| Too Much Johnson | |
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| Directed by | Donald Crisp |
| Written by | Thomas J. Geraghty (scenario) |
| Based on | Too Much Johnson by William Gillette |
| Produced by | Adolph Zukor Jesse Lasky |
| Starring | Bryant Washburn Lois Wilson |
| Cinematography | Charles Schoenbaum |
| Edited by | Nan Heron Dorothy Arzner |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures - Artcraft |
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Running time | 5 reels |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
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Too Much Johnson is a lost[1] 1919 American silent comedy film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Donald Crisp during his phase as an important film director. This film stars in the leads Bryant Washburn and Lois Wilson.[2][3]
This film is based on William Gillette's 1894 play Too Much Johnson and is the second film attempt at the play, the first having been a short in 1900.[4] Famously, Orson Welles made a short and unfinished film adaptation of the play in 1938, and he may have not known of this feature silent from 1919.
- ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Too Much Johnson
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Too Much Johnson at silentera.com
- ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Too Much Johnson
- ^ Too Much Johnson produced on Broadway, Standard Theatre, November 26, 1894 to June 1895; 216 performances; IBDb.com