It's been a few years since i last watched Patrick McGoohans excellent series, 'The Prisoner'... certainly before i got into Orson Welles films, so i can't really comment on this...
but in light of recent discussion of the mutual admiration between Welles and McGoohan in the Moby Dick rehearsed thread, i just came across this review of the episode of The Prisoner called 'Dance Of The Dead':
"Dance of the Dead combines brainwashing and the legal system, in which a predominantly female cast (including a cat!) try to break Number 6 against the incongruous background of a carnival. After breaking the rules by taking a transistor radio from a body that washed up on the shore, Number 6 is subjected to a kangaroo trial and he discovers just how easily crowds can be swayed. He eludes the angry crowd of villagers and ends up in a room containing a teletype machine which, incongruously, seems to be the low-tech communication link between the Village and Number 1. This episode appears to be heavily influenced by Orson Welles, with the chase under the Town Hall lifted almost exactly from Welles's film of Kafka's "The Trial"."
taken from:
http://www.culturecourt.com/Ajo/media/ThePrisoner.htm
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From Modern Drunkard Magazine (I kid you not):
"Jackie Gleason didn’t always fall short of his boasts. He and fellow heavyweight drunkard Orson Welles were drinking up a storm at the Stork Club when Orson Welles broached the subject of Shakespeare. Jackie claimed to know much of the Bard’s work by heart, and Welles, doubting his Brooklyn grade-school dropout’s boast, intentionally misquoted an obscure line from Aeschylus. Jackie Gleason immediately corrected him, prompting Welles to declare, “You’re the Great One!” The name stuck."
"Jackie Gleason didn’t always fall short of his boasts. He and fellow heavyweight drunkard Orson Welles were drinking up a storm at the Stork Club when Orson Welles broached the subject of Shakespeare. Jackie claimed to know much of the Bard’s work by heart, and Welles, doubting his Brooklyn grade-school dropout’s boast, intentionally misquoted an obscure line from Aeschylus. Jackie Gleason immediately corrected him, prompting Welles to declare, “You’re the Great One!” The name stuck."
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That’s an interesting nugget of information, Harvey. I don’t suppose you know when this incident occurred? I wonder if it happened before Welles made THE TRIAL, and whether Jackie Gleason’s knowledge of Shakespeare somehow influenced Welles to select Gleason for the role of the lawyer, Hastler, in the movie. I’ve always thought Gleason would have made a good Hastler although I also think Welles’ performance in that role was near perfection.
I guess now when we write of a “Great One” we have to be more specific as to whom we are referring. And by the way Harvey, what are you doing reading “Modern Drunkard Magazine”?? :p
I guess now when we write of a “Great One” we have to be more specific as to whom we are referring. And by the way Harvey, what are you doing reading “Modern Drunkard Magazine”?? :p
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Clearly someone was drunk, since Gleason claimed to know Shakespeare, and Welles quoted him Aeschylus. I eagerly await the future debut of Smackfiend Today or Cokeheads Unite and similar journals of indulgence appreciation. I'm sure today's stars will have plenty of anecdotes to fill its pages...
In other magazine news, the current issue of Outre includes an article on Welles and "War of the Worlds" in an issue dedicated to the Red Planet.
In other magazine news, the current issue of Outre includes an article on Welles and "War of the Worlds" in an issue dedicated to the Red Planet.
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The Joseph Cotten Show - On Trial (Welles actors used)
This short-lived NBC TV series hosted by Joseph Cotten debuted as On Trial in 1956. It later became so identified with its congenial host that the title was changed to The Joseph Cotten Show - On Trial on February 1, 1957. The series was cancelled in 1957, and then briefly revived on CBS in 1959, serving as a summer replacement for The Ann Sothern Show with mostly new episodes.
Cotten must have had some say in casting, because several of his old colleagues from the Mercury Theatre days guest starred on his show. In 1956, Everett Sloane turned up in two episodes of On Trial: Law Is for the Lovers and The Jameson Case. Ray Collins appeared in The Trial of Mary Surratt (1956). Norman Lloyd (Cinna the Poet in Welles’ 1937 Broadway production of Julius Caesar) co-starred in The Trial of Colonel Blood (1957), as did villainous Henry Daniell, a supporting player in the 1944 Jane Eyre, which starred Welles as Edward Rochester. Daniell also appeared in The Trial of Edward Pritchard (1956) and The Freeman Case (1957). Paul Stewart (Raymond the butler in Citizen Kane) guest starred in The Secret of Polanta (1957).
