The War Of The Worlds - Was anyone really listening?

[Obssessed_with_Orson]

while looking through the newsweek archives, i found an article under which he was chosen first to do the voice of darth vader on star wars. but, they said it would have been too recognizable.

that's another reason why they never should have been afraid. his voice was, and still is, recognizable.

bye now!

p.s. i still say it was because they weren't listening to the damn words. no matter what wars etc. they had just returned home from.

[Obssessed_with_Orson]

the war of the worlds:

orson welles - professor richard pierson
frank readick - carl phillips, operator 2x2l
ray collins - wilmuth, harry mcdonald, rooftop announcer
paul stewart - new york weather announcer, studio announcer #3

kenny delmar - captain lansing, secretary of the interior, bayonne radio operator, policeman

richard wilson - brigadier general montgomery smith, langham field operator, voice of newark

william alland - meridian room announcer, gunner
stefan scnabel - observer
william herz - operator 8x3r
howard smith - unknown. but name is in the list.

[Le Chiffre]

Thanks Natalie. I'm skeptical of Frank Readick doing operator 2x2L. To my ears it sounds more like Everett Sloan. Maybe Howard Smith was the guy Professor Pierson finds in the aftermath of the devastation, who wants to organize a revolt against the Martians. Then again, it might have been Richard Barr.

[Obssessed_with_Orson]

anyone know if frank readick and edgar barrier had different birth names? can't find them in the indexes of nyt record.

let me know so i can look them up, please.

bye now!