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  2. A Letter to Three Wives - Wikipedia

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    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. Joseph L. Mankiewicz - Wikipedia

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    Joseph Leo Mankiewicz (/ ˈ m æ ŋ k ə w ɪ t s / MANG-kə-wits; February 11, 1909 – February 5, 1993) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer.Mankiewicz had a long Hollywood career, and won both the Academy Award for Best Director and the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay in consecutive years for A Letter to Three Wives (1949) and All About Eve (1950), the latter ...

  4. Three Husbands (1951 film) - Wikipedia

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    The unnamed New York Times reviewer compared it unfavorably to the similar A Letter to Three Wives, which Three Husbands screenwriter Vera Caspary also had a hand in, writing " where 'A Letter to Three Wives' was a dramatic, biting commentary, which often was uproariously funny, 'Three Husbands' is merely a slick sleight-of-hand, ably performed, but chucklesome only in spots."

  5. Jeanne Crain - Wikipedia

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    A Letter to Three Wives (1949), where she was top-billed, was a solid box-office hit that won Joseph L. Mankiewicz two Oscars and is considered a classic. The Fan , directed by Preminger and based on Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde , was poorly received.

  6. Linda Darnell - Wikipedia

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    She longed for the leading role in the controversial film Pinky (1949), but Zanuck feared that her character would be compared to Amber by the audience, and A Letter to Three Wives co-star Jeanne Crain was cast instead. [1]: 114 Darnell had been widely expected to win an Academy Award nomination for A Letter to Three Wives. When this did not ...

  7. Vera Caspary - Wikipedia

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    Caspary made it a practice only to accept jobs of adaptation; she found it more creative and fun, as in the case of John Klempner's book Letter to Five Wives, filmed under the title A Letter to Three Wives. To streamline the film, one wife was eliminated by Caspary, and when the script reached production, Joseph L. Mankiewicz removed another ...

  8. List of fiction works made into feature films (K–R) - Wikipedia

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    A Letter to Five Wives (1945), John Klempner A Letter to Three Wives (1949) A Letter to Three Wives (1985) [N 4] The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (1759–1767), Laurence Sterne: A Cock and Bull Story (2006) The Life Before Us (French: La vie devant soi) (1975), Romain Gary (as Émile Ajar) Madame Rosa (1977) The Life Before ...

  9. List of American films of 1949 - Wikipedia

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    Title Director Cast Genre Notes Abandoned: Joseph M. Newman: Dennis O'Keefe, Gale Storm, Jeff Chandler: Film noir: Universal: Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff ...