Lady Windermere's Fan (1925 film)

Lady Windermere's Fan is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Ernst Lubitsch. It is based on Oscar Wilde's 1892 play Lady Windermere's Fan which was first played in America by Julia Arthur as Lady Windermere and Maurice Barrymore as Lord Darlington.[2][3] The film is being preserved by several archives.[4] It was transferred onto 16mm film by Associated Artists Productions[5] in the 1950s and shown on television. In 2002, Lady Windermere's Fan was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress, being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."[6][7]

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Lady Windermere's Fan
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Ernst Lubitsch
Written by	Julien Josephson (adaptation) Maude Fulton (titles) and Eric Locke (titles)
Based on	Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde
Produced by	Ernst Lubitsch Darryl F. Zanuck (uncredited)
Starring	Ronald Colman May McAvoy Bert Lytell Irene Rich
Cinematography	Charles Van Enger
Edited by	Ernst Lubitsch
Music by	Yati Durant
Distributed by	Warner Brothers
Release date	December 26, 1925 (1925-12-26)
Running time	120 minutes (Denmark) 89 minutes (2004 National Film Preservation Foundation print)
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)
Budget	$320,000[1]
Box office	$398,000[1]