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unusual facts about The Letter: Jod Mai Rak



Ann Thongprasom

Her biggest role was in The Letter: Jod Mai Rak, which earned more than 50 million baht and had won many awards, including best actress at the Thailand National Film Association Awards.

Ethel Proudlock case

William Somerset Maugham wrote a short story about the case which he subsequently turned into a successful 1927 play The Letter and which in turn received two film adaptions of which the better known is William Wyler's classic film noir The Letter.

La Princesse de Clèves

The novel was also the basis of Jean Delannoy's 1961 film of the same title (adapted by Jean Cocteau), Manoel de Oliveira's 1999 film The Letter, and Andrzej Żuławski's 2000 film Fidelity (starring Sophie Marceau).

Si Siman

Siman's biggest successes came in the late 1960s with songwriter Wayne Carson Thompson, known for "The Letter", "Always On My Mind" and "Soul Deep" (The Box Tops); and he helped such local artists as Ronnie Self and Johnny Mullins ("Blue Kentucky Girl") chart nationally.


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