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Joseph McBride on saving Orson Welles’s “Rosebud”: His real life hometown, The Todd School in Woodstock, Illinois

Joseph McBride needs no introduction to readers of Wellesnet as one of the leading international scholars on the life and work of Orson Welles. He has written three excellent books about Orson Welles, along with articles too numerous to mention. Today, as Ray Kelly has pointed out on the Message board, Grace Hall, the last […]

August 28, 2008
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  • ‘Hopper/Welles’ to be shown at IndieLisboa July 15, 2021
  • Recalling Orson Welles’ work on ‘Star Trek: The Motion Picture’ trailer July 8, 2021
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  • Podcast series features ‘Orson Welles Commentaries’ June 27, 2021
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  • ‘Voodoo Macbeth’ big winner at Sedona International Film Festival June 21, 2021
  • ‘Citizen Kane’ 80th anniversary Blu-ray in the works June 18, 2021
  • Another ‘Citizen Kane’ jacket on auction block June 13, 2021
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  • ‘Citizen Kane’ returning to theaters via Fathom, TCM May 20, 2021
  • ‘New Deal for Artists’ recalls WPA impact on arts (review) May 16, 2021
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Orson Welles 1915-1985

“To me, Orson is so much like a destitute king. A destitute king — not because he was thrown away from the kingdom — but (because) on this earth, the way the world is, there is no kingdom good enough for Orson Welles.”  — Jeanne Moreau

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