A Letter to Three Wives (1949) - September 17, 2013 Pre-order - Blu-ray Forum

Akijama · 06-26-2013, 01:57 PM

A Letter to Three Wives Blu-ray

Courtesy of Fox

BONUS FEATURES:

Commentary by Christopher Mankiewicz with Joseph L. Mankiewicz biographers Kenneth Geist and Cheryl Lower
"Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel" as seen on Biography
Movietone News Footage (Oscar Presentations)
Restoration Comparison
Theatrical Trailer

Scottie · 06-26-2013, 02:07 PM

Big fan of All About Eve and the plot sounds great, so I'll more than likely give it a blind buy. Thanks!

tama · 06-26-2013, 02:14 PM

Outstanding film

RiFiFi1955 · 06-26-2013, 02:15 PM

Haven't seen this one, can't wait to check it out. Beautiful cover art too.

drak b · 06-26-2013, 03:20 PM

Man, Fox is really doing a great job with the classics on BR recently! I hope that this keeps up and inspires other studios to open their vaults.

Having seen the Simpsons parody ("Moe Letter Blues," S21E21), I am really looking forward to seeing the original.

Arkadin · 06-26-2013, 06:42 PM

great news--another Fox studio classics' dvd title coming to blu.

still wish the studios would stop with the color artwork on b&w films.
just looks weird imo.
btw: really want Peyton Place, The Snake Pit and The Inn of Sixth Happiness.

abudgell · 06-26-2013, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Arkadin

btw: really want Peyton Place, The Snake Pit and The Inn of Sixth Happiness.

I'd love those three as well, but especially "The Snake Pit". Anything with Olivia is welcome!

BluPat · 06-26-2013, 08:34 PM

Beautiful artwork! Never seen this but the story sounds good. I will definitely pick it up Day 1!

zoodermin · 06-26-2013, 11:29 PM

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Originally Posted by iScottie

Big fan of All About Eve and the plot sounds great, so I'll more than likely give it a blind buy. Thanks!

Same here! I blind bought All About Eve when it came out and now is one of my favorite films so I'm gonna do the same with this one. I'm sure I won't be disappointed!

Deciazulado · 06-28-2013, 03:50 PM

A Letter to Three Wives Blu-ray

bluknight1 · 06-28-2013, 10:33 PM

A long-awaited announcement! Thank God this one didn't go to Twilight Time. Hopefully Fox has done a masterful job with remastering because the DVD's audio left A LOT to be desired.

bluknight1 · 06-29-2013, 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by zoodermin

Same here! I blind bought All About Eve when it came out and now is one of my favorite films so I'm gonna do the same with this one. I'm sure I won't be disappointed!

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Originally Posted by BluPat

Beautiful artwork! Never seen this but the story sounds good. I will definitely pick it up Day 1!

Neither of you will be disappointed. It's not as good as All About Eve IMO, but it's still an amazingly well scripted and well directed film typical of Mankiewicz.

Geode · 06-30-2013, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by bluknight1

Neither of you will be disappointed. It's not as good as All About Eve IMO, but it's still an amazingly well scripted and well directed film typical of Mankiewicz.

I know I am in a minority, but as much as I like "All About Eve" I think this film is a tad better.

bluknight1 · 07-03-2013, 12:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Geode

I know I am in a minority, but as much as I like "All About Eve" I think this film is a tad better.

Hey, we all have our opinions. Yours is as welcome as mine. I'm actually going to reevaluate both of them once this Blu-ray comes out because I feel my opinion of A Letter to Three Wives may have been tainted by poor audio quality (crackles, fluttering, distortion, etc.) in previous presentations over the years.

I hope Fox releases some more of Mankiewicz' films on Blu-ray like Somewhere in the Night and Five Fingers, the latter of which is long overdue on digital media stateside.

Edward J Grug III · 07-03-2013, 01:45 AM

First I've heard of the movie, but I'm in!

James Luckard · 07-03-2013, 05:14 AM

Never seen the film, but always thought this famous story was funny, per Wikipedia:

"At one point, the film was called A Letter to Four Wives. When submitting the adapted screenplay to 20th Century-Fox chief Darryl F. Zanuck, Joseph L. Mankiewicz mentioned that he found it too long and asked how Zanuck felt about shortening the movie. "Take out one of the wives," Zanuck replied. "

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Letter_to_Three_Wives

Hawkguy · 07-03-2013, 05:17 AM

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Originally Posted by bluknight1

Neither of you will be disappointed. It's not as good as All About Eve IMO, but it's still an amazingly well scripted and well directed film typical of Mankiewicz.

This. I don't think it's as good either, but it's better than expected, for sure.

loborahul · 09-09-2013, 03:58 PM

Wasn't expecting this movie to come to India. Pleasantly surprised. 20th keep on bringing the goodies.

loborahul · 09-12-2013, 04:28 PM

Review is up on dvdbeaver. Check it out.

