Love Letters (1945)

Love Letters (1945) (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Oscar Academy Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Mono )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
97 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1945 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
William Dieterle

Written By:
Ayn Rand
Christopher Massie

Actors:
Jennifer Jones ..... Singleton
Joseph Cotten ..... Allen Quinton
Ann Richards ..... Dilly Carson
Cecil Kellaway ..... Mac
Gladys Cooper ..... Beatrice Remington
Anita Louise ..... Helen Wentworth
Robert Sully ..... Roger Morland
Reginald Denny ..... Defense Counsel Phillips
Ernest Cossart ..... Bishop
Byron Barr ..... Derek Quinton

Synopsis:

Ayn Rand wrote this adaptation of Chris Massie's book Pity Mr. Simplicity, about a soldier who falls in love with a former comrade's wife - an amnesiac who may have murdered her husband. The story begins in Italy when two soldiers, Allen Quinton (Joseph Cotten) and Roger Morland (Robert Sully), hatch a scheme concerning Singleton (Jennifer Jones), his girl back home. Allen agrees to write love letters to Singleton for his friend and, based on the heartfelt emotions evident in the letters, she falls in love with Roger. Returning home, Singleton and Roger marry, but Roger proves to be a drunken, abusive husband. One night, as Roger is beating Singleton, he is stabbed to death by her stepmother. Singleton goes in to shock, rendering her unable to recall the murder, while her stepmother has a stroke, making her unable to speak. Accused of murder, Singleton is sentenced to a year in jail. Allen, in the meantime, hears about the murder of his friend and comes to visit Singleton, and the two proceed to fall in love.

In wartime Italy, thoughtful soldier Allen Quinton writes love letters for comrade Roger to Victoria, whom he's never met. He later hears that she and Roger are married, then that Roger is dead. Wounded, Allen retires to his late aunt's Essex farmhouse, which oddly enough is near Victoria's old home...where he's told she, too, is dead. Back in London, Allen meets Singleton, a beautiful amnesiac. Despite mutual attraction, their relationship seems doomed from the start...

During WWII, a British soldier has been writing love letters for a friend, but finds himself falling in love with the woman from afar. When his friend is killed, the letter writer tries to find out more about the woman, but finds his way obscured by a scandal no one will talk about. As he investigates he discovers that the disappearance of the woman is related to the mysterious circumstances of his friend's death.

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