The Importance of Being Earnest Segment

[@solameanie]

No one, but NO ONE played Lady Bracknell like Dame Edith Evans. The "handbag" delivery is legendary.

[@nachiketdhende8681]

Watch David Suchet's lady bracknell. 😄

[@Robert_Manners]

@Nina Hagen Some roles are just out of reach of some actors and even more so after they have been performed by others to such an überhaupt believable level.

[@marcopolo9146]

Judi Dench had a great “handbag”.

[@rosemaryallen2128]

Do watch the great Joan Plowright as Lady B. She is absolutely splendid! A worthy successor to Dame Edith.

[@williamshelton4150]

@@nachiketdhende8681 He didn't seem to disappear into the role.

[@andrewwilliams2353]

This is the definitive performance of "Importance" by which all others will be compared ( and found wanting ). No cast could ever come near to the perfection of this one. Solid gold - every one of them

[@peacockpaula4723]

I adore this upper class accent. It blesses my heart, wonderful☺.

[@tommoncrieff1154]

No one speaks like that now, not even the Royal Family. It’s wonderful to hear brilliant sparkling dialogue delivered with such relish and precision of diction.

[@tadimaggio]

I cannot BELIEVE that the director cut Lady Bracknell's line, which should have been spoken at 1:30. After Algernon says: "His doctors found out that Bunbury could not live -- so Bunbury died", Lady Bracknell is SUPPOSED to reply: "He seems to have had an inordinate confidence in the opinion of his physicians." If nothing else, I would have thought that Edith Evans would have insisted on the line being kept in.

[@jean_mollycutpurse_winchester]

Such exquisite writing.

[@lospazio]

This woman is unbelievable. It's hard to imagine a better Lady Bracknell.

[@C-4U]

Simply the best Lady Bracknell ever ❤

[@aum3.146]

Best version out there. It has the true sparkle of wit.

[@shugaroony]

Delicious; Redgrave, Evans and Greenwood with her glorious voice bringing Wilde's superb writing to life - even without the handbag!!

[@thislittleduck1]

Classic interpretation of the text, and for me, one of the finest. Vale Oscar Wilde.

[@bluegrasslass]

No-one could ever top Dame Edith Evans's performance her; in fact the whole cast is just perfect. Anything with the great Margaret Rutherford is worth watching :)

[@Mr.SLovesTheSacredHeartofJesus]

@TheRenaissanceman65 Maybe not, but i'll take her and her chins, any day of the week. Over these plastic surgery actresses of today. 60 and 70-year-olds, acting like they're in their 30's. No thanks!

[@jamessparkman6604]

I remember Brian Bedford he was the voice of the fox Robin Hood in the 1973 Walt Disney classic Robin Hood which starred animals as the main characters

[@iminmymojo7903]

"Impossible! He was at Oxford!" 😂😂😂 As if that's an excuse

[@hotoneinspai]

Legendary...Wonderful delivery by all the cast, Dame Edith in particular.

[@bscottb8]

"When I married Lord Bracknell, I had no fortune of any kind, but I never dreamed of allowing that to stand in my way."

[@queeniekoenigin3136]

Dame Edith issues consonants as if they were edicts. Wonderful performance. None better!

[@armymatters8042]

"Do you smoke?" "well yes....." "Good I'm glad to hear it, a man should have an occupation of some kind"

[@SamC2345]

The best Lady Bracknell ever..

[@saemushailstorm3135]

just a posh

[@TheChannelXY]

Nah David Suchet was better for me personally

[@HipPocketMemories]

Michael Denison is often underrated. His delivery as Algernon is pure Wilde and should be studied by any actor interpreting the role.

[@galantos30]

You can tell he's having fun.

[@speedracer2841]

Dame Edith Evans was the only actress who could diphthongize the indefinite article.

[@andrewwilliams2353]

Gloriously impeccable diction from all concerned. In so many modern films the diction is so awful and the recording even worse that one needs subtitles to follow the script

[@AGMundy]

In summary as others have said, this is a wonderful production. All the actors are superb, perfect timing, with Dame Edith Evans of course stealing every scene. Lady Bracknell and Aigernon have the best lines.

