The Fan (1949 film)

The Fan
1950 US Theatrical Poster
Directed byOtto Preminger
Screenplay byWalter Reisch
Dorothy Parker
Ross Evans
Based onLady Windermere's Fan
by Oscar Wilde
Produced byOtto Preminger
StarringJeanne Crain
Madeleine Carroll
George Sanders
Richard Greene
CinematographyJoseph LaShelle
Edited byLouis Loeffler
Music byDaniele Amfitheatrof
Production
company
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • April 1, 1949 (1949-04-01)
Running time
79 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Fan is a 1949 American drama film directed by Otto Preminger, starring Jeanne Crain, Madeleine Carroll, George Sanders, and Richard Greene. The screenplay by Dorothy Parker, Walter Reisch, and Ross Evans is based on the 1892 play Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde. The play had been filmed several times before, with a 1916 silent film, a later adaptation by Ernst Lubitsch in 1925 as well as versions in Spanish and Chinese.