Too Much Johnson
01/01/1938
1h 6m



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
Augustus Billings


Virginia Nicolson
Lenore Faddish


Arlene Francis
Mrs. Dathis


Mary Wickes
Mrs. Battison


Orson Welles
Keystone Kop


John Houseman
Duelist


Judy Holliday
(uncredited)


Edgar Barrier
Leon Dathis


Ruth Ford
Mrs. Billings


Eustace Wyatt
Francis Faddish
Guy Kingsley Poynter
Henry MacIntosh
George Duthie
Purser


John Berry


Marc Blitzstein
Extra
Herbert Drake
Keystone Kop


Erskine Sanford
Frederick


Howard Smith
Joseph Johnson
Augusta Weissberger
Richard Wilson
Cabin boy
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