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.
Directed by Orson Welles
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Cast
Joseph Cotten
Augustus Billings (uncredited)
Virginia Nicolson
Lenore Faddish (uncredited)
Arlene Francis
Mrs. Dathis (uncredited)
Mary Wickes
Mrs. Battison (uncredited)
Orson Welles
Keystone Kop (uncredited)
John Houseman
Duelist (uncredited)
Edgar Barrier
Leon Dathis (uncredited)
Ruth Ford
Mrs. Billings (uncredited)
Eustace Wyatt
Francis Faddish (uncredited)
Guy Kingsley Poynter
Henry MacIntosh (uncredited)
George Duthie
Purser (uncredited)
Herbert Drake
Keystone Kop (uncredited)
Erskine Sanford
Frederick (uncredited)
Howard Smith
Joseph Johnson (uncredited)
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