Love Letters

1945
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1h 41m

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Joseph Cotten and Jennifer Jones in Love Letters (1945)

Allen Quinton writes a fellow soldier's love letters; tragedy results. Later, Allen meets a beautiful amnesiac who fears postmen...Allen Quinton writes a fellow soldier's love letters; tragedy results. Later, Allen meets a beautiful amnesiac who fears postmen...Allen Quinton writes a fellow soldier's love letters; tragedy results. Later, Allen meets a beautiful amnesiac who fears postmen...

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7.0/10

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Nominated for 4 Oscars
- 5 nominations total

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Jennifer Jones

Victoria Morland

Joseph Cotten

Alan Quinton

Ann Richards

Dilly Carson

Cecil Kellaway

Gladys Cooper

Beatrice Remington

Anita Louise

Helen Wentworth

Robert Sully

Roger Morland

Reginald Denny

Defense Counsel Phillips

Ernest Cossart

Bishop

Byron Barr

Derek Quinton

Harry Allen

Farmer
(uncredited)

Conrad Binyon

Boy in Library
(uncredited)

Nina Borget

Italian Waitress
(uncredited)

Matthew Boulton

Judge
(uncredited)

Clifford Brooke

Cart Driver
(uncredited)

David Clyde

Postman
(uncredited)

Alec Craig

Dodd
(uncredited)

Catherine Craig

Jeanette Campbell
(uncredited)

Director
- William Dieterle
Writers
- Ayn Rand
- Christopher Massie
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Trivia
The role of Victoria Morland/Singleton was initially planned for Ann Richards, but after Jennifer Jones became available, Richards ended up playing Dilly, Singleton's friend.

Goofs
When Alan sees the archived newspaper article, the first brief paragraph is on topic. The second paragraph is unrelated and everything else on the page is gibberish.

Quotes
Allen Quinton: You are so calm, it is so contagious, you... you are so happy.
Victoria Morland: I will tell you the secret, just two words, "Be yourself". You are afraid of that, everybody is. But I have no choice, I can't be anything but myself.

Connections
Referenced in Mommie Dearest (1981)

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romantic and soppy, yet strangely endearing...

This film is more than just the best of the "other fellow writes love notes" genre. The Ayn Rand screenplay, though a potboiler, conveys the absolutist nature of true romantic love, which certainly dovetailed nicely with her objectivist philosophy. Jennifer Jones is lovely as ever, and extremely convincing in her amnesiac role. A fine film.