Orson Welles and People was a 1956 pilot for a projected documentary series by Orson Welles, which is now believed to be lost. The pilot was a portrait...
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Orson Welles (1915–1985) was an American director, actor, writer, and producer who is best remembered for his innovative work in radio, theatre and film...
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George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) was an American director, actor, writer, and producer who is remembered for his innovative work in...
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Beatrice Giuditta Welles (also known as Beatrice Mori di Gerfalco Welles; born November 13, 1955) is an American former child actress, known for her roles...
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released recordings made by Orson Welles. Welles is heard on many recordings that were not intended for commercial release and for which he was not compensated...
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of unproduced Orson Welles projects in roughly chronological order. During his long career, American actor and filmmaker Orson Welles had worked on a...
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director and actor Orson Welles. Hill, Roger and Welles, Orson (eds.). Everybody's Shakespeare. Woodstock, Illinois: Todd Press, 1934. (omnibus volume and three...
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work of Orson Welles. There isn't one person, I suppose, in a million, who knows that I was ever in the theatre. — Orson Welles to friend and mentor Roger...
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professional name Paola Mori, was an Italian actress and aristocrat, and the third and last wife of Orson Welles. Paola Mori was born in 1928 to an Italian aristocratic...
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Orson Welles acted in a series of advertisements for Paul Masson California wine from 1978 to 1981, best known for their slogan "We will sell no wine before...
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Frozen Peas (category Orson Welles)
colloquial term for a blooper audio clip in which American actor and filmmaker Orson Welles performs narration for a series of British television advertisements...
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Oja Kodar (category Orson Welles)
German-French documentary Orson Welles: The One-Man Band (1995). For this film, she supervised a compilation of unused footage shot by Welles over the final 20...
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the radio programs made by Orson Welles. Welles was often uncredited for his work, particularly in the years 1934–1937, and he apparently kept no record...
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The Stranger (1946 film) (category Films directed by Orson Welles)
noir directed and (although uncredited) co-written by Orson Welles, starring himself along with Edward G. Robinson and Loretta Young. Welles's third completed...
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Orson Welles Great Mysteries is a British television series originally transmitted between 1973 and 1974, produced by Anglia Television for the ITV network...
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Lives of Harry Lime with Orson Welles, The Secrets of Scotland Yard with Clive Brook, Horatio Hornblower with Michael Redgrave, and a series of Sherlock Holmes...
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Touch of Evil (category Films directed by Orson Welles)
Touch of Evil is a 1958 American film noir written and directed by Orson Welles, who also stars in the film. The screenplay was loosely based on the contemporary...
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The Deep (unfinished film) (redirect from The Deep (Orson Welles film))
directed by Orson Welles, based on Charles Williams' novel Dead Calm (1963), which was later adapted as an eponymous 1989 film. Welles produced and wrote The...
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The Other Side of the Wind (category Films directed by Orson Welles)
the Wind is a satirical drama film co-written, co-edited, and directed by Orson Welles, and posthumously released in 2018 after 48 years in development...
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blend of the pompous and the amusing. He recalled that Orson Welles once called him over to a table and said, "You stole my name," and then dismissed him...
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Mr. Arkadin (category Films directed by Orson Welles)
film noir, written and directed by Orson Welles and shot in several Spanish locations, including Costa Brava, Segovia, Valladolid, and Madrid. Filming took...
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The War of the Worlds (1938 radio drama) (category Works by Orson Welles)
the Air directed and narrated by Orson Welles as an adaptation of H. G. Wells's novel The War of the Worlds (1898) that was performed and broadcast live...
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Chimes at Midnight (category Films directed by Orson Welles)
written, directed by, and starring Orson Welles. Its plot centers on William Shakespeare's recurring character Sir John Falstaff and his fatherly relationship...
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The Magnificent Ambersons (film) (category Films directed by Orson Welles)
Ambersons is a 1942 American period drama written, produced, and directed by Orson Welles. Welles adapted Booth Tarkington's Pulitzer Prize–winning 1918 novel...
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Citizen Kane (category Films directed by Orson Welles)
directed by, produced by, and starring Orson Welles. Welles and Herman J. Mankiewicz wrote the screenplay. The picture was Welles's first feature film. Citizen...
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villain, played by Orson Welles. In an interview, Welles mentioned that the fable is Russian in origin. A likely precursor to The Scorpion and the Frog is the...
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Orson Welles' Sketch Book is a series of six short television commentaries by Orson Welles for the BBC in 1955. Written and presented by Welles, the 15-minute...
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The Trial (1962 film) (category Films directed by Orson Welles)
drama film written and directed by Orson Welles, based on the 1925 posthumously published novel of the same name by Franz Kafka. Welles stated immediately...
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The Campbell Playhouse (radio series) (category Works by Orson Welles)
(1938–1940) was a live CBS radio drama series directed by and starring Orson Welles. Produced by Welles and John Houseman, it was a sponsored continuation of...
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F for Fake (category Films directed by Orson Welles)
mensonges, "Truths and lies"; Spanish: Fraude, "Fraud") is a 1973 docudrama film co-written, directed by, and starring Orson Welles who worked on the film...
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