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Lady Windermere’s Fan
(1916) England
B&W : Five reels / 4500 feet
Directed by Fred Paul

Cast: Milton Rossmer [Lord Windermere], Netta Westcott [Lady Windermere], Nigel Playfair [Lord Augustus Lorton], Irene Rooke [Mrs. Erlynne], Arthur Wontner [Lord Darlington], Alice de Winton [Duchess of Berwick], E. Vivian Reynolds [Mr. Dumby], Joyce Kerr [Agatha], Evan Thomas [Cecil Graham], Sydney Vautier [Hopper]

Ideal Films, Limited, production; distributed by Ideal Films, Limited. / Scenario by Benedict James; from the play Lady Windermere’s Fan by Oscar Wilde. / Released July 1916. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released in the USA by Triangle Distributing Corporation on 15 June 1919. / The play was subsequently filmed as Lady Windermere’s Fan (1925).

Comedy.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: (unknown) [United Kingdom]; Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 28 January 2013.

References: Gifford-British n. 06247 : Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.