Orson Welles on Film Editing
Only one of the greatest Directors waxing poetically about editing…Read More
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Orson Welles’ Last Interview
Orson Welles was a dear friend of Merv Griffin but was a notoriously guarded interviewee. He told Merv he wasn’t interested in taking “trips down memory lane.” On October 10, 1985 he told Merv he was “feeling expansive” and to go ahead and ask him all those “gossipy” questions he’d always wanted to ask him Read MoreRead More
Orson Welles and Peter O’Toole discuss Hamlet
This is en excerpt from the program “Monitor” (recorded in October 1963 at the BBC). Right around this time O’Toole was playing Hamlet at the National Theatre.Read More
Peter Bogdanovich: Was Orson Welles Cursed by a Brazillian Witch?
Director Peter Bogdanovich, writer of This is Orson Welles talks about the famous director and his “cursed’ documentary “It’s All True”. http://youtu.be/YrmJSE6wrsE Or it could be another fantastic tale told by the guy that duped people into thinking world was being invaded by aliens.Read More
Orson Welles at the Premiere of Citizen Kane
Orson Welles arriving at the Palace Theatre for the premiere of Citizen Kane – May 1st, 1941Read More
Citizen Kane makes it’s debut in Hearst Castle
Seventy one years after “Citizen Kane” premiered, Orson Welles’ thinly veiled character study of a mogul resembling William Randolph Hearst is finally getting a screening at the real life version of Xanadu. As part of the San Luis Obispo International Film Festival, the film will be showcased on a 5 story tall screen at Hearst Castle on March 9, 2012.Read More
Orson Welles Interview on the Day He Died October 10, 1985
On October 10, 1985 Orson Welles reordered his last interview with Merv Griffin. He died two hours after the taping at the age of 70 years old.Read More
AFI Tribute to Orson Welles
In these clips from the 1975 AFI Life Achievement Award show honoring Orson Welles, Johnny Carson, Frank Sinatra, Ingrid Bergman and others pay tribute to the legendary filmmaker.Read More
Orson Welles Meets HG Wells
This meeting between H.G. Wells and Orson Welles was broadcasted on Radio KTSA San Antonio on October 28, 1940, Wells expressed a lack of understanding of the apparent panic caused by “The War of the Worlds” Halloween radio broadcast in 1938. Read More
10 Legendary Filmmakers on CITIZEN KANE
Here is a collection of filmmakers discussing what many believe is the greatest film ever made, Citizen Kane. The interviews include everyone from Steven Spielberg, Sydney Pollack, Charlton Heston, Martin Scorsese and more. We even threw in Donald Trump just for fun. We start with the man himself, Orson Welles.Read More
Orson Welles Terrorizes Jim Henson
The clip is from the unaired pilot of the Orson Welles Talk Show in 1979. Things take an unpleasant turn at the end of Orson Welles’ interview with Jim Henson and Frank Oz.Read More
Orson Welles – Frozen Peas
Frozen Peas is the colloquial term for a blooper audio clip wherein American filmmaker Orson Welles performs narration for a series of British television advertisements for Findus. The clip is known informally as In July, or Yes, Always, based on several of Welles’ complaints during the recording.Read More