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.
Cast
- 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
- John Houseman as Duelist
- Judy Holliday as (uncredited)
- Edgar Barrier as Leon Dathis
- Ruth Ford as Mrs. Billings
- Eustace Wyatt as Francis Faddish