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Too Much Johnson (1938)

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.

Directed by Orson Welles

Screenplay by Orson Welles

DETAILS

RUNTIME 1h 6min GENRES Comedy STUDIOS Mercury Theater COUNTRIES USA LANGUAGES No Language More Details at TMDB

CAST

Joseph Cotten Augustus Billings

Virginia Nicolson Lenore Faddish

Arlene Francis Mrs. Dathis

Mary Wickes Mrs. Battison

Orson Welles Keystone Kop