Too Much Johnson
1938
Genre: Comedy
Runtime: 66 min
Average vote: 5.28
Release date: 1938-08-29
Director: Orson Welles
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.
Cast:
Joseph Cotten
as
Augustus Billi...
Virginia Nicol...
as
Lenore Faddish
Arlene Francis
as
Mrs. Dathis
Mary Wickes
as
Mrs. Battison
Orson Welles
as
Keystone Kop
John Houseman
as
Duelist
Judy Holliday
as
(uncredited)
Edgar Barrier
as
Leon Dathis
Ruth Ford
as
Mrs. Billings
Eustace Wyatt
as
Francis Faddish
Guy Kingsley P...
as
Henry MacIntosh
George Duthie
as
Purser
John Berry
Marc Blitzstein
as
Extra
Herbert Drake
as
Keystone Kop
Erskine Sanford
as
Frederick
Howard Smith
as
Joseph Johnson
Augusta Weissb...
Richard Wilson
as
Cabin boy
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