Editing The Letter (1929 film) (section)

==Preservation==
[[File:The Letter (1929) Lobby Card 1.jpg|thumb|One of the few surviving lobby cards for the film]]
Due to it being long out of circulation, the film was believed to be lost.{{cn|date=January 2025}} However on April 3rd, 2011, a [[Workprint|workprint]] of the film was found and given to the [[Library of Congress]] and [[The Film Foundation]], who restored the film in June 2011.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Letter|url=https://wexarts.org/film-video/letter-0|accessdate=January 15, 2024}}</ref> The film was then released on home video by Warner Bros. Pictures as part of its [[Warner Archive Collection]] as a made-on-demand DVD.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Letter (DVD, 1929) WB Archive Collection|url=https://www.ebay.com/itm/175255227412?epid=11046025071&hash=item28ce068c14:g:R3gAAOSwkORiZUEZ|accessdate=May 5, 2022}}</ref><ref name="nytreview"/> It is one of two surviving sound films starring Jeanne Eagels.<ref name="nytreview"/>

The film's lobby cards and its other forms of advertising entered the public domain on January 1, 2025, as they were works published in 1929. However, the film itself was already in the public domain, since its copyright was never renewed.<ref name="silenteraletter"/><ref name="1929copyright"/><ref name="copyright1929entries"/>