Too Much Johnson

Too Much Johnson

Comedy | Dec. 1, 1919

Augustus Billings has a domineering mother-in-law, and to get away from both her and his wife, he takes a trip, claiming that he is going off to check on Mexican oil investments. But he's really going on a cruise with Mrs. Dathis, who has purchased his yacht. To throw everyone off track, he uses the name Mr. Johnson. When he decides to repeat the trip, however, all hell breaks loose -- the jealous Mr. Dathis is out to get his hands on this Johnson character, while a real Mr. Johnson shows up in Mexico, and Mrs. Billings shows up with her mother, and the confusion continues from there.

Too Much Johnson

Comedy | Dec. 1, 1919

Too Much Johnson
Augustus Billings has a domineering mother-in-law, and to get away from both her and his wife, he takes a trip, claiming that he is going off to check on Mexican oil investments. But he's really going on a cruise with Mrs. Dathis, who has purchased his yacht. To throw everyone off track, he uses the name Mr. Johnson. When he decides to repeat the trip, however, all hell breaks loose -- the jealous Mr. Dathis is out to get his hands on this Johnson character, while a real Mr. Johnson shows up in Mexico, and Mrs. Billings shows up with her mother, and the confusion continues from there.
Producers Paramount
Original title Too Much Johnson
Directors Donald Crisp
Writers Thomas J. Geraghty, William Gillette

Cast

Bryant Washburn

as Augustus Billings

Lois Wilson

as Mrs. Billings

Adele Farrington

as Mrs. Batterson

Clarence Geldart

as Joseph Johnson (as Charles H. Geldert)

Monte Blue

as Billy Lounsberry

Monty Banks

as Leon Dathis

Elsa Lorimer

as Mrs. Dathis

Gloria Hope

as Leonora Faddish

George Hackathorne

as Henry McIntosh

Phil Gastrock

as Francis Faddish