The Mailbox (film)

The Mailbox
Directed by	David K. Jacobs
Produced by	David K. Jacobs
Screenplay by	David K. Jacobs
Story by	Florence Doyle Putt
Starring	Lethe Tatge Rachel Jacobs Rebbeca Glade
Music by	Merrill Jenson
Cinematography	Reed Smoot
Edited by	James W. Dearden
Production company	BYU Motion Picture Studios
Distributed by	The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Release dates	1977
Running time	24 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

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,^[6] and "It is clear that the tragedy is not in the death, but in the emptiness of the mailbox."^[7]

References

↑ "Midway Woman Stars In Film", Daily Herald (Utah), 7 March 1977, p. 24 . Archive reprint from Newspapers.com
↑ "'The Mailbox' Film Premiers Friday in Midway Town Hall", Daily Herald (Utah), May 15, 1977, p. 33 . Archive reprint from Newspapers.com
↑ "The Mormon Media Image" (PDF), Sunstone 3 (1), November–December 1977: 25
↑ Hall, Airen (October 2012), "Melodrama on a Mission: Latter-Day Saint Film and the Melodramatic Mode", Journal of Religion and Film 16 (2): 13–15
↑ Brigham Young University Studies, Volume 46. Brigham Young University. 2007. p. 101.
↑ Hunter, James Michael (2012). Mormons and Popular Culture: The Global Influence of an American Phenomenon, Volume 1. ABC-CLIO. p. 26. ISBN 031339167X. Retrieved July 28, 2014.
↑ Consortium of University Film Centers, R.R. Bowker Company (1986). Educational film/video locator of the Consortium of University Film Centers and R.R. Bowker, Volume 2. R.R. Bowker. p. 1920. ISBN 0835221814. Retrieved July 28, 2014.

External links

The Mailbox at the Internet Movie Database
The Mailbox at the MLCA Database
The Mailbox at LDSFilm.com
The Mailbox on YouTube from the Mormon Channel

Latter-day Saint Films

Feature-length	Legacy: A Mormon Journey (1990) The Mountain of the Lord (1993) The Testaments of One Fold and One Shepherd (2000) Joseph Smith: The Prophet of the Restoration (2005) Meet the Mormons (2014)

Shorts	Hearts of the Children (1959) Unto the Least of These (1959) Up in Smoke (1960) The Search for Truth (1961) Summer of Decision (1962) The Windows of Heaven (1963) Bitter Wind (1963) Man's Search for Happiness (1964) The Long Road Back (1965) When Thou Art Converted (1967) Worthy To Stand (1968) Johnny Lingo (1969) Pioneers in Petticoats (1969) What About Thad? Cipher in the Snow (1973) The First Vision (1976) John Baker's Last Race (1976) Run Dick, Run Jane (1976) The Mailbox (1977) The Phone Call (1977) The Gift (1977) Uncle Ben (1978) The Trophy Case (1979) The Emmett Smith Story (1979) Blind Love (1979) Greater Love (1979) Joseph Smith: The Man (1980) The Drop Card (1980) In One Blinding Moment (1980) Mr. Krueger's Christmas (1980) A Marvelous Work Begins (1982) The Last Leaf (1983) The Award (1985) The Nativity (1986) Our Heavenly Father's Plan (1986) The Power of the Word (1986) Lay Hold upon the Word (1986) A Lamp unto My Feet (1987) Look to God and Live (1987) How Rare a Possession (1987) Together Forever (1987) The Pump (1988) Labor of Love (1990) What Is Real? (1990) On the Way Home (1992) Joy to the World (1993) The Lamb of God (1993) The Mediator (1995) Finding Faith in Christ (2003) The Restoration (2004) Finding Happiness (2006) Scriptures Legacy (2014)

Early films	One Hundred Years of Mormonism (1913) The Life of Nephi (1915) All Faces West (1929) Where the Saints Have Trod (1947)

Advertising campaigns	Homefront (1979-present) Truth Restored (2008-present) "I'm a Mormon" (2010-present)

Production	LDS Motion Picture Studios LDS MPS South Campus

Key people	Wetzel Whitaker Scott Whitaker

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