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Too Much Johnson is a 1938 American silent comedy film written and directed by Orson Welles. An unfinished film component of a stage production, it was made three years before Welles directed Citizen Kane, but it was never publicly screened.
Aug 30, 2014 · Too Much Johnson: Directed by Orson Welles. With Joseph Cotten, Virginia Nicolson, Edgar Barrier, Arlene Francis. A woman has two lovers. When one man finds out about the other, he acts as a villain and chases after the protagonist.
Mar 12, 2021 · Orson Welles’ long-believed lost footage shot for the 1938 stage comedy Too Much Johnson was preserved by the George Eastman Museum and first shown to the delight of cineastes at an Italian film festival in 2013.
Nov 26, 2013 · News of the rediscovery and preservation of sixty-six minutes of footage shot by Orson Welles in 1938 made me both eager and skeptical.
Mar 25, 2023 · 55 views 1 year ago. The film was not intended to stand by itself, but was designed as the cinematic aspect of Welles’s Mercury Theatre stage presentation of William Gillette’s 1894 comedy about a...
Posing as wealthy Cuban plantation owner Joseph Johnson, Augustus Billings is having an affair with married Clairette Dathis. Augustus is able to get away just before Clairette's husband, Leon Dathis, comes home. But Leon finds out about the affair.
Too Much Johnson (1938) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Produced by the Mercury Theatre, Too Much Johnson was meant to introduce each act of William Gillette’s stage play of the same name. Even in its unfinished state, the film shows all the hallmarks of Welles’s cinematic genius.
Too Much Johnson (1938) | MUBI. /10. 190 Ratings. Awards & Festivals. National Society of Film Critics Awards. 2014 | Winner: Film Heritage Award. Cast & Crew. Show all ( 21) Orson Welles Director, Producer, Screenplay, Editing, Cast. Joseph Cotten Cast. Virginia Nicholson Cast. Edgar Barrier Cast. Arlene Francis Cast. William Gillette Play.
Oct 9, 2013 · Too Much Johnson is haphazard, but buoyant, an experiment in pastiching old-fashioned cinematic styles, but with a passion that energises them. Three years before Citizen Kane and here we can see Welles happily at play with his new favourite toy.
