Analyzing ‘The Other Side of the Wind’ script evolution
Several versions of the script Orson Welles co-wrote with collaborator Oja Kodar are in collections in Italy, Spain, and the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
Preserving ‘It’s All True’ – É Tudo Verdade
A backup copy of the “It’s All True” footage stored at the UCLA Film and Television Archive is being recommended in addition to a 4K scan by Paramount Pictures.
God, Orson Welles and epic movies
With Passover and Holy Week upon us, it seems an appropriate time to survey the religious, or faith-based, motion pictures associated with Orson Welles as an actor, writer or director.
‘It’s All True’ book launch set for Brazil conference
Catherine Benamou’s exhaustively researched “It’s All True: Orson Welles’s Pan-American Odyssey” was first published by University of California Press in 2007.
University of Michigan digitizes ‘War of the Worlds’ mail
The University of Michigan Library has digitized, transcribed and categorized more than 1,300 fan letters sent in response to the 1938 broadcast of Orson Welles’ “War of the Worlds.”
James Pepper gifts Orson Welles trove to Academy
Bookseller James Pepper has donated a trove of Orson Welles rarities to the Margaret Herrick Library of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills.
‘Ambersons’ hunt documentary nears ‘finish line’
Director Joshua Grossberg has not revealed whether he found the lost footage or determined its fate, but his documentary on the hunt is now in post-production.
‘Dead Air’ author on ‘War of the Worlds’ panic, impact
Rowman and Littlefield will publish “Dead Air” in hardcover and ebook on November 19.
Watch ‘lost’ Orson Welles ‘Mark Twain’ video
Beatrice Welles, the youngest daughter of filmmaker Orson Welles, has shared a 2-minute clip from the previously lost “American Heritage Vol. 1 – Selections from George Ade, Thomas Wolfe, Mark Twain,” which was filmed by her father in 1970.
Online Orson Welles course returns this fall
The 12-week online course, “The Other Side of the Shadow,” is led by author and film scholar Matthew Asprey Gear and examines the director’s film and television work.
‘Magnificent Ambersons’ reconstruction seeks premiere; watch exclusive video
Check out an exclusive clip from Brian Rose’s reconstruction of “The Magnificent Ambersons.”
‘Touch of Evil’ border town probed by Mexican scholars
Mexican scholars examine Orson Welles’ inspiration for the fictional town of Los Robles as depicted in “Touch of Evil.” They put forth Los Robles was an amalgamation of multiple Mexican locales and not just Tijuana.