A Letter to Three Wives (1949) [w/Commentary]

Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Writers: Vera Caspary (adaptation), John Klempner (Cosmopolitan Magazine novel)
Stars: Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell, Ann Sothern

Lora May Hollingsway, who grew up next to the wrong side of the tracks, married her boss who thinks she is just a gold digger. Rita Phipps makes as much money writing radio scripts at night as her school teacher husband does. Deborah Bishop looked great in a Navy uniform in WWII but fears she'll never be dressed just right for the Country Club set. These three wives are boarding a boat filled with children going on a picnic when a messenger on a bicycle hands them a letter addressed to all three from Addie who has just left town with one of their husbands. They won't know which one until that night.



Audio Commentary by Mankiewicz biographer Kenneth Geist, film historian Cheryl Lower, and actor Christopher Mankiewicz, the director's son

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