Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueA soldier on leave visits a dead son's mother to give her the last letter her son wrote.A soldier on leave visits a dead son's mother to give her the last letter her son wrote.A soldier on leave visits a dead son's mother to give her the last letter her son wrote.
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This nine minutes short film packs more in it than some full length features. Don Weis directed this little gem in which prejudice is dealt with in a subtle manner. A poignant story by Lucille Schlossberg was the basis for the screen play written by Allen Rivkin.
It's a simple story. A soldier, whose buddy has died in combat, comes to pay his respects to his mother. Mrs. Wrenley appears to be glad to receive in her home this young man, JoJo, who has brought the last letter he received from the dead soldier. When he mentions his name, Maxie Klein, Mrs. Wrenley clearly changes from the welcoming lady that is happy to meet her son's friend into a woman whose prejudice indicates she resents the intrusion. She can't even understand how his son could have been friendly with the man in front of her.
When Maxie offers to read her son's letter, she doesn't refuse. She can't believe what she is hearing as her son talks about tolerance and acceptance he has seen in the army. It's too much for her to digest, but she realizes the goodness in Maxie Klein's heart as her attitude toward him melts away.
The film shows excellent performances from Marjorie Main and Keefe Brazelle, the two characters in the short.
It's a simple story. A soldier, whose buddy has died in combat, comes to pay his respects to his mother. Mrs. Wrenley appears to be glad to receive in her home this young man, JoJo, who has brought the last letter he received from the dead soldier. When he mentions his name, Maxie Klein, Mrs. Wrenley clearly changes from the welcoming lady that is happy to meet her son's friend into a woman whose prejudice indicates she resents the intrusion. She can't even understand how his son could have been friendly with the man in front of her.
When Maxie offers to read her son's letter, she doesn't refuse. She can't believe what she is hearing as her son talks about tolerance and acceptance he has seen in the army. It's too much for her to digest, but she realizes the goodness in Maxie Klein's heart as her attitude toward him melts away.
The film shows excellent performances from Marjorie Main and Keefe Brazelle, the two characters in the short.
Letter from a Soldier, A (1951)
*** (out of 4)
A Korean war soldier (Keefe Brasselle) goes to visit his dead friend's mother (Marjorie Main) so that he can read her his final letter. At first the mother rejects the soldier until he starts to read the letter where her son speaks highly of him. This is a rather interesting short from MGM because it's taken from their film It's a Big Country, which would be later in the year. One has to wonder why they'd release this before the feature and not even mention that a feature was coming but either way this is a pretty good film. I haven't seen the full length version, which features various segments from directors like Sturges, Thorpe and Wellman, but this one from Weist makes me want to seek out the full film. The performances by Brasselle and Main are very good and the emotion behind the words in the letter are very touching. This is certainly a message picture but that doesn't really matter since the message works so well.
*** (out of 4)
A Korean war soldier (Keefe Brasselle) goes to visit his dead friend's mother (Marjorie Main) so that he can read her his final letter. At first the mother rejects the soldier until he starts to read the letter where her son speaks highly of him. This is a rather interesting short from MGM because it's taken from their film It's a Big Country, which would be later in the year. One has to wonder why they'd release this before the feature and not even mention that a feature was coming but either way this is a pretty good film. I haven't seen the full length version, which features various segments from directors like Sturges, Thorpe and Wellman, but this one from Weist makes me want to seek out the full film. The performances by Brasselle and Main are very good and the emotion behind the words in the letter are very touching. This is certainly a message picture but that doesn't really matter since the message works so well.
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- AnecdotesThis is an excerpted sequence from It's a Big Country: An American Anthology (1951), a feature film.
- ConnexionsEdited from It's a Big Country: An American Anthology (1951)
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- Pays d’origine
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- Aussi connu sous le nom de
- A Letter From A Soldier: An Excerpt from the Feature Film 'It's A Big Country'
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- Durée
- 9min
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- 1.37 : 1
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