Orson Welles’ ‘Five Kings’ to be staged at Philadelphia Museum of Art
Directed by Tom Reing , it will be broken down into five one-hour parts.
Michael Dawson interview: Part 2 – The ‘Chimes at Midnight’ restoration
“Othello” restoration producer Michael Dawson looks at the possibility of doing a restoration of “Chimes at Midnight.”
Michael Dawson interview: Part 1 – The 1992 ‘Othello’ restoration
Producer Michael Dawson brought a restored version of Orson Welles’ “Othello” to movie-goers in 1992. He has been actively working with Woodstock Celebrates Inc. to organize a proper 100th birthday celebration honoring Welles’ legacy in 2015. Dawson took time to discuss the 1992 restoration and future Welles projects with Wellesnet’s Mike Teal. By MIKE TEAL […]
Oja Kodar interview on Hungarian website
By RAY KELLY Interviews with Orson Welles’ longtime love and collaborator Oja Kodar are rare to come by, but the Hungarian website mozinet.hu recently spoke with the Croatian actress-writer. Sadly, none of the six questions asked of Kodar delved into the status of “The Other Side of the Wind” or any of Welles’ unfinished film […]
Additions to Orson Welles collection at University of Michigan open to scholars
By RAY KELLY Welles scholars now have access to the exciting additions to the Special Collections Library at the University of Michigan. The first collection, “The Orson Welles – Chris Welles Feder Collection,” is a gift from Welles’ eldest daughter, Chris Welles Feder. It includes photographs of the family and letters from Welles to his […]
“I have heard the ‘Chimes at Midnight’ – Orson Welles plays Falstaff in his final theatrical performance on the Dublin stage in 1960
By LAWRENCE FRENCH Orson Welles began his career as a stage actor at the Gate Theatre, in Dublin, Ireland on October 13, 1931. At the time Herbert Hoover was the President of The United States of America. Orson Welles ended his career as a stage actor at the Gaiety Theate, in Dublin, Ireland in March, […]
Bonhams to sell a Treasure Trove of Production Material on Orson Welles’s Masterpiece CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT
Chimes at Midnight is Welles’s masterpiece, the fullest, most completely realized expression of everything he had been working toward since Citizen Kane, which itself was more an end than a beginning. –Joseph McBride, ORSON WELLES. _________________________________ Bonham’s Auction house will be selling an archive of rare production material on November 22 in London that belonged […]
A report on the Dax Foundation screening of Orson Welles’s FALSTAFF at the Egyptian Theater
Wellesnet members Craig Weinstein and Leigh Gordon attended the Dax Foundation screening of Falstaff on July 30th and provided some interesting news about the event. Leigh tells me that besides the original promotional material from Falstaff, the Dax Foundation also had the Academy Award Orson Welles won for Citizen Kane on display. You can see […]
Win tickets to a rare screening of Orson Welles’s CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT on July 30 2009 at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood
On Thursday July 30 2009 The Dax Foundation is hosting a rare screening of Orson Welles masterpiece Chimes at Midnight at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood. The Dax Foundation has provided Wellesnet with a limited number of tickets for this very special showing, which will be introduced by Dave Weisman, the executive director of the […]
Distribution rights cloud ‘Chimes at Midnight’ (2 news articles)
WELLES FILM IS HELD UP IN DISPUTE By WILLIAM GRIMES The New York Times – June 23, 1992 The Joseph Papp Public Theater has halted a scheduled two-week showing of Orson Welles’s “Chimes at Midnight” after discovering that rights to distribute the film are in dispute. The program director of the theater, Fabiano Canosa, said […]
Andrew Sarris vs. The New York Times: a defense of Orson Welles’s FALSTAFF
Back in March of 1967, when Falstaff was first released in New York, it was a time of great social upheaval in America. Protests against the war in Viet Nam were about to reach critical mass. LSD made the cover of Life Magazine. Hippies and flower children were preparing for the “Summer of Love” in […]
Angelo Francesco Lavagnino’s magnificent score for Orson Welles’s CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Working with Orson Welles, he re-invented you for the purpose of his picture. From then on you became “God” and what you gave him was whatever he needed. This made you a real musician. —Angelo Francesco Lavagnino in Roseabella ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Italian composer Angelo Francesco Lavagnino first worked with Welles right at the start […]