Too Much Johnson
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
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Joseph Cotten
Played Augustus Billings
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Virginia Nicolson
Played Lenore Faddish
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Arlene Francis
Played Mrs. Dathis
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Mary Wickes
Played Mrs. Battison
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Orson Welles
Played Keystone Kop
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John Houseman
Played Duelist
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Judy Holliday
Played (uncredited)
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Edgar Barrier
Played Leon Dathis
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Ruth Ford
Played Mrs. Billings
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Eustace Wyatt
Played Francis Faddish
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Guy Kingsley Poynter
Played Henry MacIntosh
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George Duthie
Played Purser
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John Berry
Played
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Marc Blitzstein
Played Extra
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Herbert Drake
Played Keystone Kop
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Erskine Sanford
Played Frederick
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Howard Smith
Played Joseph Johnson
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Augusta Weissberger
Played
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Richard Wilson
Played Cabin boy
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