The Fan (1949 film)

The Fan is a 1949 American drama film directed by Otto Preminger. The screenplay by Dorothy Parker, Walter Reisch, and Ross Evans is based on the 1892 play Lady Windermeres Fan by Oscar Wilde. The play had been filmed several times before, with a 1916 silent film, a later adaptation by Ernst Lubitsch in 1925 as well as versions in Spanish and Chinese.

In his review in The New York Times, Bosley Crowther observed, Most of the brittle wit and satire of Mr. Wildes conversation piece has been lost in the making of this . . . nicely costumed picture which is a strangely uninspired nostalgic romance.TV Guide rates the film two out of a possible four stars and comments, Premingers version, despite a strong cast, was bowdlerized by the scripters into a soapy mess . . . As is too often the case with filmed classics, dialog was sacrificed to further a perverted plot. Wildes witty aphorisms were excised, and with them went any merit the film might have had. ........

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