The Importance of Being Earnest is a 1952 British comedy drama film adaptation of the 1895 play by Oscar Wilde. It was directed by Anthony Asquith, who also adapted the screenplay, and was produced by
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Sir Michael Scudamore Redgrave was an English actor and filmmaker. Beginning his career in theatre, he first appeared in the West End in 1937. He made his film debut in Alfred Hitchcock's The Lady Van
The Importance of Being Earnest (1952 film)
…The film ends with Jack saying, "I've now realised for the first time in my life the vital importance of being earnest." Michael Redgrave as John (Jack) Worthing Michael Denison as Algernon Moncrieff…
Redgrave in 1978
Michael Redgrave in costume for the lead role in Uncle Vanya, backstage at the Chichester Festival Theatre, 1962. Photo: Tony French.
Redgrave (right) with Catherine Lacey and Margaret Lockwood in a publicity shot for Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes (1938)
Sir Michael Redgrave by Allan Warren, 1973