Comments on: THE LETTER (1929) Review: Jeanne Eagels d: Jean de Limur

By: Andre Soares

Andre Soares — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 06:31:14 +0000

Grace,
As they say: LOL
Good memory!

By: Graceann Macleod

Graceann Macleod — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 03:49:37 +0000

I still remember seeing this with you at Cinecon 2004 – the first words I heard when the lights came up were "that sucked!" Thank you for expanding on your reasoning a bit for this review. :-)

By: Andre Soares

Andre Soares — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 08:45:29 +0000

Just a quick note.
I had no intention of rewriting history. Those were just my impressions of Jeanne Eagels in a particular film role.
I've been told she's excellent in a silent called "Man, Woman and Sin," with John Gilbert.

By: G.S. Hadley

G.S. Hadley — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 07:57:54 +0000

Well, let's see…….I think the fault here would have to be the ineffective direction by Limur……..as a matter of fact, he only directed three films in the U.S and was unceremoniously fired and shipped back to France afterward………where he was a director as well but not for the last 31 years of his life……I wonder why?…….perhaps his inability to translate stage actors to film, his complete inability to understand the new sound process unlike, let's say Roland West……and maybe almost as important…….his inability to speak english or desire to learn……..a handy skill perhaps when directing english speaking actors……..I don't know, maybe that's just me……….in order to know how good or bad Eagels was as an actress, we can only go by the eyewitness accounts of all the great actors and directors who knew her on stage who apparently feel she was one of a kind and magical to work with and watch and so forth……….my only suggestion here would be not to try to re-write history on the basis of a film "crafted" by an unimportant hack director whose only real claim to fame is that he knew the actors.

By: mike crachiolo

mike crachiolo — Thu, 06 May 2010 08:22:52 +0000

i stll wish i could see this version i have heard so much about her she seems to be a real mystery to me