Public radio station KQED in California is presenting a radio show looking at the history of the infamous “War of the Worlds” episode of The Mercury Theater on the Air. The show will be presented twice, once tomorrow (2/16) at 1 PM, and on 2/20 at 8 PM (these are Pacific times, by the way). […]
The difference between the spacecrafts of NASA and the lurid flying sorceries of that old radio show War of the Worlds is the difference between science and science fiction, and yes, War and Peace. It’s our own world that has turned out to be the interplanetary visitor. We are the ones who are moving, out […]
On June 2, 1994 Christie’s East in New York auctioned off a copy of Orson Welles original director’s script for his famed radio broadcast of “The War of the Worlds.” What I found interesting is that Steven Spielberg was the winning bidder for Welles script, adding it to his other collection of high-priced Orson Welles memorabilia, […]
Here are some excerpts from an interview with the master animator Ray Harryhausen, where he talks about trying to interest Orson Welles in making War of the Worlds, and how he came close to working with Welles in Spain. LAWRENCE FRENCH: After years of keeping your effects secrets under wraps, what led you to be so forthcoming […]