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Lady Windermere’s
Fan
(1916)

Oscar Wilde’s eternal comedy sparkles in this British production, directed by Fred Paul, stars Milton Rossmer and Netta Westcott, with Nigel Playfair, Irene Rooke, Arthur Wontner, Alice de Winton, E. Vivian Reynolds and Joyce Kerr.

British Film Institute
2009 DVD edition

The Fan (1949), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Certification PG, with Lady Windermere’s Fan (1916), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Certification PG.

British Film Institute,
unknown catalog number, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 2 PAL DVD disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 576 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; unknown suggested retail price.
Release date: 26 January 2006.
Country of origin: England

This PAL DVD edition, offered as a disc bonus to the 1949 Otto Preminger film, has likely been mastered from 35mm restoration materials.

This is our recommended home video edition of the film. North American collectors will need a region-free PAL DVD player capable of outputting an NTSC-compatible signal to view this edition.

United Kingdom: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 2 PAL DVD edition from Amazon.co.uk. Support Silent Era.

Loving the Classics
2025 DVD edition

Lady Windermere’s Fan (1916), black & white, 66 minutes, not rated.

Loving the Classics,
no catalog number, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $14.99.
Release date: 21 March 2025
Country of origin: USA

This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.

The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting music recordings.

This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .