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Too Much Johnson is a 1938 American silent comedy film written and directed by Orson Welles. An unfinished film component of a stage production, it was made three years before Welles directed Citizen Kane, but it was never publicly screened. It was shot to be integrated into Welles's Mercury Theatre stage presentation of William Gillette's 1894 comedy, but the film sequences could not be shown due to the absence of projection facilities at the venue, the Stony Creek Theatre in Connecticut. The resulting plot confusion reportedly contributed to the stage production's failure.

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  • Too Much Johnson (de)
  • Too Much Johnson (es)
  • Too Much Johnson (in)
  • Too Much Johnson (fr)
  • Too Much Johnson (it)
  • Слишком много Джонсона (ru)
  • Too Much Johnson (1938 film) (en)
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  • Too Much Johnson ist eine US-amerikanische Filmkomödie aus dem Jahr 1938. Der unter der Regie von Orson Welles entstandene Stummfilm sollim Zusammenhang mit seiner Bühnenadaption des William-Gillette-Stücks für das Mercury Theatre gedreht worden sein. Angedacht waren demnach drei Kurzfilme, die jeweils als Prologe vor jedem Akt gezeigt werden sollten. Die Hauptrolle übernahm Joseph Cotten, mehrere Mitglieder des Mercury Theaters traten ebenfalls auf. Das Theaterstück feierte am 16. August 1938 Premiere – allerdings ohne den Film. Lange Zeit galt Too Much Johnson als verschollen; erst 2008 wurde eine Kopie des Films in einem Lagerhaus in Pordenone, Italien, entdeckt. Nach einer Restaurierung wurde er am 9. Oktober 2013 beim Pordenone Silent Film Festival uraufgeführt. (de)
  • Too Much Johnson adalah sebuah film komedi bisu Amerika Serikat tahun 1938 yang ditulis dan disutradarai oleh Orson Welles. Film tersebut diyakini telah hilang. Namun, sebuah cetakan ditemukan di sebuah gudang di Pordenone, Italia pada 2008. Film tersebut tayang perdana pada 9 Oktober 2013 di . (in)
  • Too Much Johnson è un film muto diretto da Orson Welles. Si tratta, probabilmente, della prima pellicola diretta dal cineasta americano, nonché del debutto per il suo attore feticcio, Joseph Cotten. Il mediometraggio, che cita il film Preferisco l'ascensore! (1923) con Harold Lloyd, è stato riscoperto nel 2008. Le bobine sono state ritrovate casualmente in un magazzino a Pordenone e il film, restaurato, è stato proiettato in prima mondiale il 9 ottobre 2013 alle Giornate del Cinema Muto di Pordenone. (it)
  • «Сли́шком мно́го Джо́нсона» (англ. Too much Johnson) — американский немой фильм 1938 года, вторая авторская работа Орсона Уэллса в кинематографе. Фильм общей продолжительностью 40 минут состоит из трёх неравных фрагментов, снятых в манере буффонады 1910-х годов и предназначавшихся для показа во время театральной постановки одноимённой комедии . После провала премьеры спектакля Уэллс отказался от завершения фильма и положил отснятый материал на полку. Долгое время считалось, что фильм погиб при пожаре в 1970 году; описания и оценки фильма основывались на свидетельстве , фоторепортаже в журнале Stage и короткой любительской киноленте, запечатлевшей процесс съёмок. Однако в 2008 году лента была найдена в Италии. Премьера восстановленного фильма запланирована на 9 октября 2013 года. (ru)
  • Too Much Johnson es una película de comedia estadounidense de 1938, escrita y dirigida por Orson Welles. La película se rodó tres años antes de que Welles dirigiera Ciudadano Kane, pero nunca se exhibió públicamente. Se creía que la película estaba perdida, pero en 2013 se encontró una copia en un almacén italiano.​ Esta no era la primera vez que Welles dirigía una película. En 1934, sin dejar de asistir a la Todd School for Boys, codirigió junto con su amigo un cortometraje de estilo vanguardista llamado .​ (es)
  • Too Much Johnson est un film muet américain réalisé par Orson Welles, sorti en 1938. Le film est inspiré d'une farce théâtrale écrite par William Gillette en 1894. Il s'agit de l'un des premiers films d'Orson Welles après le court métrage Hearts of Age (1934). C'est aussi le premier rôle au cinéma de l'acteur Joseph Cotten. Le film n'a jamais été projeté et on a longtemps cru que le film avait été perdu. (fr)
  • Too Much Johnson is a 1938 American silent comedy film written and directed by Orson Welles. An unfinished film component of a stage production, it was made three years before Welles directed Citizen Kane, but it was never publicly screened. It was shot to be integrated into Welles's Mercury Theatre stage presentation of William Gillette's 1894 comedy, but the film sequences could not be shown due to the absence of projection facilities at the venue, the Stony Creek Theatre in Connecticut. The resulting plot confusion reportedly contributed to the stage production's failure. (en)
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