*gasp* Nineteen fortynine! I just have 12 more movies to go for this blog project!
This is pretty good. We get presented with three women’s lives, possibly at a pivotal point for any of them, and it’s pretty interesting. But mainly I’m wondering whether Ingmar Bergman saw this movie and then thought, hmm, I can do this a lot better. And then did.
Because this pales in comparison with that movie, of course.
Still: It’s a solid movie. It’s mainly let down by the performances; and mainly the performances of the men. I don’t really buy any of them as real characters.
The disc includes the radio play (that the movie’s based on?), and it’s a lot funnier than the movie. The movie goes for pathos, while the radio play goes for slapstick. It’s fun!
A Letter To Three Wives. Joseph L. Mankiewicz. 1949.
Popular movies in January 1949 according to IMDB:
| Poster | Votes | Rating | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|
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6538 | 7.9 | A Letter to Three Wives |
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1552 | 7.7 | The Passionate Friends |
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5293 | 7.6 | Criss Cross |
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3206 | 7.5 | Act of Violence |
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504 | 6.9 | The Accused |
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245 | 6.8 | The Sun Comes Up |
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817 | 6.6 | Shockproof |
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1019 | 6.1 | A Woman’s Secret |
This blog post is part of the Decade series.