By LAWRENCE FRENCH Robert Wise sent this detailed report to Welles about the audience reaction at the first two previews of the film. In retrospect, it seems rather incredible that RKO executives would take only two previews as the final word on how AMBERSONS would be received by audiences nationwide. While the majority of the … Continue reading The Memos Part VI – Robert Wise to Orson Welles: The boarding house ending got us several laughs…”