Too Much Johnson (2013)
20131h 7mComedy
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 CottenAugustus Billings
Virginia NicolsonLenore Faddish
Arlene FrancisMrs. Dathis
Mary WickesMrs. Battison
Orson WellesKeystone Kop
John HousemanDuelist
Judy Holliday(uncredited)
Edgar BarrierLeon Dathis
Ruth FordMrs. Billings
Eustace WyattFrancis Faddish- GGuy Kingsley PoynterHenry MacIntosh
- GGeorge DuthiePurser
John Berry- MMarc BlitzsteinExtra
- HHerbert DrakeKeystone Kop
Erskine SanfordFrederick
Howard SmithJoseph Johnson- AAugusta Weissberger
Crew
- Director
- Orson Welles
- Writers
- Orson Welles
- Producers
- John HousemanOrson Welles
- Cinematography
- Paul DunbarHarry Dunham
Details
- Released
- October 9, 2013
- Language
- English
- Studio
- Mercury Theater
- IMDb
- tt0030881
