The importance of being earnest
By: Janus Films ; the J. Arthur Rank Organisation presents ; directed by Anthony Asquith ; produced by Teddy Baird
Contributors: Wattis, Richard; Denison, Michael; Hudd, Walter, 1898-1963; Evans, Edith, 1888-1976; Greenwood, Joan, 1921-1987; Tutin, Dorothy, 1930-2001; Rutherford, Margaret, 1892-1972; Malleson, Miles; Mather, Aubrey, 1885-1958; Frankel, Benjamin; Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900; Janus Films
Edition: Standard format.
Series: Criterion collection -- 158; Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) -- 158.
Publisher: Criterion Collection
Published: 2002
Place of publication: [New York]
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 95
Subjects: Rich people; Social life and customs; Man-woman relationships; Marriage; Courtship; Drama; Mistaken identity
Other titles: Oscar Wilde's The importance of being earnest; Anthony Asquith's The importance of being earnest
Work titles: Importance of being earnest (Motion picture : 1952)
Description: Two best friends, both wealthy and eligible bachelors in the 1890s, have problems with their marriage prospects.
Notes: At head of title: Oscar Wilde's.

Based on the play by Oscar Wilde.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1952.

Includes production stills gallery with notes by Bruce Elder, theatrical trailer.

Director of photography, Desmond Dickinson ; editor, John D. Guthridge ; music, Benjamin Frankel.

Michael Redgrave, Richard Wattis, Michael Denison, Walter Hudd, Edith Evans, Joan Greenwood, Dorothy Tutin, Margaret Rutherford, Miles Malleson, Aubrey Mather.

Not rated by the MPAA.

DVD player required; Dolby digital mono.

Soundtrack and subtitles in English.