Too Much Johnson

66 mins
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.

Joseph Cotten

Augustus Billings

Virginia Nicolson

Lenore Faddish

Arlene Francis

Mrs. Dathis

Mary Wickes

Mrs. Battison

Orson Welles

Keystone Kop

Judy Holliday

(uncredited)

Edgar Barrier

Leon Dathis

Ruth Ford

Mrs. Billings

Eustace Wyatt

Francis Faddish

Guy Kingsley Poynter

Henry MacIntosh

Herbert Drake

Keystone Kop

Howard Smith

Joseph Johnson

Orson Welles

Director

William Gillette

Theatre Play

Orson Welles

Producer

Harry Dunham

Director of Photography

Orson Welles

Screenplay

Richard Wilson

Associate Producer

Paul Dunbar

Director of Photography

Richard Wilson

Unit Production Manager

John Berry

Co-Producer

John Berry

Assistant Director

James Morcom

Production Design

Leo Van Witsen

Costume Design

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