awesome -- that dean martin would share orson welles on his show to perform Shakespeare on a comedy variety show. you could hear a pin drop, everyone was so enthralled with his performance. what a great opportunity to hear and see this wonderful actor. thank you for posting.
sumo fann You know, so many people, even today, dismiss Dean as just a drunken lightweight crooner, and Dean himself was always self conscious and embarrassed about his lack of formal education. But to the best of my knowledge, he was the only big star of the time brave enough to feature something of this quality on a prime time TV variety show.
This really is a great reading of that scene. As a man Welles had an extraordinary intellect and one sees he had a deep understanding of this play, this scene, this character and the world around it; as an actor he had such a colourful and wide-ranging youth that he wrote of meeting real Shylocks, real Iagos, real heros and villains in the back streets of the 20th Century. It all comes together in this great little glimpse into his talent. Having said that, when he got bored of something it could be awful. This nice little jewel shows him at his best.
DAMN!! I just watched this 8 times in a row * runs to parents house, goes to old room and digs up old Shakespeare book* He just inspired me to study it again...
What a voice. He makes everything sound superb as he does for every word he speaks. Shakespeare would have loved him. He made Shakespere understandable to all.
This was fantastic! Would loved to have seen Mr. Welles in costume, as he did for his Falstaff appearance, but still totally effective. This man could've made an inhuman robot interested in Shakespeare!
Orson Welles, master actor! Thanks for the upload! Do you have that marvelous clip where Orson performs as Sir John Falstaff, wich was also from the Dean Martin show?
I like Orson Wells, but this is not a good impression of a Jew. If a person called a Jew all kinds of names and 6 months later, the guy was asking for money, the Jew would not turn him down. The poor bastard would have to pay 30% in Vig. That’s what a real Jew would do. Money comes first! It’s business! The Jews love money more than their children, and they really love their children very much! Ohhhh Vey! 😂
