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Federal Theatre
Federal Theatre (1935-39), branch of the Work Projects Administration designed to provide employment for actors, directors, writers, and scene designers. As well as providing a nationwide audience with inexpensive, high-quality productions, it gave impetus to experimental theaters, such as the Gr... Read more
Orson Welles
Orson Welles 1915-85, American actor, director, and producer, b. Kenosha, Wis. From childhood he evinced a precocious talent and lofty sense of self-assurance in theatrical matters. He began acting in the theater during the early 1930s, and in 1937 directed several Federal Theatre productions and o... Read more
William George Fargo
William George Fargo 1818-81, American pioneer expressman, b. Pompey, N.Y. He had been successively a postrider, freight agent, messenger, and resident agent (1843) for an express company in Buffalo, N.Y., when in 1844, with Henry Wells and another partner, he organized Wells & Company, the fir... Read more
Sir Francis Legatt Chantrey
Sir Francis Legatt Chantrey , 1781-1841, English sculptor, famous for his portrait busts and statues. Among his many well-known works are equestrian statues of Wellington and George IV (London); and a statue of George Washington (Statehouse, Boston). ... Read more
George Leonard Carey
George Leonard Carey 1935-, archbishop of Canterbury (1991-2002). From a working-class background, he graduated from the London School of Divinity in 1962 and was ordained the same year. Carey was appointed bishop of Bath and Wells in 1987 and was enthroned as the 103d archbishop of Canterbury in 1... Read more
H. G. Wells
H. G. Wells (Herbert George Wells), 1866-1946, English author. Although he is probably best remembered for his works of science fiction, he was also an imaginative social thinker, working assiduously to remove all vestiges of Victorian social, moral, and religious attitudes from 20th-century life. ... Read more
George Wells Beadle
George Wells Beadle 1903-89, American geneticist, b. Wahoo, Nebr., grad. Univ. of Nebraska (B.S., 1926; M.S., 1927), Ph.D. Cornell, 1931. Beadle taught (1931-36) biology at the California Institute of Technology, where he also began genetic research on the fruit fly, Drosophila, in T. H. Morgan's... Read more
George Bentham
George Bentham , 1800-1884, one of the greatest of English systematic botanists; nephew of Jeremy Bentham. He wrote Handbook of British Flora (1858) and, with W. J. Hooker, Genera Plantarum (1862-83), as well as handbooks on the flora of several British possessions including a seven volume flora... Read more
George Wilson Knight
George Wilson Knight 1897-1985, English writer and critic, grad. Oxford (B.A., 1923; M.A., 1925). He wrote numerous books and essays on English literature, including The Wheel of Fire (1930), The Imperial Theme (1931), The Crown of Life (1946), The Golden Labyrinth (1962), and Neglected Po... Read more
Sir Luke Fildes
Sir Luke Fildes , 1844-1927, English genre and portrait painter, b. Liverpool. He made drawings for the Graphic and other periodicals and illustrated Dickens's Edwin Drood. As a painter he excelled in depicting the life of the London poor. Later he specialized in portraiture and painted the coro... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to " (George) Orson Welles"

Welles, (George) Orson
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Welles, (George) Orson (1915–85) US actor and director. His first publicly shown film, Citizen Kane (1940), was a great critical success and won...actor, he starred in the classic The Third Man (1949), and acted in and directed Touch of Evil (1958). Disenchanted with Hollywood, Welles went ... Read more
Orson Welles
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Orson Welles Orson Welles (1915-1985) was a Broadway...productions were notable. Orson Welles was born George Orson Welles in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on...concert pianist. The name George was soon dropped. The family... Read more
Welles, Orson
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography ...actor, writer, and director Orson Welles was a Broadway and Hollywood actor...as well. Early life and education Orson Welles was born George Orson Welles in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on May 6, 1915, the second son of Richard Welles, an inventor, and Beatrice Ives, a concert ... Read more
Shaw, George Bernard
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre Shaw, George Bernard (1856–1950), playwright...been offered a number of fine revivals. Orson Welles , dressed to resemble Shaw, played Shotover...revival at the Circle in the Square . Grace George presented and starred in the 1915 American... Read more
Science Fiction
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Science and Religion ...biotechnology, science fiction also became a staple for radio (Orson Welles's 1938 radio production of H. G. Wells's War of the Worlds...and Alien [1979], Steven Spielberg's E.T. [1982], and George Lucas's Star Wars [1977]). Although science fiction novels... Read more
