A letter to three wives
By: Twentieth Century Fox presents ; produced by Sol C. Siegel ; screenplay and direction, Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Contributors: Crain, Jeanne; Darnell, Linda, 1923-1965; Sothern, Ann, 1909-2001; Douglas, Kirk, 1916-; Douglas, Paul, 1907-1959; Lawrence, Barbara, 1930-2013; Lynn, Jeffrey, 1909-1995; Gilchrist, Connie, 1901-1985; Bates, Florence, 1888-1954; Cavanaugh, Hobart, 1886-1950; Miller, Arthur C.; Webb, J. Watson, Jr., 1916-2000; Newman, Alfred, 1901-1970; Caspary, Vera, 1899-1987; Geist, Kenneth L.; Klempner, John, 1898-1972; Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
Series: 20th Century Fox studio classics -- 27; Studio classic -- 27.
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 103
Subjects: Drama; Film adaptations; Married people; Letters; Adultery
Description: Slice of Americana about three women on a group vacation receiving a letter from a flirt who has run off with one of their husbands- but who leaves the wives guessing as to whose husband has been stolen.
Notes: Originally released as a motion picture in 1949.

Adapted by Vera Caspary from the novel : Letter to five wives / by John Klempner.

Special features: optional commentary with Kenneth Geist, Cheryl Lower and Christopher Mankiewicz ; "Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel", an A & E Network Biography program (45 min.); Fox Movietone News (Oscar footage); restoration comparison; theatrical trailer (3 min.).

Director of photography, Arthur Miller ; editor, J. Watson Webb Jr. ; music, Alfred Newman ; costume designer, Kay Nelson.

Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell, Ann Sothern, Kirk Douglas, Paul Douglas, Barbara Lawrence, Jeffrey Lynn, Connie Gilchrist, Florence Bates, Hobart Cavanaugh.

MPAA rating: Not rated.

DVD, NTSC, region 1, full screen format (1.33:1); Dolby digital 2.0, 1.0.

In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH) or Spanish subtitles.

Academy Awards, Best Director and Screenplay of 1949, Joseph L. Mankiewicz.