Too Much Johnson
Movie - 66mins
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:
Herbert
Drake
Erskine
Sanford
Howard
Smith
Augusta
Weissberger
Richard
Wilson
Joseph
Cotten
Virginia
Nicolson
Arlene
Francis
Mary
Wickes
Orson
Welles
John
Houseman
Judy
Holliday
Edgar
Barrier
Ruth
Ford
Eustace
Wyatt
Guy
Kingsley
George
Duthie
John
Berry
Marc
Blitzstein
Herbert
Drake
Erskine
Sanford
Howard
Smith
Augusta
Weissberger
Richard
Wilson
Joseph
Cotten
Virginia
Nicolson
Arlene
Francis
Mary
Wickes
Orson
Welles