

Too Much Johnson
1 hour 6 minutes2013-10-09
5.3
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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
