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Post by JimInks on Feb 16, 2018 4:56:01 GMT -5
Welles' movie career is quite checkered. Are you a fan of his movies? Which ones do you like or dislike? My favorites are Citizen Kane (an easy pick, I grant you), Chimes at Midnight, and The Stranger (with EGR). I have enjoyed him as the Shadow, in Mercury Theater and Campbell Playhouse, and the five weeks he substituted for Jack Benny on Benny's show when JB was ill. If you haven't heard those enjoyable episodes, you can hear them here: otrrlibrary.org/j.html 3-14-43 through 4-4-43, and he also appears in the episode when Benny returns, 4-11-43. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2018 6:36:18 GMT -5
My favorite Welles movie is Touch of Evil. Lots of radio excellence too. I like him best in The Lives (or Adventures) of Harry Lime.
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Post by JimInks on Feb 16, 2018 7:10:18 GMT -5
My favorite Welles movie is Touch of Evil. Lots of radio excellence too. I like him best in The Lives (or Adventures) of Harry Lime. I forgot to type in Touch of Evil. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2018 7:52:31 GMT -5
I figured it must have slipped your mind, Jim. It is a truly great performance by Welles. A man, corrupted, portrayed perfectly by Mr. Welles.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2018 9:48:52 GMT -5
I've been an admirer of Uncle Fats since I watched Touch of Evil in 1966 in a second-run moviehouse in New York, as part of a double bill. (The other movie was an Audie Murphy western epic, no less.) It was like watching a movie for the very first time. ToE remains my favorite, but I love also Citizen Kane, The Chimes at Midnight, Lady from Shanghai and The Immortal Story, all of which I now own in blu-ray. A bio docu titled The Magician is also a favorite. I also like him as a narrator (him and William Conrad had the best voice in show business) and as an actor (The Third Man, with that cuckoo clock line!).
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Post by jpberg on Feb 16, 2018 9:58:13 GMT -5
Gielgud, Richardson and Welles as Holmes, Watson and Moriarty was radio magic.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2018 11:10:20 GMT -5
Welles' movie career is quite checkered. Are you a fan of his movies? Which ones do you like or dislike? My favorites are Citizen Kane (an easy pick, I grant you), Chimes at Midnight, and The Stranger (with EGR). I have enjoyed him as the Shadow, in Mercury Theater and Campbell Playhouse, and the five weeks he substituted for Jack Benny on Benny's show when JB was ill. If you haven't heard those enjoyable episodes, you can hear them here: otrrlibrary.org/j.html 3-14-43 through 4-4-43, and he also appears in the episode when Benny returns, 4-11-43. Here's a list to his radio work with links to listen to them www.mercurytheatre.info |
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Post by zambini on Feb 16, 2018 11:12:10 GMT -5
The Third Man. The middle of it is pretty confusing but the movie is so wonderfully shot that it doesn't matter.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2018 11:14:58 GMT -5
Lady From Shanghai is totally confusing, but also wonderfully shot
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Post by zambini on Feb 16, 2018 12:30:02 GMT -5
Lady From Shanghai is totally confusing, but also wonderfully shot I think they call it the 'Rita Hayworth Effect'. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2018 15:03:50 GMT -5
I'd pretty much have to say all of the above. Didn't know about Welles filling in for Benny, Jim - sounds like a lot of fun!
Cool that there are so many OTR people here!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2018 22:28:52 GMT -5
Lady From Shanghai is totally confusing, but also wonderfully shot Welles irritated me no end with that ersatz Irish accent. |
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Post by JimInks on Feb 16, 2018 22:50:56 GMT -5
I forgot to mention Jack Benny appeared in June Moon on The Campbell Playhouse with Welles. It's worth listening to.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2018 0:33:26 GMT -5
This is not his finest hour:
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Post by That Falls Guy on Feb 17, 2018 20:38:49 GMT -5
Watching him now in 'Man in the Shadow' along with Jeff Chandler.
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Post by JimInks on Feb 17, 2018 21:59:11 GMT -5
Watching him now in 'Man in the Shadow' along with Jeff Chandler. I saw that one a couple days ago. Pretty decent movie. |
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Post by PhantomWolf on Feb 17, 2018 22:30:36 GMT -5
As addicted to all things film as I am, I am ashamed to say that I have yet to see Citizen Kane.
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Post by gav on Mar 20, 2018 21:41:27 GMT -5
this would have been awesome if he ever got around to actually making it.
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Post by Ronv69 on Mar 20, 2018 23:40:49 GMT -5
this would have been awesome if he ever got around to actually making it. It would have been good. I think that The African Queen is as close as Hollywood will ever get. |
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Post by gav on Mar 20, 2018 23:48:47 GMT -5
Apocalypse Now is a great version of Heart of Darkness. The John Malkovich version, not so much
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Post by toshtego on Mar 31, 2018 11:43:36 GMT -5
Let us not forget his role as "Father Mapple" in John Huston's movie "Moby Dick", 1956.
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Post by rblood on Mar 31, 2018 12:15:10 GMT -5
I think I prefer his radio work to his movies, except for Citizen Kane (love that movie).
He was on the Fred Allen radio show several times too - those spots are great.
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Post by toshtego on Mar 31, 2018 13:00:49 GMT -5
Another favorite from "Casino Royale".
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Post by Legend Lover on Mar 31, 2018 13:14:19 GMT -5
I can't watch Peter Sellers and not think Pink Panther.
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