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A Letter to Three Wives(1949)
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DRAMA
ROMANCE

Lora May Hollingsway, who grew up next to the wrong side of the tracks, married her boss who thinks she is just a gold digger. Rita Phipps makes as much money writing radio scripts at night as her school teacher husband does. Deborah Bishop looked great in a Navy uniform in WWII but fears she'll never be dressed just right for the Country Club set. These three wives are boarding a boat filled with children going on a picnic when a messenger on a bicycle hands them a letter addressed to all three from Addie who has just left town with one of their husbands. They won't know which one until that night.

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namecharacter
Florence Bates Mrs. Manleigh
Hobart Cavanaugh Mr. Manleigh
Jeanne Crain Deborah Bishop
Linda Darnell Lora Mae Hollingsway
John Davidson John, First Waiter (uncredited)
Kirk Douglas George Phipps
Paul Douglas Porter Hollingsway
Franklyn Farnum Country Club Member (uncredited)
Connie Gilchrist Mrs. Ruby Finney
Celeste Holm Addie Ross (voice) (uncredited)
Barbara Lawrence Georgiana 'Babe' Finney
Jeffrey Lynn Bradford 'Brad' Bishop
Mae Marsh Miss Jenkins (uncredited)
Thelma Ritter Sadie Dugan (uncredited)
Ann Sothern Rita Phipps
Carl Switzer Leo, Second Messenger (uncredited)
name 
John Klempner writer (original)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz director, screenplay
Alfred Newman composer
Sol C. Siegel producer
yearawardcategoryname
1949 Academy Award Best Director Joseph L. Mankiewicz
1949 Academy Award Best Screenplay Joseph L. Mankiewicz