The Letter (1929) On DVD

Actor :      Jeanne Eagels, O. P. Heggie, Reginald Owen, Herbert Marshall, Lady Tsen Mei
Director:   Jean De Limur
Genre:       Mystery
Year:          1929
Studio:       Warner Archive
Length:      60
Released: November 2, 2011
Rating:       Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format:      DVD
Misc:          NTSC
Language: English
subtutles:  N/A

DESCRIPTION:

Adulteress Leslie Crosbie fires a bullet into her lover then, for good measure, five more. At trial, her plaintive testimony tilts the jury toward acquittal. Then scheming Leslie learns someone has a telltale letter she wrote to her paramour. Starring in the 1929 screen tale of Somerset Maugham's The Letter is the actress who made a name for herself as the stage's Sadie Thompson in Maugham's Rain: Jeanne Eagels. As Bette Davis did when she famously played Leslie 11 years later, Eagels earned a Best Actress Oscar(r) nomination for her volatile performance. Eagels tragically died six months after the film; today it remains the lone available talkie testament to her talent. Kim Novak played Eagels in 1957's biopic Jeanne Eagels.