WELLESNET MESSAGE BOARD

Thanks for posting that, Terry. Am enjoying it very much, although there are errors in the episodes' order (plus, so far, one repeat). Oddly enough, in their bio of the writer, Sidney Sheldon, Wikipedia lists it under "Children's books." While the recording may have been designed for Engli...

My pleasure. Excellent question -- and one which I'm surprised hasn't been raised before, if indeed it hasn't. Even if Welles enjoyed the cat-and-mouse game, you have to wonder that the studio wasn't more focused on its potential susceptibility to legal action. Film studios have never been shy about...

Here's what Wiki has to say: Origins The disclaimer came as a result of litigation against the 1932 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) film Rasputin and the Empress, which insinuated that the character Princess Natasha had been raped by Russian mystic Rasputin. The character of Natasha was supposedly intende...

And Xanadu is on the market again: https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/the-hearst-estate-is-back-on-the-market?utm_source=nl&utm_brand=ad&utm_mailing=ARD_Daily_PM_040821&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_medium=email&bxid=5be9c8363f92a40469dd36dd&cndid=31258345&hasha=eee6963...

Not sure what to say. Hope you're able to get it worked out.

Richard has asked me to post this: Pals of mine don’t hide behind pseudonyms (?) and resort to snide innuendoes — unless, of course, they are academics who continue to resent my long-held belief that, until the birth of nanotechnology, nothing was known to exist anywhere in the universe that was sma...

An important edit / clarification (first line): As to Mank' s doubt or denial of Welles's authorship of the Kane framing device -- and, by extension, the genesis of the film -- Richard France, in his play “Obediently Yours, Orson Welles,” revealed nearly two decades ago what are, arguably -– if not ...

As to Mank' s doubt or denial of Welles's authorship of the Kane framing device, Richard France, in his play “Obediently Yours, Orson Welles,” revealed nearly two decades ago what are, arguably -– if not even in arguably, based on the source materials hiding in plain sight, remaining largely unknown...

Well, Craig, I'm word-less. (Probably best, as I'm not nearly so "adept at throwing knives" at this hapless production as that "someone" was at . . . whatever. Would love to think it was Aggie. )

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Looks like this is as close as Aggie came to Wills. Unfortunately, it doesn't look good for either of them. According to an IMDb user, in Irwin Allen's 1957 The Story of Mankind , "Shakespeare is described by Queen Elizabeth (Agnes Moorehead) as a 'young actor-poet,' but is played by veteran ch...

The homepage write-up on "Après Welles: Imitations et influences" has a very useful index of articles found in the book. Interestingly, all the titles are in English. Does this mean that the essays themselves are in English, or have the titles been translated for Wellesnet? (The link at th...

And here's something from Washington, DC's Folger Shakespeare Library (with further links within and at the end):

https://shakespeareandbeyond.folger.edu/2021/02/16/federal-theatre-project-voodoo-macbeth-orson-welles/

This reminded me of Arkadin's (in)famous parable. It made my head spin, for several reasons: https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000007562490/trump-impeachment-snake-poem.html?campaign_id=2&emc=edit_th_20210216&instance_id=27152&nl=todaysheadlines&regi_id=25878673&segment_id...

From Architectural Digest: https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/an-exclusive-look-at-the-making-of-mank-video?utm_source=nl&utm_brand=ad&utm_mailing=ARD_Daily_PM_021521&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_medium=email&bxid=5be9c8363f92a40469dd36dd&cndid=31258345&hasha=eee6963f4...