The Importance of Being Earnest
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Oscar Wilde’s comic jewel sparkles in Anthony Asquith’s film adaptation of The Importance of Being Earnest. Featuring brilliantly polished performances by Michael Redgrave, Joan Greenwood, and Dame Edith Evans, the enduringly hilarious story of two young women who think themselves engaged to the same nonexistent man is given the grand Technicolor treatment. Seldom has a classic stage comedy been so engagingly transferred to the screen.
Special Features
- New digital transfer
- Rare production stills
- Original theatrical trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Cover design by Michael Boland, based on a theatrical poster
Collector's Sets
Special Features
- New digital transfer
- Rare production stills
- Original theatrical trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Cover design by Michael Boland, based on a theatrical poster
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Cast
- Michael Redgrave
- Jack Worthing
- Richard Wattis
- Seton
- Michael Denison
- Algernon Moncrieff
- Walter Hudd
- Lane
- Edith Evans
- Lady Augusta Bracknell
- Joan Greenwood
- Gwendolen Fairfax
- Dorothy Tutin
- Cecily Cardew
- Margaret Rutherford
- Miss Letitia Prism
Credits
- Director
- Anthony Asquith
- Screenplay
- Anthony Asquith
- From the play by
- Oscar Wilde
- Producer
- Teddy Baird
- Cinematography
- Desmond Dickinson
- Editing
- John D. Guthridge
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