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
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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 |
| Production | Teddy Baird | Producer |
| Camera | Desmond Dickinson | Director of Photography |
| Art | Carmen Dillon | Art Direction |
| Editing | John D. Guthridge | Editor |
| Production | Roy Goddard | Production Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Beatrice Dawson | Costume Design |
| Crew | Arthur Alcott | Production Controller |
| Sound | Benjamin Frankel | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Robert Asher | Assistant Director |
| Camera | David Harcourt | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Joan Bridge | Other |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yvonne Caffin | Costume Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | George Blackler | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Eric Wood | Sound Editor |
| Production | Earl St. John | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Gordon K. McCallum | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | John Dennis | Sound Recordist |
| Directing | Joan Davis | Continuity |
| Writing | Anthony Asquith | Screenplay |
| Production | Weston Drury Jr. | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Biddy Chrystal | Hairstylist |
| Camera | Bert Batt | Third Assistant Camera |
| Directing | David W. Orton | Second Assistant Director |
| Art | Ernest Archer | Draughtsman |
| Art | John Box | Draughtsman |
| Art | Peter Lamont | Draughtsman |
| Art | Arthur Taksen | Set Dresser |
| Camera | Harry Gillard | Still Photographer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dorothy Edwards | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Sound | Benjamin Frankel | Conductor |
