- Actors: Jeanne Crain, Madeleine Carroll, George Sanders, Richard Greene, Martita Hunt
- Directors: Otto Preminger
- Writers: Dorothy Parker, Oscar Wilde, Walter Reisch
- Producers: Otto Preminger
- Format: PAL
- Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: To be announced
- Studio: Bfi
- DVD Release Date: 26 Jan 2009
- Run Time: 89 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- ASIN: B001G6UP6Q
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 43,333 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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An old woman (Madeleine Carroll) wants to reclaim a fan up for auction but is unable to prove the fan belonged to her. She seeks out an elderly man (George Sanders) who knew her back when she owned the fan but he doesn't remember her. She then proceeds to tell him her story of the fan and how it came into her possession. Otto Preminger is probably the least likely director (he also produced the film) one would think of to direct this biting Oscar Wilde comedy, Ernst Lubitsch yes, but Preminger? The script (Dorothy Parker was one of the three screenwriters who had a hand) bookends the film with an unnecessary present day (London 1949) sequence before going to the Oscar Wilde material but the film is bowdlerized to the point that only its plot is retained and even that makes some misguided changes to the Wilde material. That being said, if one can accept that it isn't Wilde's LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN but some curious hybrid then it's an acceptable piece of costume melodrama. The cast includes Jeanne Crain (charming as Lady Windermere), Richard Greene, Martita Hunt, John Sutton and Richard Ney.
The BFI DVD (an English import) is a nicely rendered B&W transfer in its proper 1.33 ratio. There's a lovely bonus of the 1916 silent version of LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN included.
The BFI DVD (an English import) is a nicely rendered B&W transfer in its proper 1.33 ratio. There's a lovely bonus of the 1916 silent version of LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN included.
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***1/2 1949. Produced and directed by Otto Preminger. This film is an adaptation of Oscar Wilde's Lady Windermere's Fan. Mrs. Erlynne, an adventuress, arrives in London to see her only daughter Lady Windermere. The young woman, unaware of Mrs. Erlynne's real identity, thinks that her husband is cheating on her with this dangerous woman. This play, in comparison with The Importance of Being Earnest or The Picture of Dorian Gray (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) (Barnes & Noble Classics) is not the most adapted Oscar Wilde work in cinema. If we except TV productions, it was adapted only once for the cinema since Otto Preminger production: Mike Barker's A Good Woman. Madeleine Carroll's performance alone justifies the extra dollars you'll have to pay for this DVD provided that you own a multizone DVD player. Good copy but no extras. Recommended.
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