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The Mailbox

Director: David Kent Jacobs

  • James W. Dearden: Film Editor
  • David Kent Jacobs: Director, Writer, Producer
  • Merrill Jenson: Composer
  • Randi Jones: Musician
  • Reed Smoot: Cinematographer
parents; elderly
Text from cover: Lethe, an elderly widow, trudges out to her mailbox each day in hopes of finding a letter from her family. Unfortunately they are too wrapped up in their own lives, and the mailbox remains empty. Her neighbors try to keep her company, but cannot take the place of her absent children. They contact her family about her loneliness and discover that a letter is finally coming--but it carries devastating news.
See Mormon Film: Key Films of the Fourth Wave One of the more popular educational films produced at the BYU Motion Picture Studio under Jesse Stay, this is also probably Lethe Tatge's best-known role. Based on an original story by Florence Doyle Putt. BYU/ LDS Motion Picture Studio Production #1102.
  • Additional details at Internet Movie Database
VC 70; on VC 12312
1977
USA
English
Brigham Young University Motion Picture Studio
LDS Church Production
Lethe Tatge; Rachel Jacobs; Rebecca Glade; Alan Nash; Martha Henstrom - narrator; Winkie Horman - narrator
Narrative Film
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Private Church Distribution
1 film reel (24 min.)
16mm color

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