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Importance of Being Earnest, The

film by Asquith [1952]
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  • (From left) Michael Redgrave, Margaret Lockwood, and Paul Lukas in The Lady Vanishes (1938).
    Michael Redgrave

    Other of his films include The Importance of Being Earnest (1952), Goodbye Mr. Chips (1969), and Nicholas and Alexandra (1971). Redgrave, who originally wanted to be a writer, was the author of plays, theoretical works about the acting profession, an autobiography, In My Mind’s Eye (also published as In My…

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    Other of his films include The Importance of Being Earnest (1952), Goodbye Mr. Chips (1969), and Nicholas and Alexandra (1971). Redgrave, who originally wanted to be a writer, was the author of plays, theoretical works about the acting profession, an autobiography, In My Mind’s Eye (also published as In My…

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