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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.
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Joseph CottenAugustus Billings -
Virginia NicolsonLenore Faddish -
Arlene FrancisMrs. Dathis -
Mary WickesMrs. Battison -
Orson WellesKeystone Kop -
John HousemanDuelist -
Judy Holliday(uncredited) -
Edgar BarrierLeon Dathis -
Ruth FordMrs. Billings -
Eustace WyattFrancis Faddish -
Guy Kingsley PoynterHenry MacIntosh
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George DuthiePurser
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John Berry -
Marc BlitzsteinExtra
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Herbert DrakeKeystone Kop
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Erskine SanfordFrederick -
Howard SmithJoseph Johnson -
Augusta Weissberger
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Richard WilsonCabin boy
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