The Letter
A plantation owner's wife goes on trial for shooting a man she says attacked her, but a handwritten letter reveals otherwise.
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I've been researching newly public domain films from 1929 and earlier, so I'm uploading the best possible copies that I can find. One of her last films before her untimely death, Jeanne Eagels gives a passionate performance in 1929's The Letter. For her role, she was the first performer to be nominated for an Academy Award after death. This is one of her few sound films that is not considered lost.
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The Letter (1929) is hosted by the Internet Archive as a public-domain or openly licensed work, which means its copyright has expired, lapsed, or was released by the rights holder. The uploader declared an explicit licence, linked in the source panel. Nitrate streams the file directly from the Internet Archive and hosts no video itself.
- Director
- Jean de Limur
- Starring
- Jeanne Eagels, Reginald Owen, Herbert Marshall, Irene Browne, O. P. Heggie, Lady Tsen Mei, Tamaki Yoshiwara, Fredi Washington
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