Too Much Johnson (1919 film)

Too Much Johnson is a lost[1] 1919 American silent comedy film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures.

[4] Famously, Orson Welles made a short and unfinished film adaptation of the play in 1938, and he may have not known of this feature silent from 1919.

As described in a film magazine,[5] Augustus Billings (Washburn), who lives in deadly fear of his mother-in-law Mrs. Batterson (Farrington), risks fate by taking a yacht trip with his friend Billy Lounsberry (Blue), who owns some oil wells in Mexico.

Boat owner Mrs. Dathis (Lorimer) carries on a flirtation with "Johnson" and invites him on another cruise.

Meanwhile, also on the steamer is a young woman Leonora (Hope) who is to marry this Mr. Johnson through a mail arrangement, along with her father (Gastrock) and disappointed sweetheart Henry (Hackathorn).

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