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I met Orson in the 1970s, his daughter, Bea, had a Christmas Store here in Sedona, Az and he would visit. He was huge, walked around with this tiny tea cup poodle in his arms. He was pleasant, his daughter wasn't.
I always liked Orson. He was a great director, and could be an astounding actor, also a master magician. Unfortunately, he never had the best of luck. A genius who constantly run out of luck. Thanks for this wonderful and entertaining video.
In October, 1985, a new york tabloid published two obituaries on the sane day- in the same newspaper. One obit was of Orson Wells, which was a cold recital of the career of a talented but failed genius. The other was of Yul Brenner. The difference could not have been more stark. There was warmth and love in Yul Brenner’s obit.
I think the studio system did not like him not because he thought he knew it all, but because he did know it all. The way he was treated reminds me of the teacher who would fail you because, "You got the answer right but you did not do it my way." First video of yours I saw (YT recommended it to me). I Subscribed and gave you a thumb up.
I agree. Welles could write, direct, produce and star in movies and this made him a huge threat to the industry. The studio system was designed to make money and keep fat cats in fat jobs with fat salaries. Welles said that movie direction could easily be learned in a day and a half. He had to go!
'The Third Man', 'Citizen Kane' with Welles, plus 'The Searchers' by John Ford are my three absolute favorite movies! And probably of many other people.
I think you maybe confusing that with Thelma Todd? "Thelma Todd's Sidewalk Cafe is located on Pacific Coast Highway in Pacific Palisades, California. The Mediterranean style building was constructed in 1927 as a community center for the Castellammare neighborhood, which rises directly behind it on the hillside."
🤔 I have met a few genius masterminds in my life, and I am talking very smart clever people. Most all had mental health issues!. Just my personal experience with them.......😢
We sell no WHINE before its time? Where would Hollywood be without its tragic legends? I can't feel too sorry for some poor stiff who's married to Rita Hayworth... Orson dreed his sensational weird with great flare and style -- off-putting perhaps, but a truly great man --- living Welles is the best revenge.
Gees, I like your unique style! Well done on poor Welles! While marvelous creatively and as an actor, he was for some strange reason self- defeating.Terribly sad that.
Welles could write, direct, produce and star in movies and this made him a huge threat to the industry. The studio system was designed to make money and keep fat cats in fat jobs with fat salaries. Welles said that movie direction could easily be learned in a day and a half. He had to go!
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Mozart was a genius....the term used to mean something. It's tossed around now like a frisbee. Orson must have been tone deaf because his Irish accent in Shanghai was atrocious. Anyone who has heard a real Irish accent can tell it was fake and irritating. Lucky Charms cereal did it better. He ruins what could have been an excellent pot boiler. No one dared mention to him at the time? Kane was ruined by the part of the woman doing a version of Marian Davis. Even Orson admits he was wrong there. But it was a film about a rich guy who we never get the really know, except as a charming egomaniac, which is what Hearst was ...but we also know some of the evil things he did too like starting a war with Spain to sell papers. Fancy camera work cannot replace substance and a good story.
