#OTD 1955: Orson Welles spoke in praise of the modern wonder of the teleprompter. | BBC Archive
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#OTD 1955: Orson Welles spoke in praise of the modern wonder of the teleprompter. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1938: Orson Welles' infamous radio adaptation of The War of the Worlds was broadcast. Did it really cause widespread panic in America? Probably not - but it makes for a great story, as this 1955 clip attests. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1938: Orson Welles' infamous radio adaptation of The War of the Worlds was broadcast. Did it really cause widespread panic in America? Probably not - but it makes for a great story, as this 1955 clip attests. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1960: Orson Welles explained how he wrangled complete creative control for his first film, Citizen Kane, as well as the value of “ignorance”. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1960: Orson Welles explained how he wrangled complete creative control for his first film, Citizen Kane, as well as the value of “ignorance”. | BBC Archive
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#OTD 1955: Orson Welles had just had his passport renewed, a process which made him ponder upon policing, propriety and bureaucracy. | BBC Archive
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#OTD 1955: Orson Welles had just had his passport renewed, a process which made him ponder upon policing, propriety and bureaucracy. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1960: "I think that being a showman is a perfectly splendid thing to be" Orson Welles appeared on Monitor. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1960: "I think that being a showman is a perfectly splendid thing to be" Orson Welles appeared on Monitor. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1955: Orson Welles recounted a story about his mentor, the great Harry Houdini, and the bells of the Kremlin. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1955: Orson Welles recounted a story about his mentor, the great Harry Houdini, and the bells of the Kremlin. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1960: "I think that being a showman is a perfectly splendid thing to be" Orson Welles discussed filmmaking on Monitor. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1960: "I think that being a showman is a perfectly splendid thing to be" Orson Welles discussed filmmaking on Monitor. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1962: "If you take a serious view of filmmaking you have to consider that films are not an illustration or an interpretation of a work" Orson Welles discussed bringing Franz Kafka's The Trial to the screen, on Monitor. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1955: Orson Welles spoke in praise of the modern wonder of the teleprompter. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1982: Arena: The Orson Welles Story was first broadcast. Here, the filmmaker expresses his dissatisfaction with the studio edit of The Magnificent Ambersons. | BBC Archive
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#Onthisday 1982: How Orson Welles discovered the difference between Citizen Kane and his real-life inspiration, William Randolph Hearst | BBC Archive
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Legendary filmmaker Orson Welles was born in Wisconsin #onthisday in 1915. 🎬 In 1960, he discussed filmmaking with with Huw Wheldon on Monitor. | BBC Archive
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'I had no idea I'd become a national event': Orson Welles on the mass hysteria of The War of the Worlds
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#OnThisDay 1938: Orson Welles' infamous radio adaptation of The War of the Worlds was broadcast. Did it really cause widespread panic in America? Probably not - but it makes for a great story, as this 1955 clip attests. | BBC Archive
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BBC - Orson Welles’ Voodoo Macbeth: A forgotten diversity landmark
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"Everything that came over this new magic box, the radio, was being swallowed" #OnThisDay 70 years ago, Orson Welles spoke about his famed radio adaptation of H.G. Wells' 'The War of the Worlds'. He claimed the 1938 broadcast, that depicted a Martian invasion of Earth, caused mass hysteria (a debated claim). Welles also said that one of the aims of the broadcast was to highlight people shouldn't believe everything they hear on the radio. This episode of Orson Welles' Sketch Book was broadcast on
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This day in history: Orson Welles' radio drama 'The War of the Worlds' airs
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#OnThisDay 1955: Orson Welles had just had his passport renewed, a process which made him ponder upon policing, propriety and bureaucracy. | BBC Archive
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#OTD 1955: Orson Welles had just had his passport renewed, a process which made him ponder upon policing, propriety and bureaucracy. | BBC Archive
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#OnThisDay 1960: "I think that being a showman is a perfectly splendid thing to be" Orson Welles appeared on Monitor. | BBC Archive
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The Final Day in the Life of Orson Wells
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#OnThisDay 1975: The highly successful arts and culture documentary series, Arena, was first broadcast. Over 600 episodes would be produced. Here’s a selection of acclaimed film directors (including Martin Scorsese, John Carpenter, Steven Spielberg and Orson Welles) talking about their craft, taken from a variety of episodes of the programme. | BBC Archive
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BBC Arts - BBC Arts - Seven things you might be surprised to learn about Citizen Kane
Jan 12, 2019
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Orson Welles' Best Performance
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