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The Mailbox (film)
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Wikipedia article
'The Mailbox' is a 1977 American 24-minute short film produced by BYU Motion Picture Studios. The film is available through the Brigham Young University Office of Creative Works on a compilation DVD with other LDS films.. [https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/7548358/ Archive reprint] from Newspapers.com. [https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/33318644/ Archive reprint] from Newspapers.com
Plot
An old woman's loneliness is amplified as she daily walks to the mailbox, only to find nothing there for her. Her neighbors and the mailman provide some relief, but her family doesn't seem to care.
Cast
* Lethe Tatge as Lethe Anderson
* Rachel Jacobs as Rachel Johnson
* Rebbeca Glade as Sharon Johnson
* Alan Nash as Mike the Mailman
* Martha Henstrom as Myra (voice)
* Winkie Horman as Susan (voice)
Reception
Considered as among the best known films produced at BYU, and "It is clear that the tragedy is not in the death, but in the emptiness of the mailbox."
See also
* Chris Conkling
References
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