# Orson Welles had Too Much Johnson! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 8, 2013, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orson-welles-had-too-much-johnson/665751 "2013-08-08T22:51:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orson-welles-had-too-much-johnson/665751/1 "2013-08-08T22:51:15Z")
(Not that Mrs. Welles ever complained.) [Long-lost Welles film, discovered in Italy in 2008, to be released.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Too_Much_Johnson) ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2013, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orson-welles-had-too-much-johnson/665751/2 "2013-08-09T15:04:49Z")
Looking at this [screen capture,](http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/too-much-johnson.jpg) he used the [Singer Building](http://nyc-architecture.com/GON/GON3-singer1.jpg) (interior shown [here](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/SingerBuilding15.jpg)), which was torn down to make way for [this](http://img51.photobucket.com/albums/v156/AtlanticaC5/1LP.jpg). Reading more, the original play was written in 1894, but the Singer Building was erected in 1908. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2013, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orson-welles-had-too-much-johnson/665751/3 "2013-08-09T15:45:19Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > Looking at this [screen capture,](http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/too-much-johnson.jpg) he used the [Singer Building](http://nyc-architecture.com/GON/GON3-singer1.jpg) (interior shown [here](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/SingerBuilding15.jpg)), which was torn down to make way for [this](http://img51.photobucket.com/albums/v156/AtlanticaC5/1LP.jpg). > > Reading more, the original play was written in 1894, but the Singer Building was erected in 1908. Someone should really be flogged for that ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2013, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orson-welles-had-too-much-johnson/665751/4 "2013-08-10T21:44:07Z")
Arlene Francis? As in “Are you panelist on a game show?” ---
**Author:** ![Buffalo\_Bilious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e99b99/32.png) [@Buffalo\_Bilious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buffalo_Bilious)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2013, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orson-welles-had-too-much-johnson/665751/5 "2013-08-10T22:12:54Z")
If you havent seen it yet, do a google for “Orson Welles outtakes”. The wine commercial is absolutely a classic. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2013, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orson-welles-had-too-much-johnson/665751/6 "2013-08-11T01:23:05Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > Arlene Francis? As in “Are you panelist on a game show?” Yes, believe it or not, \*What’s My Line? \*was not the totality of her career. She was an accomplished actress. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orson-welles-had-too-much-johnson/665751/7 "2013-08-14T22:05:40Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Yes, believe it or not, \*What’s My Line? \*was not the totality of her career. She was an accomplished actress. It’s one thing to know she was an actress. (Game show contestants usually were.) It’s another thing to find out one had been working with Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten and John Houseman. Next thing you’re going to tell me is that Charles Nelson Reilly had a small part in _A Face in the Crowd._ Oh, wait.