Select scenes and rare footage from his amazing career

‘Hearts of Age’ silent short with Virginia Nicolson – 1934

‘Voodoo Macbeth’ (Federal Theatre) – 1936

Screen test for Warner Bros. – 1937

‘Too Much Johnson’ – 1938

‘The War of the Worlds’ press conference – 1938

‘Citizen Kane’ trailer – 1941

Colorized ‘Citizen Kane’scene (Turner test footage, 1989)

‘The Magnificent Ambersons’ trailer – 1942

Silent rushes from Orson Welles ‘The Unthinking Lobster’

‘Don Quixote’ (silent) – circa 1957

‘Fountain of Youth’ TV show – 1956

‘Complusion’ courtroom scene – 1959

Orson Welles on stage in Dublin – 1960

‘Chimes at Midnight’ scene – 1966

‘The Deep’ trailer – 1969 [One Man Band documentary]

‘Merchant of Venice’ clip – 1969

Orson Welles receiving an Honorary Oscar – 1970

‘F For Fake’ trailer (restored) – 1973

‘The Other Side of the Wind’ scene – 1975 [One Man Band documentary]

AFI acceptance speech – 1975

‘Filming The Trial’ raw footage – 1981 (90 minutes)

‘Moonlighting’ intro – 1985

Orson Welles’ last interview – 1985

Death of Orson Welles – TV news reports (1985)

Death of Orson Welles – TV news reports (1985)

Orson Welles Sketch Book – BBC

Broadcast from April 24, 1955 to May 28, 1955, Orson Welles directed and starred in six episodes of this BBC series. A detailed look at Orson Welles’ Sketchbook can be found at wellesnet.com/sketchbook%20index.htm

Episode 1 (Early days/ Gate Theatre)

Episode 2 (Critics, “It’s All True”)

Episode 3 (Police)

Episode 4 (Barrymore/ Houdini)

Episode 5 (“War of the Worlds”)

Episode 6, (Bullfighting)

‘Postscript’ to Sketch Book series

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