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| Archive Hour, The | ...ORSON WELLES - The Storyteller - 1... |
| Bernard Herrmann (1911-1975) | ...Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Bernard Herrmann, best remembered for producing groundbreaking scores for film directors, ranging from ORSON WELLES and Alfred Hitchcock to Martin Scorsese. In his own eyes, though, Herrmann saw himself simply as a 'composer', rather than a film composer and his catalogue supports that claim, as it includes a full length opera, chamber and symphonic music. A brilliant and complex character, his formative years in New York helped establish a unique approach to music.... |
| Centurions | ...ORSON WELLES - Citizen Kane... |
| Interval Talk | ...Brian Morton takes a look at the events of Hallowe'en 1938 when thousands of American radio listeners were convinced by ORSON WELLES that Earth was being invaded by Martians. As the SITI Company, NEW YORK, bring a theatrical adaptation of the radio play `War of the Worlds' to the Edinburgh Festival, Brian Morton considers why the 1938 listeners were taken in and what might fool an audience today.... |
| Invaders From Mars | ...A story written and directed by The League of Gentlemen’s Mark Gatiss, and starring Paul McGann as the Doctor and India Fisher as Charley. It is Halloween 1938. A year after a mysterious meteorite lit up the skies of New York State; Martian invaders laid waste to the nation. At least, according to soon-to-be infamous ORSON WELLES they did. But what if some of the panicked listeners to the legendary 'War of the Worlds' broadcast weren't just imagining things? Also starring Mark Benton, David Benson, Paul Putner, Simon Pegg and Jessica Stevenson, this is a Big Finish Production.... |
| Jazz Library | ...Personnel: Mutt Carey, t, Jimmie Noone, cl; Kid Ory tb; Bud Scott, g; Buster Wilson, p; Ed Garland b; Minor Hall, d. ORSON WELLES Radio Show, 1942.... |
| Let's Take It From The Top | ...In a media world filled with sterilised speech and dominated by the perfect soundbite, there is no room for `ums', `ers' and stutters. This programme presents these outtakes to create a symphony of sputters, a cacophony of coughs and a poetry of mutters. Featuring Willem Dafoe, Yoko Ono, John Zorn and ORSON WELLES.... |
| Orson Welles - The Storyteller | |
| Pat Hobby Stories, The | ...Pat Hobby And ORSON WELLES... |
| Point To Point Navigation | ...Vidal's unique take on some of the century's greatest movie names, including ORSON WELLES, Coppola, Fellini, Grace Kelly and Garbo.... |
| Put Money In Thy Purse | ...In 1949, the Irish stage star Micheal MacLiammoir made his cinematic debut as Iago in ORSON WELLES' Othello. His diary of the process is a hilarious chronicle of chaos, financial crises, endless travel, and flashes of directorial genius.... |
| Radio Detectives, The | ...Jeffrey Richards looks at an American detective phenomenon taken from the comic books and once played by ORSON WELLES.... |
| Smith Lectures, The | ...Arthur Smith presents a seven-part comedy series. This fifth programme is the first of a two-parter attempting to cover the complete history of the world, from the invention of the wheel to the invention of the wheel clamp. With contributions from Mel Brooks, Monty Python, Leslie Phillips, Terry-Thomas, the Reduced Shakespeare Company, Benny Hill, Eddie Izzard and ORSON WELLES ... |
| Victorville | ...By Marcy Kahan. In Los Angeles last month, three actors recreated a crucial hour in cinema history - when ORSON WELLES delivered his verdict on the screenplay for `Citizen Kane'. At stake is the credit for the film, being written by Herman J Mankiewicz and overseen by John Houseman. With Stanley Kamel, David Ogden Stiers and William Hootkins. Director Ned Chaillet. Harris.... |