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The Stranger (1946 film) Welles also directed the film, which was based on an Oscar-nominated screenplay written by Victor Trivas.

The Stranger (1946 film) Films directed by Orson Welles

The Hearts of Age Films directed by Orson Welles

Henri Désiré Landru The original story was written by Orson Welles, who originally wanted to direct the film with Chaplin in the title role.

Start the Revolution Without Me Start the Revolution Without Me is a 1970 film directed by Bud Yorkin, starring Gene Wilder, Donald Sutherland, Hugh Griffith, Jack MacGowran, Billie Whitelaw, Orson Welles and Victor Spinetti.

Othello (1952 film) Films directed by Orson Welles

The Deep (Orson Welles film) The Deep is an unfinished film directed by Orson Welles and based on the novel Dead Calm by Charles Williams, which would later be adapted into the film of the same title.

Gus Schilling He played roles on several occasions by celebrated film directors Orson Welles and Nicholas Ray.

The Fountain of Youth (film) The short film was directed by Orson Welles , based on the short story "Youth from Vienna" by John Collier, and stars Joi Lansing and Rick Jason as a couple faced with an unavoidable temptation concocted by a scientist (Dan Tobin).

The Fountain of Youth (film) Films directed by Orson Welles

Chimes at Midnight Chimes at Midnight, also known as Falstaff, is a 1965 film directed by Orson Welles based on William Shakespeare's recurring character Sir John Falstaff.

Chimes at Midnight Films directed by Orson Welles

The Magnificent Ambersons (film) The Magnificent Ambersons is a 1942 American drama film written and directed by Orson Welles.

The Magnificent Ambersons (film) Films directed by Orson Welles

The Lady from Shanghai Films directed by Orson Welles

Wells (name) George Orson Welles, American film director

F for Fake Films directed by Orson Welles

Too Much Johnson Too Much Johnson is a 1938 comedy film written and directed by Orson Welles.

Too Much Johnson This was not the first time that Welles directed a film.

There's No Disgrace Like Home The Manor resembles Charles Foster Kane's castle from the 1941 film Citizen Kane directed by Orson Welles.

Results for "Orson Welles directed Citizen Kane"

Classical Hollywood cinema A studio could gamble on a medium-budget feature with a good script and relatively unknown actors: Citizen Kane, directed by Orson Welles and often regarded as the greatest film of all time, fits that description.

Cinema of the United States A studio could gamble on a medium-budget feature with a good script and relatively unknown actors: Citizen Kane, directed by Orson Welles (1915-1985) and often regarded as the greatest film of all time, fits that description.

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UFO conspiracy theory On the night before Halloween in 1938, Orson Welles directed the Mercury Theatre in their live radio adaptation of H. G. Wells's classic novel, The War of the Worlds.

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Tomorrow Is Forever Tomorrow Is Forever is a 1946 black-and-white film distributed by RKO Radio Pictures, directed by Irving Pichel, starring Claudette Colbert, Orson Welles and George Brent.

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Badge of Evil This novel was the basis for the movie Touch of Evil directed by Orson Welles co-starring Charlton Heston and Janet Leigh.

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Badge of Evil This novel was the basis for the movie Touch of Evil directed by Orson Welles co-starring Charlton Heston and Janet Leigh.

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John Houseman Their first production would be Christopher Marlowe's Tragical History of Dr. Faustus which Welles directed and played the title role.

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John Houseman Their first production would be Christopher Marlowe's Tragical History of Dr. Faustus which Welles directed and played the title role.

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John Houseman In the spring of 1939, Welles began preliminary discussions with RKO's head of production, George Schaefer, with Welles and his Mercury players being given a two-picture deal, in which Welles would produce, direct, perform, and have full creative control of his projects.

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Julian Barry Barry was cast as an extra in the 1956 production of King Lear at New York City Center theater that was directed by Orson Welles.

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Histoires extraordinaires In June 1967, the press announced that Orson Welles would direct one segment based on both "Masque of the Red Death" and "The Cask of Amontillado".

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Mutual Broadcasting System In July 1937 came the premiere of a seven-part adaptation of Les Misérables, produced, written, and directed by Orson Welles and featuring many of his Mercury Theatre performers—Mercury's first appearance on the air.

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World War III (science fiction) The broadcast was produced and directed by Orson Welles, with the radio script written by Howard Koch as well as Orson Welles with music by Bernard Hermann Orchestra.

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Rick Jason In 1958, Jason played the lead in The Fountain of Youth, an innovative half-hour unsold pilot written and directed by Orson Welles which won the Peabody Award (decades later, Jason would participate in a panel discussion of what it was like to work with Welles at The Paley Center for Media).

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1997 Toronto International Film Festival F For Fake directed by Orson Welles, presented by James Toback

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Me and Orson Welles In New York in 1937, 17-year-old Richard Samuels (Efron) meets theatre director Orson Welles (McKay), whom he convinces to give him the role of Lucius in Julius Caesar, Broadway's first Shakespearean production.

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Don Quixote (unfinished film) Don Quixote is an unfinished film project directed and produced between 1955 and 1969 by Orson Welles.

