The Unknown Orson Welles in LA - Fabulous rare material shown

[jbrooks]

I'm not much interested in personal attacks or bickering.

But I would be interested to read any details of what Ms. Kodar and Mr. Graver had to say in LA this past weekend. To anyone who attended, please report whatever you can.

L French, thanks for your lengthy post. I look forward to seeing the clips of Wind this weekend in NY.

Thanks,
JBrooks

[Sir Bygber Brown]

To Johnny Dale - you neednt worry, Oja has the utmost respect of the members of this board. She is a wonderful woman who was a friend and confidante to Welles right to the end. She was perhaps the kindest friend he had his entire life. We are indebted to her that he was happy when he died.

[blunted by community]

jeff, only an opinion, but from what the others have posted about the welles convention, that locked thread seems to be a nasty hoax. i would like to put in a vote for you hose that
post. graver and oja deserve better

[Hannaford]

Dear Blunted:

I apoligize if I overreacted, but I felt your comments coming on top of Blake Pellerin's really did a great disservice to Gary Graver, a man who worked for Welles for 15 years whenever he was asked to, often without any financial compensation whatsoever! So without Gary, many of the later Welles projects and all the test footage would probably never have even existed, because what is not really known, is that Gary really served not only as Orson's D.P., but also as his production manager, arranging locations, setting up rentals, and even finding Orson a house to live in on Stanley Drive in LA when he came back to Hollywood in the 70's.
So I think what I was saying should have been aimed more at Blake Pellerin's remarks in the locked thread, because Gary is quite obviously, no longer a young guy, and sometimes he pauses, speaks slowly, or has trouble remembering things, but my God, give the guy a break... he's now in his sixties, and still remembers quite a bit, and just because he's not as spry as he once was, why should he get trashed, especially by Welles fans?

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"never apologize, mister, it's a sign of weakness." john wayne in SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBON.,

[Hannaford]

Blunted:
From what I gather, Pellerin's post are no longer welcome here, and I can't say I blame managment for that.
But you're right, I just exploded and slammed you in a rage, because Gary does read this site, and I found your comments about Gary (in agreement with Pellerin) to be very anti-Welles, and felt that if Gary saw them, it might be very depressing to him. So thanks for removing them, as I have done about my previous negative comments towards you.

[blunted by community]

agreed. i rearange all my posts so they don't reflect all this BS. like you said, G does not need this. and your last post of the first thread still reflect the BS. i would wipe the BS out all together. after you have a chance to read this let me know and i will change this post also so all the nastiness is cleansed away and forgotten.

how can pellarin be kept out, it's just a handle used by a regular member, like your handle, and my handle. he just has to sign up with another handle.

[Jeff Wilson]

Thanks to all for getting this back on course and resolving matters in a reasonable fashion. The offending post in question will be dealt with.

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amaizing what can happen while you are sleeping at night. bet you expected to find a battle raging.