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The Letter (1940)

Timing: 1:35 (95 min)

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Director William Wyler (1902-1981) first shot the scene at the beginning of the film, in which Leslie shoots Jeffrey Hammond, played by David Newell (1905-1980). The entire action on screen lasted only two minutes, but the scene took a whole day to film, and it didn't even contain a single line of dialogue. Studio executives expected filming to proceed at a rate of 3-4 pages of the script per day, but the opening scene of the film, consisting of just one paragraph on the first page, took an entire shooting day.
Jack L. Warner (1892-1978), president of Warner Bros., initially asked director William Wyler to test James Stephenson (1889-1941) for the role of the lawyer. Wyler did so, Stephenson was perfect for the part, and Wyler had already cast him, but then Warner objected (he was concerned that audiences wouldn’t recognize Stephenson, and he wanted to cast a well-known actor). It ended with Wyler having to argue to keep Stephenson in the film’s cast. He found himself once again needing to quarrel and advocate for an actor that Warner had initially suggested, then changed his mind about for some reason.
According to Bette Davis (1908-1989), James Stephenson often argued with William Wyler and even occasionally left the set in anger. After that, she had to catch up with Stephenson and persuade him to return to continue filming.

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