Three Husbands; Letter To Three Husbands, A

2084. THREE HUSBANDS (A LETTER TO THREE HUSBANDS) (19SO-USA). WITH EMLYN WILLIAMS, EVE ARDEN, HOWARD DA SILVA, SHEPPERD STRUDWICK, RUTH WARRICK, VANESSA BROWN, BILLIE BURKE. AN UNMARRIED AND ULTRA-RICH PLAYBOY NAMED MAXWELL BARD HAS JUST DIED. ON THE DAY Of HIS FUNERAL, THREE Of HIS VERY BEST MALE FRIENDS ARE CALLED TO THE OfFICE Of HIS EXECUTOR. THE FIRST, ARTHUR EVANS, IS HANDED A “CONFIDENTIAL NOTE.” IN IT, DEAR OLD MAX DECLARES THAT HE HAD AN ILLICIT AFFAIR WITH ARTHUR’S WIFE. THE SECOND MAN, KENNETH WHITTAKER, RECEIVES THE EXACT SAME LETTER. AS DOES THE THIRD, DAN MCCABE. THE SUAVE AND DASHING MAX COMES BACK TO LIFE IN FLASHBACKS (IN THE PERSON Of BRITISH ACTOR-PLAYWRIGHT EMLYN WILLIAMS) AS ARTHUR, KENNETH AND DAN ATTEMPT !O RECALL ANY HINT Of INFIDELITY BETWEEN THEIR WIVES AND THEIR LATE FRIEND. ARTHUR AND WIFE JANE PRIDE THEMSELVES ON THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE NEVER LIED TO EACH OTHER. YET HE CONVENIENTLY IGNORES THE FACT THAT HE HAS BEEN INDISCREET WITH A PRETTY ARTIST. KENNETH AND WIFE MARY ARE PRACTICALLY NEWLYWEDS. MARY’S JOB AS A NURSE RESULTS IN HER BEING CALLED TO WORK AT THE MOST INCONVENIENT HOURS, A SITUATION WHICH HAS LATELY BEEN AGITATING KENNETH AND AROUSING HIS SUSPICIONS. DAN IS A DEVIL-MAY-CAR GAMBLER WHO AT FIRST LAUGHS OfF THE LETTER. NONETHELESS, THERE IS TENSION BENEATH THE SURFACE Of HIS ALLIANCE WITH WISECRACKING WIFE LUCILLE (PERFECTLY PLAYED BY ONE Of THE MOVIES’ ALL-TIME-GREAT WISECRACKING COMEDIENNES. EVE ARDEN). THE FILM IS AT ONCE AN AMUSING AND REVEALING LOOK AT THE STALE Of MODERN WEDDED BLISS. 77 MINUTES. COMEDY