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Orson Welles Interview on the Day He Died October 10, 1985

Dennis — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 09:15:11 +0000

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.

AFI Tribute to Orson Welles

Dennis — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 09:05:22 +0000

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.

Johnny Carson tells the story of how the two met, and why Welles owes him fifty bucks.

Frank Sinatra sings an original song to Orson Welles, “He’s a Champ,” a play on “The Lady Is a Tramp.”

Actress Ingrid Bergman pays tribute to director Orson Welles.

Actor Joseph Cotten (THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS, CITIZEN KANE) talks about the “astounding impact” that Orson Welles had on all forms of show business, and thanks Welles for pushing him to be an actor.

Actor / Director Peter Bogdanovich, tells a story of shooting with Welles on the film, THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WIND.

Comedian and radio performer Edgar Bergen performs his classic ventriloquism act with “Charlie McCarthy” In this clip they talk about Welles’ infamous “War of the Worlds” performance on the night of October 30, 1938. “The Charlie McCarthy” show is sometimes humorously credited with “saving the world,” because more Americans were tuned in to it than Welles’ program.

The legendary Orson Welles accepts the 3rd AFI Life Achievement Award.

Orson Welles Meets HG Wells

Dennis — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 09:15:26 +0000

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.

10 Legendary Filmmakers on CITIZEN KANE

Dennis — Wed, 11 May 2011 15:00:44 +0000

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.

Oh what the hell…..

Orson Welles Terrorizes Jim Henson

Dennis — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 01:50:57 +0000

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.

A few other clips from the show:

Orson Welles – Frozen Peas

Dennis — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 05:05:58 +0000

Frozen Peas is the colloquial term for a blooper audio clip wherein 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.

“Future Shock” documentary narrated by Orson Welles

Dennis — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 13:19:07 +0000

Future Shock is a 1972 short documentary film directed by Alex Grasshoff and narrated by Orson Welles. It was screened at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival, but wasn’t entered into the main competition. It is based on the book of the same name.

Steven Spielberg On Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock & Martin Scorsese

Dennis — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 09:07:17 +0000

Steven Spielberg talks about Directors with distinct styles. He refers the work of Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock, Martin Scorsese and Michael Curtiz.

VIA: AFI

B-movie guru Harry Alan Towers – More Bang for the Buck!

Dennis — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 02:07:55 +0000

B-movie producer and writer Harry Alan Towers sadly died this Sunday of heart failure in Toronto. He was 88.

He made more than 100 films working with such actors as Orson Welles, Michael York, Michael Caine, Richard Harris, James Earl Jones and Tony Curtis. He sometimes used the pseudonym Peter Welbeck.

Towers was one of the first to use tactics that would later become commonplace for indie filmmakers, such as shooting in low cost international locations, preselling rights and using public domain literary works from authors such as Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Allan Poe, Agatha Christie and Edgar Wallace.

Some of his underground classics include “Venus in Furs,” “Eugenie,” “Marquis de Sade: Justine” and “Night of the Blood Monster.”

Orson Welles on Editing

John P. Hess — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:15:30 +0000

Spoken as only the great Orson Welles could spoken it: