Too Much Johnson

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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.

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Creators

Orson Welles

director

William Gillette

writer

Orson Welles

writer

Cast

Joseph Cotten actor

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Virginia Nicolson actor Arlene Francis actor Mary Wickes actor Orson Welles actor John Houseman actor

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Judy Holliday actor Edgar Barrier actor

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Ruth Ford actor

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Eustace Wyatt actor

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Guy Kingsley Poynter actor

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George Duthie actor

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John Berry actor

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Marc Blitzstein actor

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Herbert Drake actor

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Erskine Sanford actor

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Howard Smith actor

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Augusta Weissberger actor Richard Wilson actor