort NERFINISHED ⓘ
Monty Banks NERFINISHED ⓘ
settingLocation British Malaya NERFINISHED ⓘ
stars Jeanne Eagels NERFINISHED ⓘ

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The Letter → previousAdaptation → The Letter (1929 film) ⓘ
subject surface form: The Letter (1940 film)
Leon Gordon → workedOn → The Letter (1929 film) ⓘ
Elizabeth Inglis → notableWork → The Letter (1929 film) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Letter (1940 film)
Reginald Owen → notableWork → The Letter (1929 film) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Letter (1940 film)
Ernest Cossart → performedIn → The Letter (1929 film) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Letter (1940 film)