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Letter From an Unknown Woman (1948) with Joan Fontaine

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Deeply moving story from one of cinema's great stylists, Max Ophuls (Le Ronde, Earrings of Madam De..., Lola Montes), stars Jane Fonatain as Lisa, a young woman hopelessly in love with dashing but callous piano player Stefan (Louis Jordan). Fontain played perhaps the best role of her career and was incredibly touching and convincing as a teenage girl (she was 31 when she took the part) that fell in love from the first sight and whose whole life was under the spell of this rare unrequited love that was recognized, alas, too late. One may ask how such a beautiful, sublime, and charming creature like Lisa would carry a torch through the years for a man who uses her without pity and does not remembers her name or her face - well, the mystery of love is unsolvable. King Solomon, one of the wisest men ever lived said once, "There are three things I can't explain, and one, I can't understand - the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a ship in the sea, the way of a snake crawling up the mountain, and the way of a man to the heart of a woman." I guess, nowadays we can explain the first three mysteries but never will be able to understand the fourth one... Max Ophuls' who had worked in many European countries and "gave camera movement its finest hours in the history of the cinema" made romantic and elegant "The Letter from an Unknown Woman" in Hollywood and it is regarded as his best American movie.

I was so happy to find this wonderful movie in DVD here in Amazon. The quality of this import is surprisingly pretty good both in image and sound. Definitely better than VHS.
A lovely movie to own and watch again and again.

This movie was suppost to be issued by the end of may 2006 but apparently was recalled before its release. Be patience and don't be robbed or pay the ridiculous prices this movie will be on dvd soon................

Letter From an Unknown Woman [VHS]
Thank you for this wonderful movie now on DVD. A true classic. We enjoyed thoroughly. Joan Fontaine takes the role of her youthful adolescent through to her glamorous woman, easily, as always. Watched again and again. All actors engaging and worth watching.

What can you say about a movie that is perfect? Well......you could say it's a masterpiece and that's what "Letter From An Unknown Woman" is. From start to finish...this movie is perfection. Highly recommend!!!

I enjoyed this movie very much and the stars Joan Fontaine and Louis Jordan.. I would also like to say how much I have appreciated the excellent service that I have received from Amazon. Colin Fox

They don't make em like they used to! Then again, its rare to find that caliber and such a grand stable of talent today - on the most part its all flash and little substance.

I got it for my Mom for Mother's Day as it is her favorite movie. The movie was good. She sure was dumb. I wouldn't have done that with any man.