(Update 11/18/2019: The jacket sold for $3,250 and the sketch for $4,000. The winning bidders have not been identified.) ______ A suit jacket, purportedly worn by Orson Welles on the last night of his life, and sketch for his film Chimes at Midnight are both on the auction block this month. The jacket and sketch […]
The Leeds Opera Festival has come up with an appropriate celebration in honor of Shakespeare’s Sir John Falstaff. Britain’s Northern Opera Group will present A Feast for Falstaff on Sunday, August 25, as part of the five-day opera festival. Guests will enjoy drinks and a sumptuous buffet to the accompaniment of pieces from three Falstaff operas […]
Tom Hanks is making his Los Angeles stage debut as Falstaff this summer in a production constructed from Henry IV, Part 1 and Henry IV, Part 2. Like Orson Welles’ stage production of Five Kings and his film Chimes at Midnight, the Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles production places an emphasis on the relationship between Falstaff and […]
It will be screened at the prestigious Paris art museum on November 24.
The CD is limited to 300 copies.
Welles once described her as “the greatest actress in the world.”
The Criterion College release was lauded upon its release in August 2016.
She played Mistress Quickly opposite Orson Welles’ Falstaff.
Exhibits run throughout October 2016.
Australian-born child actor Fraser MacIntosh (“The Boy Cried Murder”) was cast as Jim Hawkins.
Literature / Film Quarterly has kindly allowed us to run an article from their current issue.
The two titles were released in the U.S. on Aug. 30, 2016.
The release is set for August 30.
An audience Q&A session was part of the showings.
The European Film Academy wishes to raise public awareness for places of a symbolic nature for cinema.
The film festival will take place July 26-31.
The full interview will be included in the release of “Chimes at Midnight” on Blu-ray and DVD on August 30.
Both titles will be available on Blu-ray, DVD.
Excerpt from “An Evening with Orson Welles” at the Gaiety Theatre.
The respected film scholar was Welles’ personal assistant on the film.
