Too Much Johnson
movie
Released January 01, 1934
Genres:
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.
Cast
Joseph Cotten
as
Augustus Billings
Virginia Nicolson
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
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Guy Kingsley Poynter
as
Henry MacIntosh
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George Duthie
as
Purser
Crew
Orson Welles
as
Director
William Gillette
as
Theatre Play
Orson Welles
as
Screenplay
John Berry
as
Co-Producer
John Houseman
as
Producer
Orson Welles
as
Producer
Richard Wilson
as
Associate Producer
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Paul Dunbar
as
Director of Photography
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Harry Dunham
as
Director of Photography
William Alland
as
Editor
Orson Welles
as
Editor
Richard Wilson
as
Editor