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  • Don’t Touch That Dial


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    Perfect for a rainy Sunday night.
    5 days ago

  • Two must-sees, Gatsby (if only for the architecture); Orson Welles Chimes at Midnight tomorrow at the Music Box


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    One production had no money; the other had it coming out of its ears. Critics are generally roughing up Baz Luhrmans new version of F. Scott Fitzgeralds The Great Gatsby , but from an architectural standpoint, if nothing else, Production Designer Catherine Martins creations are well worth a view.  Watching the ...
    1 week ago

  • ‘This Is Orson Welles’ on William Friedkin’s list of top 5 books on directors


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    William Friedkin, who is making the rounds publicizing his memoir "The Friedkin Connection," gave his picks for the five best books on directors to The Wall Street Journal.Among his picks was "This Is Orson Welles" by Peter Bogdanovich and Welles. Friedkin says of the book, "Peter Bogdanovich is a respected film ...
    2 weeks ago

  • Hollywood Haunting/Gold Rush Ghost – Sneak Peek


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    Haunted Collector—Airs Wednesdays at 9/8c. SUMMARY: On this episode of Haunted Collector, John Zaffis and the crew fly to California to investigate a Hollywood Hills home once occupied by movie legend Orson Welles. Next up, the team heads north to [...]
    2 weeks ago

  • Orson Welles on Chartres Cathedral, authorship, and the purpose of human existence


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    “And this has been standing here for centuries. The premier work of man perhaps in the whole Western world, and it’s without a signature: Chartres. A celebration to God’s glory and to the dignity of man. All that’s left, most artists seem to feel these days, is man. Naked, poor, forked radish. There aren’t ...
    2 weeks ago

  • Welles, In Order #3 – The Stranger


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    Welles, In Order #3 – The Stranger Where the Long Tail Ends THE STRANGER (1946) The Stranger holds two distinctions in Welles’ filmography: 1) It was his most financially successful film, and 2) It was his least favorite. Given the rushed look of the final cut, neither of those two observations is ...
    2 weeks ago

  • Il terzo uomo [1949]


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    Il terzo uomo è un film di Carol Reed con Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli e Trevor Howard [1949]. La storia si svolge in una Vienna occupata dalle forze di liberazione/occupazione. Si respira il clima esausto, losco ma soprattutto confuso e caotico del secondo dopoguerra. I ...
    2 weeks ago

  • The Hall of Hams # 37: Orson Welles


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    Welles as a Turk in “Journey Into Fear” The Hall of Hams is my series on some of my favorite actors who have brought the art of melodramatic acting into the modern era. Today is the birthday of George Orson Welles (1915-1985). Because he is almost universally celebrated as the greatest American film director ...
    2 weeks ago

  • Classic Movie Legend Tribute: Orson Welles


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      Happy Birthday to Classic Movie Legend, Orson Welles, born May 6th, 1915.   Orson Welles during his Boy  Genius  phase The genius of Orson Welles can not be denied. Through his long lenses, long takes, and deep focus, he was able to create the greatest technological achievement since sound entered the ...
    2 weeks ago

  • In Memoriam


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    Orson Welles nasceu há 98 anos. Um gajo que fez um filme sobre um trenó, ou algo assim. Pronto, mais um pouco de biografia não faz mal: Nasceu em 6 de Maio 1915 em Kenosha, Wisconsin, EUA e morreu em 10 de Outubro de 1985 em Hollywood, EUA. Se fosse vivo faria 98 anos e, suspeito, já não faria filmes. Acho que ...
    2 weeks ago

  • Happy birthday Orson Welles


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    Today marks the 98th anniversary of the birth of the late Orson Welles.Please make today the day you support efforts to throw a fitting 100th birthday bash in Welles "hometown" of Woodstock, Illinois.The non-profit Woodstock Celebrates Inc. will mark the 80th anniversary next year of the 1934 Todd Theatre Festival at ...
    2 weeks ago

  • May 6 in history


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    1527  Spanish and German troops sacked Rome ;  147 Swiss Guards, including their commander, died fighting the forces of Charles V in order to allow Pope Clement VII to escape into Castel Sant’Angelo. 1536  King Henry VIII ordered English language Bibles be placed in every church. 1542  Francis Xavier ...
    2 weeks ago

  • Classic Double Feature: Shadow of a Doubt (1943) & Compulsion (1959)


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    Greetings, all and sundry! Allow me a few moments of your time in indulge the nostalgia of my youth. And broach a topic very close to my some may say, misspent early years. The Classic Double Feature. Usually reserved for Saturday matinees in the more austere theaters of the day. More often than not, theme [...]
    3 weeks ago

  • Another Charlotte mayor answered call to D.C.


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    Transportation Secretary nominee Anthony Foxx isn’t the first former Charlotte mayor to be tapped for a high-profile federal job. That was Frank McNinch , who as chairman of FDR’s Federal Communications Commission (1937-39) dealt with controversial figures ranging from Orson Welles to Mae West. About ...
    3 weeks ago

  • ‘At Any Price’ Interview with Actor Dennis Quaid and Co-Writer/Director Ramin Bahrani


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    At Any Price is the story of Henry Whipple (Quaid), a family man running a large farming empire in Iowa corn country. He faces direct competition against Jim Johnson (Clancy Brown), along with opposition to continuing the family legacy from one of his sons, (played by Zac Efron). At Any Price is the story of an ...
    3 weeks ago

  • Wellesnet.com sets audience record; expands social media presence


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    Wellesnet.com set a record for unique monthly visitors to the website in April 2013.Last month, 20,125 users visited Wellesnet.com from their PCs, smartphones and tablets. This was a nearly 40 percent gain over the audience size a year earlier. It easily surpassed the record 17,230 unique monthly visitors set in ...
    3 weeks ago

  • Citizen Kane is 72


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    "Citizen Kane," the Orson Welles film that many consider the best of all time, premiered on this date in 1941, at New Yorks Palace Theater.
    3 weeks ago

  • Watch Orson Welles Interviewed Just After "The War Of The Worlds" Radio Broadcast (1939)


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    On October 31, 1939, Orson Welles was interviewed by journalists over his Mercury Theatres famous radio broadcast version of The War of the Worlds that aired the prior evening. He apologizes for the radio broadcast, which caused panic among people who thought the story was real and that earth was really being invaded ...
    4 weeks ago

  • Watch Classic Orson Welles Interview for "Citizen Kane" (1960)


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    Orson Welles unsuccessfully tried to enter the London and Broadway stages. It wasnt until he received recommendations by Thornton Wilder and Alexander Woollcott, that he made his New York debut as Tybalt in 1934. In that same year, he also directed his first short film and appeared on radio for the first time. He ...
    4 weeks ago

  • A Fresh Look At: Citizen Kane (1941)


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    Plot: When the fabulously wealthy newspaper mogul Charles Foster Kane (Orson Welles) dies, his last words are “Rosebud”. Intrigued by who or what this mysterious Rosebud might be, a reporter interviews Kane’s closest acquaintances to find out more about his life. What went through my head: This is, at least in ...
    4 weeks ago

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