Aubrey Mather, Dorothy Tutin, Edith Evans
If you're looking for the definitive example of dry British wit, look no further than The Importance of Being Earnest. Of course, it helps to have Oscar Wilde's beloved play as source material,...( read more
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DVD Release Date: June 25, 2002
Stats: 140 reviews
Anthony Asquith's 1952 adaptation of "The Importance of Being Earnest", a play by Oscar Wilde from 1895, is a delightful comedy that doesn't try to hide it's roots. It looks like a play, it's performed like a play, the sets look like sets - hell, the film opens and closes with bi...( read more)
The premire film adaptation of Oscar Wilde's comic masterpeice is this 1952 version. The very model of wit and whimsy that came so naturally in the 50's and comes so rarely today. A confirmed bumburist myself, The Importance of Being Ernest was the first play I ever saw and since...( read more)
This adaptation of the Oscar Wilde play will never go down in history for its visual panache, because it doesn?t really have any. There?s nothing wrong with the style, but the film makes no bones about the fact that this is a stage adaptation. What really shines here is the act...( read more)
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