question about The Kane Mutiny - need help locating!

[Nate H]

I understand this piece was published in the early 70s in Esquire and has not been republished. I hope someone tells me that I'm wrong as my local libraries dont carry Esquire from that far back. thanks

[jaime marzol]

you can find it in either FOCUS ON OW, or FOCUS ON CITIZEN KANE. probably FOCUS ON CK. they are both out of print but your local pubic library can get them for you. both books are worth getting

[Nate H]

thanks jaime, I ordered both from my library tonight!

[jaime marzol]

you are very welcome. you know another great out of print book that has stuff other books don't have, is the maurice bessy book. also the chimes at midnight book is fantastic. i got them through the library, copied them, and now have them in notebooks. too bad they are out of print.

[tonyw]

:) I've also done my fair share of photocopying. But I'm also impressed with the parts of Bret Wood's ORSON WELLES: A BIO-BILIOGRAPHY. He published two articles about THE STRANGER and THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI in VIDEO WATCHDONG some years ago.

However, if you go to the University of Kentucky Press Web Site, you'll see a promo. for Joseph McBride's long-awaited book which will appear this Fall.

[jaime marzol]

yes, the bret wood book is also great. especially the reference section. i have those 2 articles he wrote on stranger and lady from shanghai. both are real good.

i don't like ripping off writers and photocopying books, but if they are out of print, that's all you can do.

the houseman book, A RUN THROUGH, i liked also. it must have taken me 4 hours to photo copy that book. i think it was a bit less than 600 pages. i did it before i owned a copy machine, at 4:00AM, at 7-11. i had to lift the lid, turn the page, hit the copy button, 600 times while glancing towards the front of the store, hoping the sleeping store-hadji would not wake up.

[Tashman]

bogdanovich has written some fabulous stuff. WHO THE DEVIL MADE IT, and PIECES OF TIME are both euphoric reads.

His stand-alone interview book "John Ford" is also essential. And the recent "Who the Hell's In It" is as rich as its predecessor even if, as a collection of subects, it could never be as valuable.

if they are out of print, that's all you can do...

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[jaime marzol]

great search engine, thanks.

[Tashman]

Most welcome.

[Nate H]

ok my books came today. KM is in the Focus on Orson Welles (oddly its not in the Kane book, though that looks like a great book too). I picked up the Houseman book and it looks interesting too

[jaime marzol]

the houseman book is great. a lot of people have said houseman is full of crap, but a lot of the stuff in that book, to me, doesn't seem so far off the mark. it made me an even bigger welles fan.

the 2 FOCUS books are real good. they also have one on DW Griffith that is good.

[akio]

the houseman book is great. a lot of people have said houseman is full of crap, but a lot of the stuff in that book, to me, doesn't seem so far off the mark. it made me an even bigger welles fan.

the 2 FOCUS books are real good. they also have one on DW Griffith that is good.

Run Through is only the first volume of Houseman memoirs. The second volume, Front and Center, focuses on his work as a Hollywood producer. It also contains an anectdote of his encounter with Welles in London during the run of Moby Dick Rehearsed. They were all smiles and sunshine until Houseman mentioned that they had to go see an Olivier play that was sold out, at which point Welles exploded, ranting about how HIS play was sold out as well, and how Houseman had been trying to destroy him for years. Houseman made a quick exit, and later snuck into a performance of Moby Dick Rehearsed. He said it was some of the best theater he'd ever seen.

There's a third volume, Final Dress, but I haven't got around to picking it up. But Run Through is a must have for Welles fans who want to know more about his Broadway and radio days. Highly recommended.

[jaime marzol]

run through has some very cool stuff in it. welles living in a big house and catching a boat across the river to get to the theater, and his bed being a piece of wood and mattress set atop a big tub. he would remove the wood and matress to bathe. welles, like the mobsters, and the kenedys didn't suffer the depression. they had it pretty good. i have the second houseman book but have not read it yet. houseman worked with some interesting directors after welles. like nick ray!