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The Deep (Orson Welles film) The Deep is an unfinished film directed by Orson Welles and based on the novel Dead Calm by Charles Williams, which would later be adapted into the film of the same title.

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Liliom In 1939, Orson Welles directed and played the title role in a one-hour radio adaptation for his CBS Campbell Playhouse program ; the production co-starred Helen Hayes as Julie and Agnes Moorehead as Mrs. Muskat, the carousel owner who is infatuated with Billy.

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Marc Blitzstein He won national attention in 1937 when his pro-union musical The Cradle Will Rock, directed by Orson Welles, was shut down by the Works Progress Administration.

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Chimes at Midnight Chimes at Midnight, also known as Falstaff, is a 1965 film directed by Orson Welles based on William Shakespeare's recurring character Sir John Falstaff.

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Dick Smothers, Jr. "What I really want to do is become the Orson Welles of porn, not only performing in these films, but writing, directing and doing the music."

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The Magnificent Ambersons (film) The Magnificent Ambersons is a 1942 American drama film written and directed by Orson Welles.

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The Lady from Shanghai The Lady from Shanghai is a 1947 film noir directed by Orson Welles and starring Welles, his then-estranged wife Rita Hayworth, and Everett Sloane.

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The Lady from Shanghai The Lady from Shanghai is a 1947 film noir directed by Orson Welles and starring Welles, his then-estranged wife Rita Hayworth, and Everett Sloane.

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Too Much Johnson Too Much Johnson is a 1938 comedy film written and directed by Orson Welles.

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Dolores del Río Welles initially directed del Río in the Mexican film Santa, but the project was cancelled.

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Dolores del Río Welles initially directed del Río in the Mexican film Santa, but the project was cancelled.

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Don Quixote (unfinished film) Don Quixote is an unfinished film project directed and produced between 1955 and 1969 by Orson Welles.

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Film noir Among those movies not themselves considered film noirs, perhaps none had a greater effect on the development of the genre than America's own Citizen Kane (1941), the landmark motion picture directed by Orson Welles.

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Musical theatre The Cradle Will Rock (1937), with a book and score by Marc Blitzstein and directed by Orson Welles, was a highly political piece that, despite the controversy surrounding it, managed to run for 108 performances.

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Alexandre Alexeieff In 1962 they used it to make the prologue to Orson Welles' film adaptation of Franz Kafka's novel The Trial.

Around the World in Eighty Days Around the World (musical), an adaptation of Verne's novel by Orson Welles and Cole Porter

Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction Due to the famous radio adaptation of the novel by Orson Welles on his show, Mercury Theatre, the novel has become one of the best known early apocalyptic works.

Alexandre Alexeieff and Claire Parker In 1962 Alexeieff produced the animated prologue to Orson Welles' film adaptation of Franz Kafka's novel The Trial.

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Orson Welles adapted the novel as a one-hour radio play for the November 12, 1939, episode of the Campbell Playhouse.

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Lady Macbeth Jeanette Nolan performed the role in Orson Welles' 1948 film adaptation and was critiqued by Bosley Crowther in the New York Times of December 28, 1950: "The Lady Macbeth of Jeanette Nolan is a pop-eyed and haggard dame whose driving determination is as vagrant as the highlights on her face.

Three Witches The Three Witches in Orson Welles' controversial 1948 film adaptation

Macbeth (1948 film) Macbeth is a 1948 American film adaptation by Orson Welles of William Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth.

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1938 in the United States October 30 – Orson Welles's radio adaptation of The War of the Worlds is broadcast, causing panic in various parts of the United States.

1938 October 30 – Orson Welles's radio adaptation of The War of the Worlds is broadcast, causing panic in various parts of the United States.

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Macbeth (character) Orson Welles and Jeanette Nolan as Macbeth and Lady Macbeth in Welles' 1948 film adaptation of the play, Macbeth

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Othello (1952 film) The screenplay was adapted by Welles and an uncredited Jean Sacha.

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Rex Partington After stage managing the original Broadway productions of THE MATCHMAKER[9], THE FIRST GENTLEMAN, CHILD OF FORTUNE and MY FAIR LADY[10], Partington had the opportunity to work with Orson Welles[11], Douglas Campbell[12] and Rod Steiger[13], as both an actor and stage manager, in Welles' theatrical adaptation of the Herman Melville classic, MOBY DICK, entitled MOBY DICK REHEARSED.[14] Though not a critical success, MOBY DICK REHEARSED is, to this day, considered a great theatrical adaptation and an idiomatic example of Theatrical Minimalism.

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The Diamond as Big as the Ritz Orson Welles adapted the story into a radio play in 1945 and another version was presented three times on the program Escape between 1947 and 1949.

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Anthony Perkins After that came a successful career in Europe, including the role of Joseph K. in Orson Welles' 1962 adaptation of Franz Kafka's The Trial.

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King Duncan In Orson Welles' 1948 film adaptation of Macbeth, the role of King Duncan is reduced.

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W. C. Fields The project was permanently shelved, and Welles went on to adapt The Magnificent Ambersons.

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Around the World (musical) Around the World is a musical with a book adapted by Orson Welles, based on the Jules Verne novel, Around the World in Eighty Days.