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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })The Letter began life as a short story by W. Somerset Maugham, published in 1926. In 1927 it was made into a play, also written by Maugham. It was then twice adapted into films: an early talkie in 1929, starring stage actress Jeanne Eagels, and a 1940 adaptation starring Bette Davis.Leslie Crosbie, the wife of Howard Crosbie, who manages a rubber plantation in Malaya, puts six bullets into one Geoffrey Hammond, when he visits her house. Mrs. Crosbie insists that Hammond, a friend of the family, had come to the house uninvited and attempted to rape her. Everyone believes her, and it seems that she will win an easy acquittal at the ensuing trial, until Howard Joyce, her attorney, receives a disurbing message from his Chinese assistant. It seems that Hammond's lover (in the 1929 film) or wife (in the 1940 film) is in possession of a letter that indicates that Hammond came to the house at Mrs. Crosbie's invitation, and that in fact they were lovers.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })Both film versions earned Academy Award nominations for their lead actresses, Eagels and Davis. Eagels, who died of a drug overdose not long after The Letter was released, remains the only person in history to receive a posthumous nomination for Best Actress. | |
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Blatant Lies: In the 1929 film, as Leslie tells a ridiculous story about an Attempted Rape. In the 1940 film it is not obvious that Leslie is lying until the letter is mentioned. | |
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Demoted to Extra: The 1929 film starts off with some establishing scenes in which Hammond, Leslie's lover, receives the letter and goes to Leslie's house. He breaks up with her, and she shoots him. The 1940 film deletes these scenes and opens with Leslie emptying a revolver into Hammond. In this version the actor playing Hammond does not have any dialogue. | |
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Asian Speekee Engrish: Happens with various Chinese characters in both films, including Hammond's mistress/wife and Joyce's devious assistant. | |
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