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The Letter
(1929) United States of America
B&W : Six reels / 5778 feet / 62 minutes
Directed by Jean de Limur
Cast: Jeanne Eagels [Leslie Crosbie], O.P. Heggie [Joyce], Reginald Owen [Robert Crosbie], Herbert Marshall [Geoffrey Hammond], Irene Brown [Mrs. Joyce], Lady Tsen Mei [Li-Ti], Tamaki Yoshiwara [On Chi Seng], Irene Brown, Kenneth Thompson
Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation. / Produced by Monta Bell. Screenplay by Garrett Fort, with dialogue by Jean de Limur and Monta Bell, from an adaptation by Garrett Fort of the play The Letter by William Somerset Maugham. Cinematography by George Folsey. Film editors, Jean de Limur and Monta Bell. Intertitles written by Mort Blumenstock. / © 13 April 1929 by Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation [LP307]. Premiered 7 March 1929 in New York, New York. Released 13 April 1929. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Paramount’s first full-sound feature shot at the Astoria Studios on Long Island, New York. / Full-sound film.
Drama.
Survival status: Print exists in the Museum of Modern Art film archive.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Synchronized sound film
Listing updated: 4 October 2014.
References: Steinbrunner-Encyclopedia p. 284; Vermilye-Twenties pp. 230-232 : ClasIm-241 p. C11 : Website-AFI.
Home video: DVD.
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