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A Letter to Three Wives

1948 · 103 min · Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz ★ IMDb 7.6 · 11,958 ratings

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A letter is addressed to three wives from their 'best friend', announcing that she's running away with one of their husbands – but she doesn't specify which one.

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A Letter to Three Wives (1948) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Anticipation 30%, Anxiety 25%, Humor 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Humor20%

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The strongest emotional signals are Anticipation, Anxiety, Humor. Genres: Drama, Romance, Mystery. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Anticipation, Anxiety and Humor. Its IMDb rating of 7.6/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 73/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Humor
  • Tension
  • Empathy

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Relief

Humor
Tension
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Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then peaks around 53 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityHumorTensionEmpathy
2.5 %≈ 3′Humor33 %27 %17 %10 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Humor40 %30 %29 %16 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Tension46 %35 %38 %27 %
17.5 %≈ 18′Humor49 %34 %34 %38 %
22.5 %≈ 23′Empathy54 %31 %34 %49 %
27.5 %≈ 28′Empathy56 %36 %40 %51 %
32.5 %≈ 33′Humor55 %38 %44 %46 %
37.5 %≈ 39′Empathy53 %35 %43 %40 %
42.5 %≈ 44′Humor49 %40 %35 %28 %
47.5 %≈ 49′Humor51 %49 %34 %24 %
52.5 %≈ 54′Humor58 %43 %44 %36 %
57.5 %≈ 59′Empathy58 %31 %44 %41 %
62.5 %≈ 64′Humor49 %34 %30 %28 %
67.5 %≈ 70′Humor41 %34 %23 %16 %
72.5 %≈ 75′Love44 %29 %29 %21 %
77.5 %≈ 80′Tension50 %31 %39 %31 %
82.5 %≈ 85′Humor53 %38 %40 %33 %
87.5 %≈ 90′Love56 %35 %44 %35 %
92.5 %≈ 95′Tension64 %31 %54 %45 %
97.5 %≈ 100′Relief68 %35 %57 %50 %
Oedipus

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

JL
Jeffrey Lynn

CG
Connie Gilchrist

CG
Connie Gilchrist

Mrs. Ruby Finney

JA
James Adamson

Porter's Butler (uncredited)

JB
Joe Bautista

Thomasino (uncredited)

PB
Patti Brady

Kathleen (uncredited)

RB
Ralph Brooks

Bookie Dancer at Country Club (uncredited)

JD
John Davidson

John, First Waiter (uncredited)

SD
Sayre Dearing

Country Club Member (uncredited)

FF
Franklyn Farnum

Country Club Member (uncredited)

SF
Sam Finn

Second Waiter (uncredited)

CH
Celeste Holm

Addie Ross (voice) (uncredited)

SH
Stuart Holmes

Old Man at Table (uncredited)

Details

Written by
Joseph L. Mankiewicz, John Klempner
Type
Movies
Released
1948
Runtime
103 min
Country
United States of America
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.6 · 11,958 ratings
Feels mostly
Anticipation
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