The Memos Part VIII – RKO Executive Reginald Armour on Orson Welles: ‘I saw The Magnificent Ambersons and Journey Into Fear—they are both bad.’

By LAWRENCE FRENCH This revealing telephone conversation between Reginald Armour, RKO President George Schaefer’s executive assistant in Hollywood and Phil Reisman in New York, clearly shows the animosity towards Welles and his current project IT’S ALL TRUE, that was now shared by most of the top RKO executives.  Phil Reisman, however, was the exception, as … Continue reading The Memos Part VIII – RKO Executive Reginald Armour on Orson Welles: ‘I saw The Magnificent Ambersons and Journey Into Fear—they are both bad.’