Mr. Arkadin (1955)

 

Directed by Orson Welles. Found on Tubi. AKA Confidential Report. No idea which version this is on Tubi, but it is 100 min.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Arkadin

https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/21095

https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2006/cteq/mr_arkadin/

https://crimereads.com/orson-welles-mr-arkadin-lost-film/

Mercury Theatre on the Air - A Passenger to Bali

 

Orson Welles.

Suspense - The Hitch-Hiker

 

Orson Welles.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitch-Hiker_(radio_play)

https://tangentonline.com/oldtimeradio/suspense-qthe-hitchhikerq-starring-orson-welles/

The Lady from Shanghai (1947)

 

Directed by Orson Welles. Next on Tubi. Rita Hayworth. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lady_from_Shanghai

https://trailersfromhell.com/the-lady-from-shanghai-2/

https://www.avclub.com/the-lady-from-shanghai-dvd-1798194931

The Mercury Theatre on the Air - The Man Who Was Thursday

 

On Friday. The inspiration for old time radio every Thursday which runs to this day on Observation Deck. Orson Welles. The first old time radio show I listened to on Kinja Golden Horn. The number of radio posts on Observation Deck right now stands at 198.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Was_Thursday

https://observationdeck2.blogspot.com/search/label/Radio

The Mercury Theatre on the Air - Dracula

 

Orson Welles.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracula_(radio_drama)

Magnum, P.I. - Luther Gillis: File #001

 

Season five, episode 10. From Dec. 6, 1984. Luther Gillis returns. Elmo Ziller returns. Last episode with the voice of Orson Welles as Robin Masters.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0639685/

http://magnum-mania.com/Episodes/Season5/Luther_Gillis_File_001.html

The Third Man (1949)

 

Directed by Carol Reed. Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Trevor Howard. Blu-ray playing now on the big new TV. I already loved this movie. Every time it is a tilted joy. Graham Greene story and screenplay. The ending kills me. Robert Krasker cinematography. Known for its heavy use of the Dutch Angle. It's practically all Dutch Angle. A classic thriller. Almost the perfect thriller.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Third_Man

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-the-third-man-1949

https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2006/cteq/third_man/

https://cinephiliabeyond.org/the-third-man/

https://thedissolve.com/news/1177-cable-pick-of-the-day-010614-the-third-man-on-tcm/

Your Future Is All Used Up

 

https://imdb2.freeforums.net/

IMDb2 boards are here. This was the sig line of an infamous poster on the old IMDb message boards. Touch of Evil with Orson Welles and Marlene Dietrich. 

Magnum, P.I. - Squeeze Play

 

Season four, episode seven. Another favorite Magnum. Softball team. Dick Shawn, Eddie Deezen, Peter Isacksen. Orson Welles as the voice of Robin Masters. From Nov. 17, 1983.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0639724/

http://magnum-mania.com/Episodes/Season4/Squeeze_Play.html

Other anecdotes from the softball game:

• Magnum's team was called "The Paddlers". They wore a King Kamehameha Club cap, and the letters "KKC" appeared on the back of their blue-white jerseys.
• Magnum played shortstop and hits left-handed, but throws right-handed. He wore #14.
• T.C. played first base and hits and throws left-handed. He wore #32.
• Rick played catcher, then later pitcher, and he hits and throws right-handed. He wore #Seven.
• Magnum chews Red Man smokeless tobacco when playing.
• Magnum made an ultra-rare 6-3 triple play to get Rick out of a jam.
• Higgins is the third base coach (despite the fact that he hates the game).

Paul Masson

 

1980 and 1978 wine Orson Welles. And 1979.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Masson

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orson_Welles_Paul_Masson_advertisements

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/63782/celebrate-orson-welles-100th-cold-glass-paul-masson-champagne

The Strange Death of Thomas Ince

In 1924, film producer Thomas H. Ince died during or after a trip aboard the yacht of William Randolph Hearst. Also aboard were Marion Davies, Charlie Chaplin, and critic Louella Parsons. The rumor is that Hearst shot Ince by accident, and the bullet was meant for Chaplin. Orson Welles claimed to know the real story.

http://hollywoodlandforever.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-shroud-of-mystery-behind-thomas.html

 https://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/mysterious-death-newport-movie-mogul-thomas-ince/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_H._Ince

Film scholar Jonathan Rosenbaum, editor of the 1992 book This is Orson Welles — a record of interviews Peter Bogdanovich conducted with Orson Welles — began his April 2002 review of The Cat’s Meow with this exchange about Citizen Kane (1941):

OW: In the original script we had a scene based on a notorious thing Hearst had done, which I still cannot repeat for publication. And I cut it out because I thought it hurt the film and wasn’t in keeping with Kane’s character. If I’d kept it in, I would have had no trouble with Hearst. He wouldn’t have dared admit it was him.
PB: Did you shoot the scene?
OW: No, I didn’t. I decided against it. If I’d kept it in, I would have bought silence for myself forever.

“The incident Welles alluded to in this exchange is the subject of The Cat’s Meow, directed by Bogdanovich and adapted by Steven Peros from his own play,” Rosenbaum wrote. “Bogdanovich may see Welles as the inspiration for his film, but I have no idea where Peros got his facts.”

Rosenbaum did find a similar story in the 1979 edition of The Film Encyclopedia by Ephraim Katz, in the entry on Thomas Ince; and in the1971 essay on Citizen Kane by Pauline Kael:

Her principal source was John Houseman, script supervisor for cowriter Herman Mankiewicz, and it seems safe to conclude, even without her prodding, that some version of the story must have cropped up in Mankiewicz’s first draft of the script, which Welles subsequently edited and added to. According to Kael, the only trace of the subplot left in the script is a speech made by Susan Alexander, who was loosely based on Davies, to the reporter Thompson about Kane: “Look, if you’re smart, you’ll get in touch with Raymond. He’s the butler. You’ll learn a lot from him. He knows where all the bodies are buried.” Kael writes, “It’s an odd, cryptic speech. In the first draft, Raymond literally knew where the bodies were buried: Mankiewicz had dished up a nasty version of the scandal sometimes referred to as the Strange Death of Thomas Ince.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cat%27s_Meow

Tepepa (1969)

 

Orson Welles spaghetti western. Another title from Alex Cox. This was one of the better ones I watched when I was first looking for spaghettis. Also acclaimed. Welles behaved less than admirably on set, allegedly. Found on Youtube.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tepepa

http://www.coolasscinema.com/search/label/Tepepa

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063679/

Scene of the Crime

 

1984-85 NBC anthology series. Viewers solve the crime. Orson Welles as Your Host. 8 episodes. 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088600/

Dark Tower

1981. Orson Welles.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Tower_%28game%29

The Dark Tower

Suspense 1944. Orson Welles. Hans Conreid.

http://www.oldtimeradioreview.com/suspense---d.html

Donovan's Brain

Suspense 1948. Hans Conried. Orson Welles. Curt Siodmak book.

https://www.escape-suspense.com/2007/10/suspense---dono.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donovan%27s_Brain

There Will Be No More Moaning in This Outfit

The next man who moans is going to be very sorry.

Chung Ling Soo

This was the story I was looking for all along. I heard this from Orson Welles himself. Magician famous for dying on stage attempting the bullet catch trick.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chung_Ling_Soo

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/morbid-monday-chung-ling-soo-the-bullet-trick-that-went-horribly-wrong

16:28 is where the story begins.

Orson Welles' Magic Show

One those lost projects. Pieces. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orson_Welles%27_Magic_Show

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089744/