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Adelqui Millar
Carmen Larrabeiti
Carlos Díaz De Mendoza
Luis Peña Sánchez
Cecilio Rodríguez De La Vega
Lea Niako
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[The following plot summary is based on the English-language version of this film, The Letter ; character names refer to that version.] Marooned on a rubber plantation in the East Indies, Leslie Crosbie turns to Geoffrey Hammond for the love and diversion that she does not find with her husband. Hammond falls in love with a Chinese woman, however, and Leslie shoots him dead. Placed on trial for her life, Leslie convinces both the jury and her husband that she killed Hammond in defense of her honor. The Chinese woman has an incriminating letter written by Leslie to Hammond, however, and Leslie must pay to recover it. Her husband foots the bill, and Leslie is faced with a bankrupt and loveless future.
Director
Adelqui Millar
Cast
Carmen Larrabeiti
Carlos Díaz De Mendoza
Luis Peña Sánchez
Cecilio Rodríguez De La Vega
Lea Niako
Mercedes Servet
Federico Velasco
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The play The Letter was based on a short story by William Somerset Maugham, which was published in 1925. While the 1929 English-language version, The Letter, which was directed by Jean De Limur and starred Jeanne Eagels and Herbert Marshall, was made at the Paramount studios in Astoria, New York, several foreign-language versions were produced at the company's studios in Joinville, France. In addition to this Spanish version, which had a U.S. release, the German, which had a San Francisco showing, and the Italian version, which was approved for exhibition in New York state, a French version, entitled La lettre, was produced, but no information regarding its release in the U.S. has been located. That version was directed by Louis Mercanton and starred Marcelle Romée and Gabriel Gabrio. The Italian version, La donna bianca was directed by Jack Salvatori and starred Matilde Casagrande and Carlo Lombardi. According to information in NYSA records, the Italian version was released at another time under the title Tragedia d'amore.
Some sources include Joaquín Carrasco in the cast of the Spanish version, but his participation has not been confirmed. For information on other adaptations of the W. Somerset Maugham play, please see the entry for the 1940 Warner Bros. film The Letter.
