The Letter

3/17/19291h 5m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ Blinded by the fury of passion - by the despair of a lost love -- she had not reckoned with "The Letter" ~

Overview:

A plantation owner's wife goes on trial for shooting a man she says attacked her, but a handwritten letter reveals otherwise.

Director:

Jean de Limur

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

Cast

Jeanne Eagels

~ as ~

Leslie Crosbie

Reginald Owen

~ as ~

Robert Crosbie

Herbert Marshall

~ as ~

Geoffrey Hammond

Irene Browne

~ as ~

Mrs. Joyce

O. P. Heggie

~ as ~

Joyce

Lady Tsen Mei

~ as ~

Li-Ti

Tamaki Yoshiwara

~ as ~

Ong Chi Seng

Fredi Washington

~ as ~

Opium Den Dancer (Uncredited)

Isabel Washington

~ as ~

Opium Den Dancer (Uncredited)

Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 3 year(s) ago
7
This is a superb character-driven performance from Jeanne Eagels as the bored wife who turns from her indifferent husband "Robert" (Reginald Owen) to the caddish "Geoffrey" (Herbert Marshall). When the latter shows her his true colours, he gets his comeuppance and a trial ensues. Provocation bordering on attempted rape is cited and she looks set for acquittal until it emerges that his Chinese mistress is in possession of a letter that might not quite support her version of the story - and she wants £10,000 for it! The production is quite heavily styled, very theatrical without very much visual intensity (the print I saw was really rather dark and gloomy) - but it's the performance from the star that sets this apart. She is enthralling, her stage background helping to provide us with an excellent tour de force that is really good to watch.