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2 days ago · By RAY KELLY. Eighty six years after the War of the Worlds broadcast, interest in the infamous Orson Welles radio show has not dimmed.. On social media, the October 30, 1938 radio hoax is invoked almost daily by opposing political camps in their attacks on the ability of the mainstream media to mislead a gullible American public.
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6 days ago · People reacted with shock and fear to a CBS radio broadcast of “The War of the Worlds.” The hourlong fictional fright, produced by 23-year-old actor Orson Welles, touched off a real drama. Radio listeners panicked, with some fleeing their homes and motorists clogging roads to get away.
Aug 15, 2024 · On the eve of Halloween 1938, a young actor/director broadcast a radio drama based on a 40-year-old novel: The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells. While the original broadcast had a relatively low audience, the impact it had, and continues to have, on American culture is staggering.
Jul 29, 2024 · Orson Wells War of the Worlds Hoax. Photo of Orson Welles meeting with reporters in an effort to explain that no one connected with the War of the Worlds radio broadcast had any idea the show would cause panic.
Aug 7, 2024 · October 30, 2018 - On October 30, 1938, with the world lurching towards World War II, Orson Welles caused mass panic in the United States when the now infamous live radio adaptation of “The War of the Worlds” was broadcast to an unsuspecting public.
4 days ago · Herrmann got his start at CBS, working on radio dramas with Orson Welles — he even conducted the panic-inducing 1938 live broadcast of “War of the Worlds.” He’d go on to score seven films for Hitchcock, including “Psycho” — perhaps the stabbiest string section ever recorded, and the most enduring example of Herrmann’s unorthodox ...
Aug 11, 2024 · It's 1940, exactly two years after Orson Welles' infamous "War of the Worlds" radio broadcast, a show that infuriated author HG Wells. By an amazing coincidence, Orson and HG are at the same hotel in San Antonio, on separate lecture tours.