Powers, Tom
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre ...Turning to musical comedy, Powers enjoyed a long run as George Budd in Oh, Boy! (1917), in which he introduced “...companies, or in replacing other performers, including Orson Welles , whom he succeeded as Brutus in the Mercury Theatre... Read more
Hearst, William Randolph
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History ...mining millionaire and California Democratic senator George Hearst.Privately educated, William Randolph Hearst attended...essentially a showman and propagandist, not a newsman.” Orson Welles's classic 1941 film Citizen Kane was based on Hearst... Read more
Hal Prince
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...of the top stars and productions of the 1930s, such as Orson Welles in Julius Caesar, Tallulah Bankhead in The Little Foxes...for his plays, Prince did find a job through director George Abbott, a Broadway legend whose career began in the early... Read more

Dictionary entries related to " (George) Orson Welles"

Welles, Orson
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers WELLES, Orson Nationality: American. Born: George Orson Welles in Kenosha, Wisconsin, 6 May...two series for BBC TV, The Orson Welles Sketchbook and The World with Orson Welles ; 1950s and 1960s —... Read more
Orson
Book article from: A Dictionary of First Names Orson ♂ From a Norman French nickname meaning ‘bear-cub’ (a diminutive...nickname. Its most famous bearer of the 20th century was the American actor and director Orson Welles (1915–85), who dropped his more prosaic first name, George, in favour of his middle name before ... Read more
The Magnificent Ambersons
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS USA, 1942 Director: Orson Welles Production: Mercury Productions...RKO Radio Pictures Inc. Producer: Orson Welles; screenplay: Orson Welles, from the novel by Booth Tarkington...Baxter ( Lucy Morgan ); Tim Holt ( George Minafer ); Agnes Moorehead ( ... Read more
Citizen Kane
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers CITIZEN KANE USA, 1941 Director: Orson Welles Production: RKO Radio Pictures Corp...studios; cost: $686,033. Producer: Orson Welles; original screenplay: Herman J. Mankiewicz and Orson Welles; photography: Gregg Toland; editors...designer: Edward Stevenson. Cast : Orson ... Read more
The Lady from Shanghai
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...owned by Errol Flynn. Producers: Orson Welles with Richard Wilson and William Castle; screenplay: Orson Welles, from the novel Before I Die by Sherwood...Rita Hayworth ( Elsa Bannister ); Orson Welles ( Michael O'Hara ); Everett Sloane ( Arthur Bannister ); Glenn Anders ( ... Read more
Holliday, Judy
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...1938 — switchboard operator for Orson Welles's Mercury Theatre; 1939 – 44...Films as Actress: 1938 Too Much Johnson (Welles) (as extra) 1944 Greenwich Village (Walter...You , her fourth film with the director George Cukor. Holliday was cast as Gladys Glover... Read more
Cotten, Joseph
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Absent Father ; 1936 — joined Orson Welles's Federal Theater project; 1938 — joined Welles and John Houseman's Mercury Theater...Films as Actor: 1941 Citizen Kane (Welles) (as Jed Leland); Lydia (Duvivier...1942 The Magnificent Ambersons (Welles) (as Eugene Morgan); Journey ... Read more
Marshall, Frank
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...and What's Up, Doc? , 1972; line producer on Orson Welles's The Other Side of the Wind (unreleased...through collaborations with such legends as Orson Welles, Martin Scorsese, and George Lucas. All of these directors were unabashed... Read more
Price, Vincent
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Victoria Regina in London and New York; 1938 — in Orson Welles's Mercury Theatre production of The Shoemaker's Holiday...1951 Adventures of Captain Fabian (William Marshall) (as George Brissac); His Kind of Woman (Farrow) (as Mark Cardigan... Read more
Meredith, Burgess
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...following year; 1939 — in stage production of Orson Welles's Five Kings , based on Shakespeare's history plays...Brown) (as Quillery); Of Mice and Men (Milestone) (as George Milton) 1940 Castle on the Hudson ( Years without Days... Read more

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Invasión marciana.(transmisión en 1938 de adaptación radiofónica de la novela La guerra de los mundos)(Orson Welles, actor)(Artículo breve)
Magazine article from: Contenido; 10/1/2004; 107 words ; ...30 de octubre El actor, escritor y director de cine Orson Welles causó histeria masiva en Estados Unidos al trasmitir...la novela La guerra de los mundos, del inglés Herbert George Wells. Aunque al inicio se avisó que se trataba de una... Read more
Reviving Orson: or Rosebud, Dead or Alive.
