Citizen Kane
1941
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Oct 11, 1985 · Orson Welles, the theatrical genius who panicked the nation with his radio tale of a Martian invasion and later created the classic film “Citizen Kane,” was found dead Thursday in his ...
Apr 17, 2024 · Orson Welles, American film actor, director, producer, and writer whose classic Citizen Kane (1941) is known for its innovative narrative techniques and its use of photography, dramatic lighting, and music to further the dramatic line. Learn more about Welles’s life and career.
Orson Welles. Actor: Citizen Kane. His father, Richard Head Welles, was a well-to-do inventor, his mother, Beatrice (Ives) Welles, a beautiful concert pianist; Orson Welles was gifted in many arts (magic, piano, painting) as a child. When his mother died in 1924 (when he was nine) he traveled the world with his father.
Apr 2, 2014 · Orson Welles began his career as a stage actor before going on to radio, creating his unforgettable version of H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds. In Hollywood, ...
Apr 8, 2024 · Wellesnet is dedicated to the memory of Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985). Best known for his stage productions of Voodoo Macbeth , Cradle Will Rock and Caesar ; the radio play The War of the Worlds ; and the films Citizen Kane , The Magnificent Ambersons , Touch of Evil , Chimes at Midnight and The Other Side of the Wind .
Oct 11, 1985 · Orson Welles, the Hollywood ''boy wonder'' who created the film classic ''Citizen Kane,'' scared tens of thousands of Americans with a realistic radio report of a Martian invasion of New Jersey...
Oct 29, 2023 · 29 October 2023. By Myles Burke,Features correspondent. On 30 October 85 years ago, the population of the US was – according to Orson Welles – overwhelmed by mass panic, terrified by the all ...
