A Letter to Three Wives

10/10/2026

"Rita" (Ann Sothern) has been with childhood sweetheart "George" (Kirk Douglas) for ever; "Deborah" (Jeanne Crain) muddles along well enough with "Brad" (Jeffrey Lynn) and then there's "Lora Mae" (Linda Darnell) who is married to the wealthy "Porter" (Paul Douglas) - or at least to his wallet. The three women are firm friends and share a mutual dislike/mistrust of the story's narrator "Addie" (Celeste Holm) and are about to embark on a boat trip with some local urchins when they receive a telegram from their nemesis. She declares to them that by the end of the day she will have left their small town - with one of their husbands!! Oddly enough, that doesn't convince the girls to abandon their trip and race home. Instead, they sail off and for the next ninety minutes or so we learn a little