Magazine article from: Cineaste; 6/22/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...produced, and directed by Bob 'Orson Welles' Hope. The crux of the joke is clear...Moreover, the process of rewriting Welles's myth on screen, the outline and...marginal, within that tradition. That Welles himself fashioned the template for...rehearsed in Frank Brady's Citizen Welles, ... Read more
Footnote to Balanchine. (memories of Ballet Society and choreographer George Balanchine)(50th anniversary of New York City Ballet Company)(Cover Story)
Magazine article from: Dance Magazine; 11/1/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...I had my first sighting of George Balanchine. I had just begun...the country. Starting with Orson Welles and his Mercury Theatre, she...create a dance company for George. In another year it would evolve...to call half-hour, there was George, gently massaging her foot... Read more
How all occasions do inform: "household matters" and domestic vignettes in George Meredith's Modern Love.
Magazine article from: Victorian Poetry; 9/22/2004; ; 700+ words ; FOR ALMOST A CENTURY AND A HALF GEORGE MEREDITH'S MODERN LOVE HAS been recognized as a challengingly...concisely record the stresses and discordancies in a marriage. Orson Welles ingeniously exchanged the bed for the breakfast table that expands... Read more
The camera blinks: David Salle on The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.
Magazine article from: Artforum International; 2/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; EVEN BEFORE CITIZEN KANE (1941), Orson Welles was already experimenting with using...film titled Too Much Johnson (1938), Welles made inventive use of a handheld...great leap that was Citizen Kane, Welles explored using the camera and its...mobile as it could be in literature. Welles and ... Read more
Common ground.(political humor)(Off The Map)(Column)
Magazine article from: The Progressive; 10/1/1995; ; 700+ words ; In 1950, perhaps under Orson Welles's porch, scientists discovered a mutant obese mouse. Forty-five...In a public-relations move that rivals pesticides in baby food, George Steinbrenner hired Darryl Strawberry. So, hopefully, he will no... Read more
In the Arena: An Autobiography.
Magazine article from: National Review; 10/9/1995; ; 700+ words ; ...he loomed up at my elbow in the Hotel George V in Paris and said: I'm Charlton Heston...since my notion of Richelieu was the George Arliss figure, sly and delicate and ferret-li...goodness, Chuck ... One does remember Orson Welles ... He was so large ); or Darryl Zanuck... Read more
Through a door darkly: a reappraisal of John Ford's The Searchers.(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: Cineaste; 9/22/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...the bounds of a conservative esthetic). No less than Orson Welles paid homage to Ford, claiming he watched Stagecoach repeatedly...epic feel, strange hero, and melancholy aspect. With George Stevens's Shane, The Searchers seemed among the most... Read more
The Father of Tabloid Journalism. .(The Chief: The Life of William Randolph Hearst)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Contemporary Review; 12/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...sent 147 separate instructions to the Daily Express in one day. Hearst's lifestyle, memorably portrayed in the 1942 Orson Welles classic film, Citizen Kane, was self-indulgent and extravangant. He spent millions on his art collection, yachts, and... Read more
Charlie Chaplin and His Times.
Magazine article from: National Review; 4/7/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...Brilliantly clever, yes; an inspired inventor and innovator, a superb technician and a magnificent actor -- but, like Orson Welles's Falstaff, not hilarious. The killing comparison is with Laurel and Hardy, who were much derided, in my youth, by the... Read more