A Letter to Three Wives

A Letter to Three Wives
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJoseph L. Mankiewicz
Screenplay byJoseph L. Mankiewicz
Adaptation:
Vera Caspary
Based onA Letter to Five Wives
1945 novel in Hearst's International Cosmopolitan
by John Klempner
Produced bySol C. Siegel
StarringJeanne Crain
Linda Darnell
Ann Sothern
Kirk Douglas
Paul Douglas
Jeffrey Lynn
CinematographyArthur C. Miller
Edited byJ. Watson Webb Jr.
Music byAlfred Newman
Production
company
20th Century Fox
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release dates
  • January 20, 1949 (1949-01-20) (New York)
  • [1] ([1])
  • February 3, 1949 (1949-02-03)
Running time
103 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$2,750,000 [2]

A Letter to Three Wives is a 1949 American romantic drama directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and starring Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell and Ann Sothern. The film was adapted by Vera Caspary and written for the screen by Mankiewicz from A Letter to Five Wives, a story by John Klempner that appeared in Cosmopolitan, based on Klempner's 1945 novel.[3][4]

The film won Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay, and it was nominated for Best Picture.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference nytreview was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Top Grossers of 1949". Variety. 4 January 1950. p. 59.
  3. ^ Stern, Sydney Ladensohn (2019). The Brothers Mankiewicz: Hope, Heartbreak, and Hollywood Classics. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 978-1617032677.
  4. ^ Picturegoer, 4 June 1949, p.16