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.
Cast
Joseph Cotten
Augustus Billings
Virginia Nicolson
Lenore Faddish
Arlene Francis
Mrs. Dathis
Mary Wickes
Mrs. Battison
Orson Welles
Keystone Kop
John Houseman
Duelist
Judy Holliday
(uncredited)
Edgar Barrier
Leon Dathis
Ruth Ford
Mrs. Billings
Eustace Wyatt
Francis Faddish
Guy Kingsley Poynter
Henry MacIntosh
George Duthie
Purser
John Berry
Unknown
Marc Blitzstein
Extra
Herbert Drake
Keystone Kop
Erskine Sanford
Frederick
Howard Smith
Joseph Johnson
Augusta Weissberger
Unknown
Richard Wilson
Cabin boy
Crew
Orson Welles
Director, Screenplay, Editor, Producer
William Alland
Editor
Richard Wilson
Editor, Associate Producer, Unit Production Manager
Paul Dunbar
Director of Photography
Harry Dunham
Director of Photography
John Berry
Assistant Director, Co-Producer
John Houseman
Producer
James Morcom
Production Design
Leo Van Witsen
Costume Design
William Gillette
Theatre Play
