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Lady Windermere's Fan (1925)

APPROVED 120 min  -  Comedy | Drama  -   26 December 1925 (USA)
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Mrs Erlynne, the mother of Lady Windermere - her daughter does not know about her - wants to be introduced in society... See full summary »

Director:

Ernst Lubitsch

Writers:

Oscar Wilde (play), Julien Josephson (adaptation), and 2 more credits »

Stars:

Irene Rich, May McAvoy and Bert Lytell
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Lady Windermere's Fan -- Mrs Erlynne, the mother of Lady Windermere - her daughter does not know about her - wants to be introduced in society...
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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Ronald Colman ...
May McAvoy May McAvoy ...
Bert Lytell Bert Lytell ...
Irene Rich Irene Rich ...
Edward Martindel Edward Martindel ...
Lord Augustus Lorton (as Edw. Martindel)
Carrie Daumery Carrie Daumery ...
The Duchess of Berwick (as Mme. Daumery)
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Storyline

Mrs Erlynne, the mother of Lady Windermere - her daughter does not know about her - wants to be introduced in society, so that she can marry Lord Augustus Lorton. Lord Windermere, who helped her with a cheque, invites her to his wifes birthday-party, but Lady Windermere thinks, she has reason to be jealous, so she decides to leave her husband and go to Lord Darlington, who is pining for her. Mrs Erlynne finds this out and tries to prevent her of this mistake, but her daughter leaves her fan in Lord Darlingtons residence. Written by Stephan Eichenberg <eichenbe@fak-cbg.tu-muenchen.de>  

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Mother | Fan | Society | Motherhood | Racetrack  | See more »

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Comedy | Drama

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

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Also Known As:

Lady Windermeres Fächer See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$320,000 (estimated)
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Denmark:  | USA: (2004 National Film Preservation Foundation print)

Sound Mix:

Silent

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1
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Trivia

One of the 50 films in the 3-disk boxed DVD set called "More Treasures from American Film Archives, 1894-1931" (2004), compiled by the National Film Preservation Foundation from 5 American film archives. This film is preserved by the Museum of Modern Art, has a running time of 89 minutes and an added piano music score. See more »

Quotes

Opening title card: Lady Windermere faced the grave problem of seating her dinner guests.
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