oscar wilde comedy of manner and perhaps the witty play ever write and be all but wreck at the hand of a second rate cast . sander be and a one would expect and casually and indolently brilliant in the role of lord darlington and but the rest of the cast make the entire procedure a waste of time . jean crain attempt a stage accent in alternate sentence and the other member of the cast seem to believe this be a melodrama and not a comedy while indeed and the entire production have bookends that reduce it to tragedy doubtless the hay office insist . preminger direction seem to lie mostly in make sure that there be plenty of servant about and even the music seem banal . stick with the visually perfect silent farce a direct by lubitsch or even the 2004 screen version with helen hunt a mrs. erlynne while or try read the play for the pleasure of the word . but skip this version .