• This photo provided by National Film Preservation Foundation, Cineteca del Friuli and George Eastman House shows actress Arlene Francis in a scene from the 1938 film "Too Much Johnson" directed by Orson Welles. A long-lost Orson Welles film that was believed destroyed in a 1970 fire has been discovered in a northern Italian warehouse and will finally make its public debut 75 years after being filmed, an Italian film archive announced Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013. The silent film "Too Much Johnson," a slapstick comedy made just before Welles went to Hollywood to film "Citizen Kane," was found in a box that had been stored for years in the northeastern city of Pordenone before being identified, said Giuliana Puppin, a spokeswoman for the archive, Cineteca del Friuli. How the 35mm nitrate print arrived in Pordenone remains a mystery. (AP Photo/Courtesy of National Film Preservation Foundation, Cineteca del Friuli and George Eastman House) *** Local Caption *** Italy Orson Welles Film Found.JPEG-0575b.jpg
    This photo provided by National Film Preservation Foundation, Cineteca del Friuli and George Eastman House shows actress Arlene Francis in a scene from the 1938 film "Too Much Johnson" directed by Orson Welles. A long-lost Orson Welles film that was believed destroyed in a 1970 fire has been discovered in a northern Italian warehouse and will finally make its public debut 75 years after being filmed, an Italian film archive announced Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013. The silent film "Too Much Johnson," a slapstick comedy made just before Welles went to Hollywood to film "Citizen Kane," was found in a box that had been stored for years in the northeastern city of Pordenone before being identified, said Giuliana Puppin, a spokeswoman for the archive, Cineteca del Friuli. How the 35mm nitrate print arrived in Pordenone remains a mystery. (AP Photo/Courtesy of National Film Preservation Foundation, Cineteca del Friuli and George Eastman House) *** Local Caption *** Italy Orson Welles Film Found.JPEG-0575b.jpg
  • "Too Much Johnson" directed by Orson Welles.was believed destroyed in a 1970 fire has been discovered in a northern Italian warehouse and will finally make its public debut 75 years after being filmed. AP Photo / Courtesy of National Film Preservation Fou???
    "Too Much Johnson" directed by Orson Welles.was believed destroyed in a 1970 fire has been discovered in a northern Italian warehouse and will finally make its public debut 75 years after being filmed. AP Photo / Courtesy of National Film Preservation Fou???
  • Orson Welles on location for the 1938 film "Too Much Johnson". AP Photo / Courtesy of A.M.P.A.S.
    Orson Welles on location for the 1938 film "Too Much Johnson". AP Photo / Courtesy of A.M.P.A.S.
  • This photo provided by National Film Preservation Foundation, Cineteca del Friuli and George Eastman House shows actors Joseph Cotten, left, and Edgar Barrier in a scene from the 1938 film "Too Much Johnson". AP Photo / Courtesy of National Film Preservat???
    This photo provided by National Film Preservation Foundation, Cineteca del Friuli and George Eastman House shows actors Joseph Cotten, left, and Edgar Barrier in a scene from the 1938 film "Too Much Johnson". AP Photo / Courtesy of National Film Preservat???
  • Arlene Francis, right, and actor Joseph Cotten in a scene from the 1938 film "Too Much Johnson" directed by Orson Welles. AP Photo / Courtesy of National Film Preservation Foundation, Cineteca del Friuli and George Eastman House
    Arlene Francis, right, and actor Joseph Cotten in a scene from the 1938 film "Too Much Johnson" directed by Orson Welles. AP Photo / Courtesy of National Film Preservation Foundation, Cineteca del Friuli and George Eastman House
  • Orson Welles went on to huge success a few years after Too Much Johnson with Citizen Kane. Mercury Productions
    Orson Welles went on to huge success a few years after Too Much Johnson with Citizen Kane. Mercury Productions

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