Release Date: 1938-01-01
Overview: 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.
Rating: 5.3 / 10
Joseph Cotten
as Augustus Billings
Virginia Nicolson
as Lenore Faddish
Arlene Francis
as Mrs. Dathis
Mary Wickes
as Mrs. Battison
Orson Welles
as Keystone Kop
Orson Welles - Director
William Gillette - Theatre Play
William Alland - Editor
Orson Welles - Producer
Harry Dunham - Director of Photography
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