THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST

If you enjoy witty dialogue, stylish acting and elegant settings, Anthony Asquith's exquisitely mounted film version of Oscar Wilde's The Importance ol Being Earnest will surely entertain you. A drawing room farce, the focus chiefly lies with the sparkling conversation. All the characters have wit: in many cases, it is their only virtue. They are mouthpieces for Wilde's satirical comments on the fashionable society they represent. The redoubtable Lady Bracknell, with her equivocal ideas about mercenary marriages, deception, ignorance and respectability outdoes them all.