The Importance of Being Earnest (1952)
Two young gentlemen living in 1890s England use the same pseudonym ('Ernest') on the sly, which is fine until they both fall in love with women using that name, which leads to a comedy of mistaken identities.
Director:
Anthony Asquith
Writer:
Anthony Asquith
http://www.criterion.com/films/355-the-importance-of-being-earnest
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Michael Redgrave as Ernest Worthing |
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Michael Denison as Algernon Moncrieff |
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Edith Evans as Lady Bracknell |
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Joan Greenwood as Gwendolen Fairfax |
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Dorothy Tutin as Cecily Cardew |
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Margaret Rutherford as Miss Prism |
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Miles Malleson as Canon Chasuble |
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Richard Wattis as Seton |
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Walter Hudd as Lane |
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Aubrey Mather as Merriman |
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Ivor Barnard as Conductor (Uncredited) |
| Directing | Anthony Asquith | Director |
| Writing | Oscar Wilde | Theatre Play |
| Camera | Desmond Dickinson | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Benjamin Frankel | Original Music Composer |
| Crew | Arthur Alcott | Production Controller |
| Costume & Make-Up | Beatrice Dawson | Costume Design |
| Directing | Robert Asher | Assistant Director |
| Production | Earl St. John | Executive Producer |
| Production | Teddy Baird | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | George Blackler | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Carmen Dillon | Art Direction |
| Camera | Joan Bridge | Other |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yvonne Caffin | Costume Supervisor |
| Production | Roy Goddard | Production Manager |
| Camera | David Harcourt | Camera Operator |
| Editing | John D. Guthridge | Editor |
| Sound | Eric Wood | Sound Editor |
| Sound | John Dennis | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Gordon K. McCallum | Sound Recordist |
| Directing | Joan Davis | Continuity |
| Costume & Make-Up | Biddy Chrystal | Hairstylist |
| Art | Ernest Archer | Draughtsman |
| Writing | Anthony Asquith | Screenplay |
| Directing | David W. Orton | Second Assistant Director |
| Art | Peter Lamont | Draughtsman |
| Camera | Bert Batt | Third Assistant Camera |
| Art | Arthur Taksen | Set Dresser |
| Art | John Box | Draughtsman |
| Camera | Harry Gillard | Still Photographer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dorothy Edwards | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Production | Weston Drury Jr. | Casting |
| Sound | Benjamin Frankel | Conductor |