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Letter of Introduction (1938)

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Release Date: Aug 5, 1938 Wide

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A master blend of high comedy and tense emotional drama, A Letter of Introduction reteams Adolphe Menjou, Andrea Leeds, and Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy, who'd previously costarred in the negligible Goldwyn Follies. Menjou plays John Mannering, a Barrymoresque actor who years earlier had divorced his wife and severed his relationship with his daughter Kay (Andrea Leeds). Now a grown woman, Kay aspires to an acting career, fully determined to make it on her own without her father's help. She

Unrated, 1 hr. 44 min.

Drama, Classics, Comedy

Directed By: John M. Stahl

Written By: Sheridan Gibney, Leonard Spigelgass

In Theaters: Aug 5, 1938 Wide

On DVD: Feb 22, 2005

Cast

Adolphe Menjou
John Mannering
Andrea Leeds
Kay Martin
Edgar Bergen
Edgar Bergen
George Murphy
Barry Paige
Rita Johnson
Honey
Ann Sheridan
Lydia Hoyt
Eve Arden
Cora Phelps
John Archer
Irving Bacon
Don 'Red' Barry
May Boley
Mrs. Meggs
Wade Boteler
Policeman
Don Brodie
Reporter
Douglas Carter Beane
Photographer
Chester Clute
Doctor
Ernest Cossart
Andrews Mannering's But...
Inez Courtney
Edith Craig
Mark Daniels
Kibitzer
William B. Davidson
Mr. Raleigh
William "Wild Bill" Ellio...
Backgammon Man
Dorothy Granger
Women at Party
Jonathan Hale
Lou Woodstock
Eleanor Hansen
Stagestruck Girl
Sam Hayes
Announcer
Robert E. Homans
Kathleen Howard
Aunt Jonnie
George Humbert
Musician on Stage
Frank Jenks
Joe
Armand Kaliz
Jules the Barber
Crauford Kent
Mr. Sinclair
Doris Lloyd
Charlotte
Alphonse Martell
Maitre d'Hotel
Dummy: Charlie McCarthy
Himself
Constance Moore
Autograph Seeker
Natalie Moorhead
Mrs. Maud Raleigh
Leonard Mudie
Critic
Raymond Parker
Call Boy
Walter Perry
Backstage Doorman
Esther Ralston
Mrs. Sinclair
Frank Reicher
Kane Richmond
Man
Frances Robinson
Hatcheck Girl
Rolfe Sedan
Fitter
Charles Sherlock
Philip Trent
Men at Party
Richard Tucker
Gossip
Theodore von Eltz
Ray Walker
Reporter
Morgan Wallace
Editor
Claire Whitney
Nurse
Dick Winslow
Elevator Boy
Russell Hopton
Process Server
Kitty McHugh
Girl Singers
Sharon Lewis
Bridge Player
Mortimer Snerd

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Andrea Leeds and Adolphe Menjou have a nice chemistry as the daughter finding her long lost father in this lovely little drama. Eve Arden is inimitable as ever as the wisecracking best friend, and the always welcome Rita Johnson and Ann Sheridan show up in small parts. Depending on your tolerance or liking for Edgar

August 19, 2010

jay nixon

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A PRETTY MINOR FILM WITH A BLAND CAST, BUT IT DID KEEP MY INTEREST. VERY DRAMATIC ENDING.

August 8, 2005

James Higgins

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