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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]

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

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]

See also

• Chris Conkling

References

External links

• The Mailbox at IMDb
• "The Mailbox". Mormon Literature & Creative Arts Database.
• The Mailbox at LDSFilm.com
• The Mailbox on YouTube from the Mormon Channel

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