Lady Windermere's Fan

1925

silent, comedy, Drama

Mrs Erlynne (Irene Rich), the mother of Lady Windermere (May McAvoy) - her daughter does not know about her - wants to be introduced in society, so that she can marry Lord Augustus Lorton (Edward Martindel). Lord Windermere (Bert Lytell), who helped her with a cheque, invites her to his wifes birthday-party, but Lady Windermere thinks, she has reason to be jealous, so she decides to leave her husband and go to Lord Darlington (Ronald Colman), who is pining for her. Mrs Erlynne finds this out and tries to prevent her of this mistake, but her daughter leaves her fan in Lord Darlingtons residence.

Lady Windermere's Fan is a 1925 in film American silent film film directed by Ernst Lubitsch. It is based on Oscar Wilde's 1893 play Lady Windermere's Fan which was first played in America that year by Julia Arthur as Lady Windermere and Maurice Barrymore as Lord Darlington.

Plot summary

Differences from play

Cast

Ronald Colman as Lord Darlington
May McAvoy as Lady Windermere
Bert Lytell as Lord Windermere
Irene Rich as Mrs. Erlynne
Edward Martindel as Lord Augustus Lorton
Carrie Daumery as The Duchess of Berwick

Category:1925 films
Category:American films
Category:American silent feature films
Category:American comedy-drama films
Category:English-language films
Category:Black-and-white films
Category:Films based on plays
Category:Films based on works by Oscar Wilde
Category:Films set in England
Category:Films set in London
Category:Films directed by Ernst Lubitsch
Category:United States National Film Registry films

Ernst Lubitsch, Darryl F. Zanuck