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A Letter to Three Wives has a stellar cast with Ann Southern, Jeanne Craine, Linda Darnell, Paul Douglas, and Kirk Douglas. Any one of those actors would assure the viewer of a terrific performance. All of them together creates one of the first ensemble casts that are so popular today as in ER or Friends. Ann Southern is great as she plays off of Kirk Douglas and Thelma Ritter. Just looking at Linda Darnell makes watching the movie worthwhile. She was one of the most beautiful women who ever acted in a motion picture. Paul Douglas plays his usual rough and tumble character with a heart of gold. The premise is that a group of friends has one female who has the attention of all the men, and all the stares of the women. One day when the three wives are working on a volunteer project with some children when they receive a special delivery letter from the target of their stares. In the letter the woman states that she is moving away and will never return, and she is taking one of their husbands with her. The women then think about how easily it could be each one of their husbands. It's a great way to spend a couple of hours on a Sunday afternoon, and boy will it surprise your wife when you watch it with her. She won't know what to think.

They simply do not make movies like this any longer. This is a wonderful family movie. All too often, "family movie" means that the movie is either aimed at 3 year old children, or they are a vehicle to sell toys."Captains Courageous" is a film that everyone will enjoy. It will make you laugh and cry, and it might teach your kids a lesson or two about life. Freddie Bartholomew, who plays Harvey, is the consummate spoiled rich kid. He tries to manipulate everyone around him. He ends up being rescued by a fisherman, played by Spencer Tracy, and brought back to a fishing trawler that is out to sea for three months. After threatening to have the entire crew put in jail, if they don't give up a big chunk of their fishing season to return him to New York, he slowly learns that he cannot manipulate everyone he meets. Here he meets a different kind of people. They are a crew of men who rely on one another for their livelihoods. Men who live and work together towards one goal: filling the ship's hold with fish, and heading for home. Before long, Harvey learns that the feeling that comes from working with others toward a common goal is a truly wonderful thing.

This film has something in it that everyone would enjoy if they just allow themselves to be taken by it. If you have the chance to see it, simply sit there with a snack & beverage and let the film bring you into the land of 1001 Arabian Nights. The music is almost hypnotic, as the theme plays all through the background. The colors and scenery are breathtakingly beautiful. I enjoyed this film when I was a boy. It took me 20 years to find it on a video cassette and expected to be a little disappointed. I wasn't. It was all that I had remembered and more. See this one with your kids!