WELLESNET MESSAGE BOARD

The Chase might be categorized as a Young Adult novel, considering the protagonist is 18, but it's definitely not kiddy fare (unless you agree with Welles that children should be exposed to all kinds of violence in fiction .) The Chase is one of four Sheldon books Welles performed for Academy Shuppa...

A 6 hour audiobook performance by Mr. W? Yes, please. One of Welles' several readings for Academy Shuppan, for the purpose of Japanese students learning English, circa 1985.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbeQgI3 ... qTpY7IRMif

Why yes, episodes 6 and 7 on the Smithsonian set do look to be a few minutes short. Perhaps that's due to the long instrumental piece at the end being faded early, but I haven't A/B'd them, so I don't know for sure.

How odd. The only copies of Les Miserables I'd heard were the ones on the excellent cassette/CD set released by the Smithsonian Historical Performances label. Those all used the same opening recording of Welles intoning "so long as these problems are not solved, so long as ignorance and poverty...

A bit of the audio survives here (I forget how long the original clip was):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XeqRNidcu4

Paddington 2 loses perfect score after negative review.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movie ... 234960772/

I'm interested, but I missed the stream. I certainly know the name Peter Absolute from poring over the books on Welles. There are earlier surviving recordings of Welles than that. He's on the following episodes of Cavalcade of America: 12-18-1935 Defiance of Nature 01-01-1936 The Declaration of Inde...

Welles' lament for Jimmie Noone and the piece Blues for Jimmie from the otherwise lost episode from April 19, 1944. Several of the musical segments with Kid Ory were released on glass discs (due to wartime restrictions on lacquer) and credited to the Welles Jazz Band. https://louisianadigitallibrary...

Simon Callow: "Orson Welles: The Genius Who Failed," posted for our man's birthday.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxMRiMXckMs

The Chicago Tribune at the time was a right-wing paper owned by Robert McCormick, one of the inspirations for the Kane character. A 'fake review' to go along with the 'fake news' that shows up in politicized news media?

That's the sentiment of those who today deny that any panic whatsoever occurred. Shall we call them Panic Deniers? There's a trend in history for a 'fact' to remain upheld for several decades (i.e. that the great and brave Captain Robert Falcon Scott was the paragon of British virtue) and then to be...

Trailer, featuring Welles narration and Houseman interview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84SUnmEzHuc

Here's a fun TV news report from 1978, with an interview with the owner of the Wilson farm in Grover's Mill (which was confused with the Wilmuth farm of the broadcast.) "That night was just horrendous for this sleepy little community. We had traffic jams for miles; you just can't imagine. We ha...

This Is Orson Welles lists Howard Teichmann as the adapter (he was also part of the cast.)

True, but there were two releases. The first was recorded March 1938, runs 40 minutes, and features Welles as Brutus with the original stage cast. The second was was recorded June 1939, has an accompanying booklet extracted from Everybody's Shakespeare, runs 90 minutes, and features Welles as Mark A...