Love Letters (1945 film)

Love Letters
Promotional poster
Directed byWilliam Dieterle
Screenplay byAyn Rand
Based onPity My Simplicity
by Christopher Massie
Produced byHal B. Wallis
StarringJennifer Jones
Joseph Cotten
Ann Richards
Cecil Kellaway
Gladys Cooper
Anita Louise
CinematographyLee Garmes
Edited byAnne Bauchens
Music byVictor Young
Production
company
Hal Wallis Productions
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • October 26, 1945 (1945-10-26)
Running time
101 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Love Letters is a 1945 American romantic film noir directed by William Dieterle from a screenplay by Ayn Rand, based on the novel Pity My Simplicity by Christopher Massie. It stars Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Ann Richards, Cecil Kellaway, Gladys Cooper and Anita Louise. The plot tells the story of a man falling in love with an amnesiac woman with two personalities, who is believed to have killed his soldier friend.

The film was nominated for four Academy Awards, including a Best Actress in a Leading Role nomination for Jones.