Character Relationship Map: Too Much Johnson

Characters

• Augustus Billings (played by Joseph Cotten) — protagonist
• Lenore Faddish (played by Virginia Nicolson) — supporting
• Mrs. Dathis (played by Arlene Francis) — supporting
• Duelist (played by John Houseman) — supporting
• Mrs. Battison (played by Mary Wickes) — supporting
• Keystone Kop (played by Orson Welles) — supporting
• Francis Faddish (played by Eustace Wyatt) — supporting
• Henry MacIntosh (played by Guy Kingsley Poynter) — supporting
• Mrs. Billings (played by Ruth Ford) — supporting
• (uncredited) (played by Judy Holliday) — supporting
• Leon Dathis (played by Edgar Barrier) — supporting
• Cabin boy (played by Richard Wilson) — minor
• Joseph Johnson (played by Howard Smith) — minor
• Frederick (played by Erskine Sanford) — minor
• Purser (played by George Duthie) — minor
• Extra (played by Marc Blitzstein) — minor
• Keystone Kop (played by Herbert Drake) — minor

Story Analysis

Traces the creation, theatrical failure, decades-long loss, and eventual rediscovery of Orson Welles's unfinished 1938 silent comedy.

Plot Progression

1. Cinematic Genesis
2. Theatrical Disaster
3. Historical Vanishing
4. Rediscovery & Legacy