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The importance of being earnest [dvd] / Oscar Wilde's The importance of being earnest a film by Anthony Asquith. - [S.l.] : Network, c2009. - 1 DVD (91 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Based on the play by Oscar Wilde. Originally released as a motion picture in 1952. Special features: "A profile of The importance of being earnest" documentary; image galleries; press and promotional material.

Director of photography, Desmond Dickinson ; film editor, John D. Guthridge ; music composed and conducted by Benjamin Frankel. Director of photography, Desmond Dickinson ; film editor, John D. Guthridge ; music composed and conducted by Benjamin Frankel.

Michael Redgrave (Ernest Worthing), Richard Wattis (Seton), Michael Denison (Algernon Moncrieff), Walter Hudd (Lane), Edith Evans (Lady Bracknell), Joan Greenwood (Gwendolyn Fairfax), Dorothy Tutin (Cecily Cardew), Margaret Rutherford (Miss Prism), Miles Malleson (Canon Chasuble), Aubrey Mather (Merriman).

A witty, delightful story about a lovestruck suitor named Jack whose fiancee can only love a man named Ernest.

UK cert. U.


PAL region 2.

Standard No.: 5027626306748

Publisher. No.: 7953067 Network

Subjects--Personal Names:
Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900 --Film adaptations.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
England--Social life and customs--19th century--Drama.