Too Much Johnson
Cast & Crew
Donald Crisp
Bryant Washburn
Lois Wilson
Adele Farrington
C. H. Geldart
Monte Blue
Film Details
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Synopsis
In order to conduct a secret dalliance with Mrs. Dathis aboard his former yacht, Augustus Billings uses the name "Johnson" and inscribes a photograph of himself with his assumed name. Mrs. Dathis' jealous husband later tears the photograph and only the curly black hair remains with the inscription "Johnson." Billings' mother-in-law, Mrs. Batterson, and his wife investigate Billings' explanation of his absence. Billings accompanies them to Mexico where supposedly he had been called to look after recently acquired oil properties. Billings takes them to a property owned by an intimate friend, but the property has been sold to a man named Joseph Johnson, who is aboard the same ship to Mexico as Billings, his wife and mother-in-law, as well as a revenge-seeking Mr. Dathis. Also on board are Francis Faddish and his daughter Leonora, who is to become the bartered wife of Johnson. Johnson knocks out the jealous Mr. Dathis, who has been searching everywhere for the curly-haired philanderer. After Johnson mistakes Billings' wife for his own bride-to-be, Billings tricks Johnson into a declaration of marriage with Mrs. Batterson. Billings is therefore relieved of the mother-in-law who interfered with his marital happiness.
Director
Donald Crisp
Cast
Bryant Washburn
Lois Wilson
Adele Farrington
C. H. Geldart
Monte Blue
Monte Banks
Elsie Lorimer
Gloria Hope
George Hackathorn
Phil Gastrock
Crew
Film Details
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Notes
Too Much Johnson was also the basis of an uncompleted 16mm film made by Orson Welles in 1938.
