The Letter (1929) "Film-Noir" It's time to rev up

It's time to rev up your Harley

" screamed the movie's poster art

causing the others to desert

gossamer- winged tale of Cinderella wish fulfilment originates from the 1919 stage hit that for two decades held the Broadway record for most performances

Robert Ryan stars as the doomed plane's pilot

The Letter (1929) "Film-Noir" It's time to rev upAdulteress Leslie Crosbie fires a bullet into her lover then, for good measure, five more. At trial, her plaintive testimony tilts the jury toward acquittal. Then scheming Leslie learns someone has a telltale letter she wrote to her paramour. Starring in the 1929 screen tale of Somerset Maugham's The Letter is the actress who made a name for herself as the stage's Sadie Thompson in Maugham's Rain: Jeanne Eagels. As Bette Davis did when she famously