Don't Write Letters is a 1922 American silent comedy-drama film directed by George D. Baker and starring Gareth Hughes, Bartine Burkett, and Herbert Heyes.
[1] As described in a film magazine,[2] the film begins with a well-drawn cartoon of an early man carving his love letters on stone and the effect of getting slapped on the head with one, and of a medieval scene where Romeo brings the wrath of Juliet's father when he writes love letters to her and slips them over the balcony.
Robert "Babby" Jenks (Hughes) is a department store clerk who pictures himself a hero in love with a beautiful girl.
While kicking about in disgust, he finds a letter in its pocket written by a young woman in the shirt factory who asks the "big guy" who gets it to write back.
After becoming a hero of the Battle of Argonne and with the war over, Bobby returns to New York City but dreads telling Anna the truth.