[@GrooveJuiceGoody]

7:02 "He subsequently stayed to tea and devoured every single muffin!" Pahahahaha!!!!

[@dancingdan1994]

As great an actress dench is she could not hold a candle to this women

[@silverknight2113]

Exploded?! Was he a victim of a revolutionary outrage?! :P

[@SteveDurnin]

They left out Bracknell's line about Bunbury having great confidence in his physicians.

[@lukegriffith2828]

Pity. A classically funny line, if not the highest wit, very funny.

[@bscottb8]

"He has nothing and looks everything -- what more could one desire?"

[@melmardiamond]

a handbag?

[@isabellabornberg2153]

lakaris not here

[@welshpete12]

no not a handbag , it's iN a HAND baggg ! :-)

[@jasonhurd4379]

Dame Edith, the Lady Bracknell of all time.

[@Mr.SLovesTheSacredHeartofJesus]

"Few girls of the present day have any really solid qualities, any of the qualities that last, and improve with time. We live, I regret to say, in an age of surfaces". Oh boy, if that isn't true today. And i would include men in that too.

[@jamesmajor3892]

Possibly my favorite scene for dialogue from any film.

[@kieran196]

I've got this on dvd so wonderful!

[@orelas167]

Can you imagine? A "cease communication immediately!" order upon engagement. Crack the whip! "Mr. Worthing, is Miss Cardeu connected with any of the larger railway stations in London?" (OMG I'm dying!)

[@athickie]

The best movie version hands down

[@TheGeoDaddy]

Cecile Cardew: “I’m sorry, I am an honest girl and - when I see a spade - I call it a spade” Gwendolyn Fairfax: “Well, I for one, have never seen spade ♠️ it must be the company you keep”

[@charleshudson5330]

It don't get no better. Why do they keep remaking this delightfully arch comedy as a sadly serious play? There will never be another Lady Bracknell. Ditto, Joan Greenwood.

[@petiteplumesauvage]

What a lovely accent!

[@nahlafathy1438]

I wish someone might upload the complete movie

[@Wanderingdayo]

Glorious

[@uptoapoint7157]

The General was essentially a man of peace, except in his domestic life.

[@antoineduchamp4931]

I could have sworn that O. Wilde wrote The Importance for the star role of Dame Edith Evans... he did not do so of course, but it is hard to believe that he did not.

[@DanaTheInsane]

I think you put the cart before the horse on this.

[@blessOTMA]

Dame Edith, we are not worthy!

[@samandros3451]

This is the funniest piece of writing I've ever read. Oscar Wilde was a true comic genius.

[@Lytton333]

Just as it's well nigh impossible to create an original Richard III after Olivier, so it is with Lady B post Edith. There have been some dreadful assassinations of the Bracknell genius since Dame Edith's great galleon sailed into the horizons of theatrical history.

[@barbarastepien-foad4519]

Edith Evans in this role was the precursor to Downtown Abbey!

[@class87srule]

Michael Redgrave and Michael Denison 'hamming it up' for all they're worth. Dame Edith, as usual, is incomparable, incorrigible and impossible!

[@YorkshireNutte]

How did Lady Bracknell miss 5 trains in the space of 9 minutes?? Surely they didn't run that often!

[@louisxiv631]

*GWENDOLYN?!?!?!! WHOT DOES THISS MEAN?!!?!!?!?!?!?!?!?*

[@rabih1978]

She said "I am firm" lollll hahaha

[@NPA1001]

“This place has gone orf Terribly”

[@philipanderson4673]

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!

[@Sanitarium7]

I'm at a loss for words. It hurts to watch but I can't stop!

[@Mr.SLovesTheSacredHeartofJesus]

"Hurts to watch"? Why?!

[@MrJrow11]

A HAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNDDDDDD BAG?

[@phwbooth]

"To miss any more might expose us to comment on the platform..."

[@smegul1464]

Edith evans its amazing she was born in 1888.

[@nickwright6034]

Dame Edith and my late paternal grandmother, Rose, were born in 1888. They had much in common...!

[@comprehensiveboy]

The Sporran, Fyfeshire. Indeed, one cannot easily take issue with such an address. Even these days.

