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Too Much Johnson (1938)

Too Much Johnson (1938)

Comedy
Release Date: 1938, August 16
Directors: Orson Welles
Countries: United States of America
Production: Mercury Theater
Cast: John Houseman, Mary Wickes, Joseph Cotten, Erskine Sanford, Edgar Barrier, Eustace Wyatt, Guy Kingsley Poynter, Ruth Ford, Judy Holliday, Howard Smith, Arlene Francis, Virginia Nicolson

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.

Keywords:

slapstick comedy silent film