Episode 05: Orson Welles

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Tom and Dan discuss the radio career of Orson Welles. Clips in this episode range from his 1937 radio adaptation of Les Miserables, right up to the 1951-52 series The Lives of Harry Lime — several episodes of which Orson wrote, and one of which was later adapted for the screenplay of the film Mr. Arkadin.

Welles Resources

• Les Miserables  – https://archive.org/details/OrsonWelles-LesMiserables1937
• Campbell Playhouse – https://archive.org/details/otr_campbellplayhouse
• Orson Welles Show- https://archive.org/details/1941OrsonWellesShowladyEsther
• Hello Americas – https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Certified_Hello_Americans
• This Is My Best –  https://archive.org/details/ThisIsMyBest
• Almanac – https://archive.org/details/1944OrsonWellesRadioAlmanacpart1
•                  https://archive.org/details/1944OrsonWellesRadioAlmanacpart2
• Commentaries – https://archive.org/details/1946OrsonWellesCommentaries
• Mercury Summer Theater – https://archive.org/details/1946MercurySummerTheatre
•                                              https://archive.org/details/1946MercurySummerTheatrepart2
• The Lives of Harry Lime – https://archive.org/details/TheLivesOfHarryLime
• The Black Museum – https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Black_Museum_Singles

 

Guest on

• Ceiling Unlimited – https://archive.org/details/OrsonWellesAndJosephCottenOnCeilingUnlimited
• Suspense – https://archive.org/details/OrsonWellesOnSuspense
• Calvalcade of America – https://archive.org/details/OrsonWellesOnCavalcadeOfAmerica
• Lux Theater – https://archive.org/details/OrsonWellesOnLuxRadioTheater
• Various Wartime Shows – https://archive.org/details/OrsonWellesWartimeBroadcasts
• Sherlock Holmes – https://archive.org/download/OTR_Sherlock_Holmes_smurfmeat/The_Final_Problem_1954_32kb.mp3

 

Bogdanovich Interviews – https://archive.org/details/InterviewsWithOrsonWelles

Video

• Sketchbook  – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxEfOhTrjfv3_-imU-gapxapDRibaZTD4
• Dick Cavett – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlGZJYSRZV4&list=PL0563F28E249DFDC4
• Johnny Carson – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meikuHb6024
• The Stranger – https://archive.org/details/TheStranger_0
• King Lear – https://archive.org/details/KingLearOrsonWellesWiFi
• Filming Othelo – https://archive.org/details/FilmingOtheloByOrsonWelles

Web Site

• Welles Net – http://www.wellesnet.com/