Lady Windermere's Fan (1925) | Directed by Ernst Lubitsch - Full Movie

A society woman believes her husband is having an affair, a misconception which may have dire personal consequences for all involved.

Lady Windermere's Fan is a 1925 American silent 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. The film is being preserved by several archives. It was transferred onto 16mm film by Associated Artists Productions 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."

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
Running time: 120 minutes (Denmark), 89 minutes (2004 National Film Preservation Foundation print)
Country: United States
Language: English
Budget: $320,000
Box office: $398,000