[@novanova1644]

Hope you have not bothered to watch THE NEW IMITATION-REMAKE by STUPID HOLLIWOOD OF THIS BRILLIANT MOVIE which is the overwhelming embarrassment where NO TRACE OF ANY Hollywood "produced" TALENT can be found !! THIS VIDEO IS FROM THE SUPER CLASSICAL MASTERPIECE ~ WATCH THE REAL ORIGINAL ONLY on a GOOD QUALITY DVD - and you'd love to watch it over and over and over again!!! The Importance of Being Earnest (1952 film) with the ORIGINAL CAST superb classic performance!!! Michael Redgrave as John Worthing Michael Denison as Algernon Moncrieff Edith Evans as Lady Bracknell Joan Greenwood as Gwendolen Fairfax Margaret Rutherford as Miss Prism Miles Malleson as Canon Chasuble Dorothy Tutin as Cecily Cardew Aubrey Mather as Merriman Walter Hudd as Lane Richard Wattis as Seton

[@GrooveJuiceGoody]

7:23 "After cuuh-full consideration..." Brian Butterfield!! Pahah!

[@davy91101]

Alas this film of IBES has forever spoiled any other iteration of the play, principally because of Edith Evans show is utterly flawless in her reading of the lines. I have watched the clips from the version with David Suchet who obviously has the talent to play the role in drag without seeming to be in drag yet................Evans has trumped a number of other great actresses, e.g., Judy Dench but the former simply put her stamp on the role.

[@johannesramharter1139]

Edith Evans is The best Lady Brecknell ever

[@imopman]

130,000 lbs in that time would be about a couple of million today.

[@jman6587]

imopman lbs hahahaha £

[@valeriefields7902]

"Only" a couple million?

[@johngreen3543]

In those days 1 lb was equivalent to 5 us dollars/ GB was in its heyday of imperialist greatness. Adjusted for inflation it was well over 20 million us dollars in 2020 dollars

[@imopman]

@@johngreen3543 Wow , that's more than I thought - Thanks !

[@gh5363]

You’re giving pounds as weight instead of money lol. £ not lb.

[@xbrando7]

Comment on the platform, heaven forbid!

[@IWantDaraObrien]

hahaha ' i dont INTEND to have a brother...' just brilliant. such wonderful accents!!

[@bazza945]

Lady Bracknell was remarkably prescient, the original karen, but with class.

[@CharlesTheClumsy]

Where does she say "a handbag"?

[@kyles5960]

In the VIDEO lol

[@bluelegocat7520]

That's a different scene

[@JCB112592]

is she wearing a body suit?

[@TheWhitehiker]

she be the best!

[@สวัสดี4]

~A handbag~

[@liss31d]

Exploded?!

[@magnum112000]

there will be comment on the platform LOL

[@hipatiadealejandria2452]

But Ernest was supposed to be 29 ¡¡¡

[@srpooper]

it's probably because of all of the demon seed...

[@bboyzillah]

sisileeeh you meh kiss meeeh

[@TinaVukovChannel]

genius

[@bazcar22]

Markby, Markby and who? Oh that's right .....Markby

[@Setebos]

"Gwendolyn, what does this mean?" Well, Lady B, looks to me like they're snogging up a storm. Just my opinion, though.

[@peficaro]

is this queen Mary of Teck? eh eh eh eh

[@Moluccan56]

The resemblance!

[@2xb355]

6:30

[@keramiroberts6695]

Every single muffin...

[@Mike8981]

your - your're

[@bryced875]

soooo are they british or american? LOL

[@antoniocasias5545]

Yesn’t

[@marytapia8024]

No I know who they were making fun of in those old Warner Bros. cartoons

[@Inelika]

One of her eyes is higher than the other...

[@Zazou_96]

What is it with old movies that make them so creepy? So many creepy persons

[@loferx]

Oh! I gather for some they sound "creepy", but for me they seem just absolutely fabulous, lively, fun.

[@vazhaabdu4529]

WHERE THE FUCK is HANDBAAAG? who else wasted 10 minutes?

[@potatoman9547]

True doter wrong video

[@benjamintrefny4107]

Judy Dench is better

[@Mr.SLovesTheSacredHeartofJesus]

No way! She was horrible as Lady Bracknell.