Brad1963 · 09-18-2013, 02:45 AM

I went looking for it today at Fry's, found it in the "Comedy Section" under the letter "T" for "Three Wives". Gotta love Fry's.

The PQ looks quite nice, I have to say Fox has done a tremendous job with classic films this year.

06-26-2013, 01:57 PM	#1
Akijama Banned Top contributor Member since:Oct 2011	A Letter to Three Wives (1949) - September 17, 2013 Pre-order A Letter to Three Wives Blu-ray Courtesy of Fox BONUS FEATURES: Commentary by Christopher Mankiewicz with Joseph L. Mankiewicz biographers Kenneth Geist and Cheryl Lower "Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel" as seen on Biography Movietone News Footage (Oscar Presentations) Restoration Comparison Theatrical Trailer Last edited by Deciazulado; 06-28-2013 at 03:50 PM.

06-26-2013, 06:42 PM	#6
Arkadin Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Mar 2007 Location:...somewhere in Sweden Blu-ray collection:- Blu-ray reviews: 1 Trading Score:9	great news--another Fox studio classics' dvd title coming to blu. still wish the studios would stop with the color artwork on b&w films. just looks weird imo. btw: really want Peyton Place, The Snake Pit and The Inn of Sixth Happiness. Last edited by Arkadin; 06-26-2013 at 06:45 PM.

06-28-2013, 03:50 PM	#10
Deciazulado Site Manager Top contributor Member since:Aug 2006 Location:USiberia Home Theater Gallery:6 4K collection:1159 Blu-ray collection:7044 DVD collection:4040	Pre-order A Letter to Three Wives Blu-ray

06-26-2013, 02:07 PM	#2
Scottie Moderator Top contributor Member since:Oct 2010 Location:Rhode Island Trading Score:647	Big fan of All About Eve and the plot sounds great, so I'll more than likely give it a blind buy. Thanks!

06-26-2013, 02:14 PM	#3
tama Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Nov 2010 Location:San Jose, CA 4K collection:685 Blu-ray collection:1229	Outstanding film

06-26-2013, 02:15 PM	#4
RiFiFi1955 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jun 2012 Location:Albany, NY 4K collection:104 Blu-ray collection:1930	Haven't seen this one, can't wait to check it out. Beautiful cover art too.

06-26-2013, 03:20 PM	#5
drak b Senior Member Top contributor Member since:Jul 2010 Location:Southern Utah 4K collection:440 Blu-ray collection:3569 Trading Score:2	Man, Fox is really doing a great job with the classics on BR recently! I hope that this keeps up and inspires other studios to open their vaults. Having seen the Simpsons parody ("Moe Letter Blues," S21E21), I am really looking forward to seeing the original.

06-26-2013, 08:34 PM	#8
BluPat Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Nov 2008 Location:Texas 4K collection:241 Blu-ray collection:1455 Blu-ray reviews: 80 Trading Score:4	Beautiful artwork! Never seen this but the story sounds good. I will definitely pick it up Day 1!

06-28-2013, 10:33 PM	#11
bluknight1 Senior Member Top contributor Member since:Jun 2012 Blu-ray collection:- DVD collection:- Blu-ray reviews: 63	A long-awaited announcement! Thank God this one didn't go to Twilight Time. Hopefully Fox has done a masterful job with remastering because the DVD's audio left A LOT to be desired.

07-03-2013, 01:45 AM	#15
Edward J Grug III Power Member Member since:Mar 2013 4K collection:5 Blu-ray collection:1110	First I've heard of the movie, but I'm in!

07-03-2013, 05:14 AM	#16
James Luckard Blu-ray Count Top contributor Member since:Jan 2011 Location:Los Angeles, CA 4K collection:397 Blu-ray collection:1805 Blu-ray reviews: 34	Never seen the film, but always thought this famous story was funny, per Wikipedia: "At one point, the film was called A Letter to Four Wives. When submitting the adapted screenplay to 20th Century-Fox chief Darryl F. Zanuck, Joseph L. Mankiewicz mentioned that he found it too long and asked how Zanuck felt about shortening the movie. "Take out one of the wives," Zanuck replied. " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Letter_to_Three_Wives

09-09-2013, 03:58 PM	#18
loborahul Member Member since:Aug 2012	Wasn't expecting this movie to come to India. Pleasantly surprised. 20th keep on bringing the goodies.

09-12-2013, 04:28 PM	#19
loborahul Member Member since:Aug 2012	Review is up on dvdbeaver. Check it out.

09-18-2013, 02:45 AM	#20
Brad1963 Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Feb 2008 Location:Los Angeles, CA 4K collection:344 Blu-ray collection:1686 DVD collection:1 Blu-ray reviews: 1	I went looking for it today at Fry's, found it in the "Comedy Section" under the letter "T" for "Three Wives". Gotta love Fry's. The PQ looks quite nice, I have to say Fox has done a tremendous job with classic films this year.

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