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Too Much Johnson(1938)
Status: Released
Date: 1938-08-16
54%
27 Votes
Time: 1h 6m
Overview:
This film was not intended to stand by itself, but was designed as the cinematic aspect of Welles' Mercury Theatre stage presentation of William Gillette's 1894 comedy about a New York playboy who flees from the violent husband of his mistress and borrows the identity of a plantation owner in Cuba who is expecting the arrival of a mail order bride. The film component of the performance was ultimately never screened due to the absence of projection facilities at the venue. Long-believed to be lost, a workprint was discovered in 2008 and the film had its premiere in 2013.
Languages: No Language.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies:
Mercury Theater
Movie: Too Much Johnson
Top 10 Billed Cast
Joseph Cotten
Augustus Billings
Virginia Nicolson
Lenore Faddish
Arlene Francis
Mrs. Dathis
Mary Wickes
Mrs. Battison
Orson Welles
Keystone Kop
John Houseman
Duelist
Judy Holliday
(uncredited)
Edgar Barrier
Leon Dathis
Ruth Ford
Mrs. Billings
Eustace Wyatt
Francis Faddish
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Overview
This film was not intended to stand by itself, but was designed as the cinematic aspect of Welles' Mercury Theatre stage presentation of William Gillette's 1894 comedy about a New York playboy who flees from the violent husband of his mistress and borrows the identity of a plantation owner in Cuba who is expecting the arrival of a mail order bride. The film component of the performance was ultimately never screened due to the absence of projection facilities at the venue. Long-believed to be lost, a workprint was discovered in 2008 and the film had its premiere in 2013.
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1938-08-16
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