Lady Windermere's Fan
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Ernst Lubitsch
Ronald Colman
Irene Rich
May Mcavoy
Bert Lytell
Edward Martindel
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
The sensational and indiscreet Mrs. Erlynne returns to London and sends for Lord Windermere. She reveals that she is really his wife's mother, long thought dead by Lady Windermere, and demands payment for her secrecy. She also asks for an invitation to his wife's birthday party. Windermere fails to persuade his wife to send the invitation, but Mrs. Erlynne mistakes the letter of refusal for the invitation. Her arrival at the party arouses the jealousy of Lady Windermere, who goes off to the apartment of Lord Darlington, an admirer. Mrs. Erlynne follows to persuade her daughter to return to her husband before it is too late. Darlington, Windermere, and some other men show up and find Lady Windermere's fan. Mrs. Erlynne comes out, and in front of her admirer, Lord Augustus, claims that she had taken the fan by mistake. Her audacity, however, wins Lord Augustus' heart.
Director
Ernst Lubitsch
Cast
Ronald Colman
Irene Rich
May Mcavoy
Bert Lytell
Edward Martindel
Helen Dunbar
Carrie Daumery
Billie Bennett
Crew
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Trivia
Notes
Twentieth Century-Fox produced another adaptation of Oscar Wilde's play in 1949, under the title The Fan. That film was directed by Otto Preminger and starred Jeanne Crain and George Sanders (see AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1941-50).
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1925
Released in United States February 2007
Released in United States September 1988
Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (Retrospective) February 8-18, 2007.
Shown at Toronto Festival of Festivals September 8-17, 1988.
Selected in 2002 for inclusion in the Library of Congress' National Film Registry.
Released in United States 1925
Released in United States February 2007 (Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (Retrospective) February 8-18, 2007.)
Released in United States September 1988 (Shown at Toronto Festival of Festivals September 8-17, 1988.)
