Orson Welles

Orson Welles news, related photos and videos, and reviews of Orson Welles performances. According to Wikipedia: George Orson Welles was an American theater and film producer and director, and a theater, radio and film actor. Welles first gained notoriety for his October 30, 1938 radio broadcast of H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds. Adapted to sound like a contemporary news broadcast, it panicked a large number of listeners. Welles and his biographers subsequently claimed he was exposing the gullibility of American audiences in the tense preamble to the Second World War. In the mid-Thirties his New York theater adaptations of a voodoo Macbeth and a contemporary Julius Caesar became legendary. Welles was also a practiced magician, starring in troop variety spectacles in the war years. During this period he became a serious political activist and commentator through journalism, radio and public appearances closely associated with Franklin D. Roosevelt. In 1941, he co-wrote, directed, produced and starred in Citizen Kane, most often chosen in polls of film critics as one of the greatest films ever made.

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Citizen Kane -- understanding "Rosebud"

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Director: Orson Welles, 1941. Almost 70 years-old, Citizen Kane remains a classic, a masterpiece of cinema. This is surprising considering it was the directorial debut for Welles, who was only 24 years-old at the time and a Broadway producer and radio personality in New York. It was a box-office flop due to a massive anti-Kane newspaper compaign. Still, it garnered nine Academy Award nominations, winning one Best Original Screenplay (Herman J. Mankiewicz and Orson Welles). Later, in 2007 it was ranked as the #1 Greatest Movie of all Time by the American Film Institute. What is it about this old black and white film ... Read Full Story

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From the GITS vaults: Orson Welles

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This was originally posted on June 22, 2008: The Internet never ceases to amaze me. Below is an excerpt from an interview with Orson Welles . I've never seen it before today, never even knew of its existence until I started bumping around the web. Two things about the interview. First, Welles reveals that the idea of 'home' is very important to him because as a child, his family moved multiple times, so he never really had what he would call a home. Second, he confesses that his least favorite thing about Citizen Kane was Rosebud -- he calls it a "rather tawdry device." ... Read Full Story

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The 9 Most Memorable Celebrity Blow-Ups on Tape

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Celebrities have bad days just like the rest of us. Unfortunately, there are usually still recording devices nearby when they have those bad days. Unfortunately for them that is. Fortunate for us, because that means we get to hear them. And here are 9 of our favorites. 9- Chris Berman Somehow, the fact that a sportscaster like Chris Berman has a nasty temper really doesn't come as much of a surprise. So when some people are walking around during his shot it's pretty expected that he would freak out on them and throw a little tantrum. But what really makes this one memorable is ... Read Full Story

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Henry Jaglom's Films Available on iTunes

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Visit His Official Site First famous for his editing contributions to Easy Rider , the British born and Actors Studio trained actor/editor turned writer/director Henry Jaglom has dedicated several of his cinematic creations since his feature filmmaking debut in 1971 to exploring the many issues surrounding women and men in contemporary society. His most recent film, Hollywood Dreams , offered a phenomenal role for its lead actress Tanna Frederick and was featured as an Official Selection at our very own Scottsdale International Film Festival , which incidentally kicks off tonight. Nearly a dozen of the groundbreaking, experimental, and acclaimed independent filmmaker's classic works starring ... Read Full Story

Only four more days now until Indecision 2008....

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more the engrish ! AS IS OBVIOUS FROM THE TITLE, THERE ARE NOW BUT FOUR DAYS UNTIL WE "MORALLY SUPERIOR" AMERICANS MAKE THAT FATEFUL DECISION as to where a 21st-century America ought go. Which can only mean that the propaganda can only get all the more vile and disgusting from certain circles in this the final countdown. Making this all the more relevant: Yesterday was the 60th anniversary of perhaps the single greatest demonstration of how radio's power and intrusion can be abused to the point of perverted-- viz ., the Mercury Theatre of the Air 's dramatisation of H. G. Wells' War of ... Read Full Story

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Orson Welles' War of the Worlds Set for Orlando Debut

Play the Moment Productions in conjunction Questionable Productions will present the Orlando debut of Orson Welles' War of the Worlds at The John and Rita Lowndes Shakespeare...

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Norman Lloyd reminisces about Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre

Boston GlobeNorman Lloyd reminisces about Orson Welles' Mercury TheatreLos Angeles Times Blogs, CAWhen Lloyd was a young actor on Broadway in the 1930s, he was an early member of Orson Welles' seminal Mercury Theatre, and their relationship was not without tension. Lloyd appeared in the group's initial Broadway production of Shakespeare's “Julius ...A pal doffs his hat to Charlie Chaplin Los Angeles Timesall 4 news articles

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Letters on Orson Welles - World Socialist Web Site

Letters on Orson WellesWorld Socialist Web Site, MII was fascinated by your interview with Joseph McBride, the author of What Ever Happened to Orson Welles? due to the striking parallels between Welles's life and that of another cinematic artist often labeled—in my opinion, deservedly—“greatest of all ...Orson Welles in Alien Cover-Up The Spoof (satire)Review: War of the Worlds This is Nottinghamall 4 news articles

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