Lawrence has just posted these two fascinating items on the News page: a letter from Welles to Bogdanovich, and an article by Bogdanovich. But I recall a while ago that Oja Kodar revealed that Welles actually wrote an article around that time (1970) that was attributed to another: it was either "Is It True What They Say About Orson?" or it was Richard Wilson's "Rough Sledding with Pauline Kael". I also seem to recall another Wilson article from that period: "It's Not All True".
Does anyone remember which one Kodar said Welles wrote? If it is the Bogdanovich, then it is a very candid look at how the artist saw himself as an artist, and his relative importance.
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ToddBaesen
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It's interesting how several of the early Welles books were so full of errors, considering that Welles and many of the other people involved where still alive and could presumably be contacted.
The article Welles wrote was "THE KANE MUTINY" which appeared under Peter Bogdanovich's name in Esquire, in 1972, as a rebutal to Pauline Kane's now discredited essay in THE CITIZEN KANE BOOK. Esquire had published many pieces by Bogdanovich, as well as a previous Welles piece "Twilight in the Smog."
So it seems likely that besides the letter Welles wrote to Bogdanovich about Charles Higham's book, he also probably took a look at the article Bogdanovich wrote for the NY Times and may have contributed to it, or revised it. Later, when Pauline Kael's book came out, Welles probably just told Bogdanovich he'd write a rebutal article himself, and then publish it under Peter B's name.
The article Welles wrote was "THE KANE MUTINY" which appeared under Peter Bogdanovich's name in Esquire, in 1972, as a rebutal to Pauline Kane's now discredited essay in THE CITIZEN KANE BOOK. Esquire had published many pieces by Bogdanovich, as well as a previous Welles piece "Twilight in the Smog."
So it seems likely that besides the letter Welles wrote to Bogdanovich about Charles Higham's book, he also probably took a look at the article Bogdanovich wrote for the NY Times and may have contributed to it, or revised it. Later, when Pauline Kael's book came out, Welles probably just told Bogdanovich he'd write a rebutal article himself, and then publish it under Peter B's name.
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Larry French is to be commended for his efforts, as always.
For my part, I've never doubted Welles' basic account of the affair. I must say, though, that when first coming on the germs of the controversy, nearly sixty-five years ago, I was able to glean not much more than one story, possibly two. Now, with each passing year, every new book, there appear to be three, four, five or more conflicting fables in those South American golden cities, those Hollywood and New York jungles.
Even the documents seem to change with time.
Perhaps that is in the nature of scholarship and myth.
Glenn
For my part, I've never doubted Welles' basic account of the affair. I must say, though, that when first coming on the germs of the controversy, nearly sixty-five years ago, I was able to glean not much more than one story, possibly two. Now, with each passing year, every new book, there appear to be three, four, five or more conflicting fables in those South American golden cities, those Hollywood and New York jungles.
Even the documents seem to change with time.
Perhaps that is in the nature of scholarship and myth.
Glenn
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