The Importance of Being Earnest (1952)
7.2|2 Jun, 1952|95 min
They don't come any wilder than Oscar Wilde's classic comedy of manners, morals and morality!
7.2|2 Jun, 1952|95 min
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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.
Keywords
love triangle
marriage
mistaken identity
etiquette
based on play or musical
Casts
Michael Redgrave
Ernest Worthing
Michael Denison
Algernon Moncrieff
Edith Evans
Lady Bracknell
Joan Greenwood
Gwendolen Fairfax
Dorothy Tutin
Cecily Cardew
Margaret Rutherford
Miss Prism
Miles Malleson
Canon Chasuble
Richard Wattis
Seton
Walter Hudd
Lane
Aubrey Mather
Merriman
Ivor Barnard
Conductor (Uncredited)
Crews
Anthony Asquith
Director
Oscar Wilde
Theatre Play
Teddy Baird
Producer
Desmond Dickinson
Director of Photography
Carmen Dillon
Art Direction
John D. Guthridge
Editor
Roy Goddard
Production Manager
Beatrice Dawson
Costume Design
Arthur Alcott
Production Controller
Benjamin Frankel
Original Music Composer
Robert Asher
Assistant Director
David Harcourt
Camera Operator
Joan Bridge
Other
Yvonne Caffin
Costume Supervisor
George Blackler
Makeup Artist
Eric Wood
Sound Editor
Earl St. John
Executive Producer
Gordon K. McCallum
Sound Recordist
John Dennis
Sound Recordist
Joan Davis
Continuity
Anthony Asquith
Screenplay
Weston Drury Jr.
Casting
Biddy Chrystal
Hairstylist
Bert Batt
Third Assistant Camera
David W. Orton
Second Assistant Director
Ernest Archer
Draughtsman
John Box
Draughtsman
Peter Lamont
Draughtsman
Arthur Taksen
Set Dresser
Harry Gillard
Still Photographer
Dorothy Edwards
Wardrobe Supervisor
Benjamin Frankel
Conductor
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