Joan Fontaine (Jane Eyre) appeared in two episodes of On Trial: The De Santre Story (1956) and Fatal Charm (1957). Ben Alexander, Welles’ co-star in Man in the Shadow, played The Lie Detector Game in a 1957 episode that also featured Dan Tobin, soon to appear in Welles’ The Fountain of Youth (1958). Jeanette Nolan (Lady Macbeth in Welles’ 1948 Macbeth) took on The Freeman Case in 1957, while Dan O’Herlihy (cast as Macduff in Welles’ Macbeth) was a link in The Deadly Chain (1957).
It’s odd that Orson Welles never made a guest appearance on The Joseph Cotten Show – On Trial, as he was in Hollywood at the time working on Man in the Shadow and Touch of Evil, among other projects. It's also something of a coincidence that Welles directed a film called The Trial in 1962.
I wonder when The Joseph Cotten Show - On Trial will be released on DVD.
Cotten must have had some say in casting, because several of his old colleagues from the Mercury Theatre days guest starred on his show. In 1956, Everett Sloane turned up in two episodes of On Trial: Law Is for the Lovers and The Jameson Case. Ray Collins appeared in The Trial of Mary Surratt (1956). Norman Lloyd (Cinna the Poet in Welles’ 1937 Broadway production of Julius Caesar) co-starred in The Trial of Colonel Blood (1957), as did villainous Henry Daniell, a supporting player in the 1944 Jane Eyre, which starred Welles as Edward Rochester. Daniell also appeared in The Trial of Edward Pritchard (1956) and The Freeman Case (1957). Paul Stewart (Raymond the butler in Citizen Kane) guest starred in The Secret of Polanta (1957).
Joan Fontaine (Jane Eyre) appeared in two episodes of On Trial: The De Santre Story (1956) and Fatal Charm (1957). Ben Alexander, Welles’ co-star in Man in the Shadow, played The Lie Detector Game in a 1957 episode that also featured Dan Tobin, soon to appear in Welles’ The Fountain of Youth (1958). Jeanette Nolan (Lady Macbeth in Welles’ 1948 Macbeth) took on The Freeman Case in 1957, while Dan O’Herlihy (cast as Macduff in Welles’ Macbeth) was a link in The Deadly Chain (1957).
It’s odd that Orson Welles never made a guest appearance on The Joseph Cotten Show – On Trial, as he was in Hollywood at the time working on Man in the Shadow and Touch of Evil, among other projects. It's also something of a coincidence that Welles directed a film called The Trial in 1962.
I wonder when The Joseph Cotten Show - On Trial will be released on DVD.
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Just picked up Season One of Alfred Hitchcock Presents on DVD and was surprised to see so many of Orson Welles’ former colleagues in these masterful suspense stories. Here is a list of Mercury Theatre veterans or Welles co-stars who appeared on Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955-1962) and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962-1965).
Alfred Hitchcock Presents:
Joseph Cotten & Harry Shannon (Citizen Kane, Touch of Evil): Breakdown (1955)
Everett Sloane (Citizen Kane, Journey into Fear, The Lady from Shanghai, Prince of Foxes) & Elliott Reid (The Patriot – The Campbell Playhouse): Our Cook’s a Treasure (1955)
Alan Napier (Macbeth): Into Thin Air (1955)
Peter van Eyck (Mr. Arkadin) and Konstantin Shayne (The Stranger): Safe Conduct (1956)
Everett Sloane: Place of Shadows (1956)
Ray Collins (The War of the Worlds, Citizen Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons): Conversation Over a Corpse (1956)
Alan Napier: Whodunit (1956)
Alan Napier: I Killed the Count: Part 1 (1957)
Alan Napier: I Killed the Count: Part 2 (1957)
Alan Napier: I Killed the Count: Part 3 (1957)
Norman Lloyd (Julius Caesar): Nightmare in 4-D (1957)
Vincent Price (The Shoemaker’s Holiday): The Perfect Crime (1957)
Herbert Marshall (Kind Lady - The Campbell Playhouse): A Bottle of Wine (1957)
Joseph Cotten: Together (1958)
Joanna Moore (Touch of Evil): Post Mortem (1958)
Herbert Marshall: Little White Frock (1958)
Konstantin Shayne: Flight to the East (1958)
Mary Astor (Royal Regiment - The Campbell Playhouse): Mrs. Herman and Mrs. Fenimore (1958)
Norman Lloyd & Elliott Reid: Design for Loving (1958)
Joan Tetzel (Ah, Wilderness! - The Campbell Playhouse): Guest for Breakfast (1958)
Jeanette Nolan (Macbeth): The Morning After (1958)
Joanna Moore: Invitation to an Accident (1959)
Joanna Moore: No Pain (1959)
Rick Jason (The Fountain of Youth): The Kind Waitress (1959)
Alan Napier: The Avon Emeralds (1959)
Mary Astor: The Impossible Dream (1959)
Everett Sloane: The Waxwork (1959)
Laurence Harvey (The Deep, F for Fake): Arthur (1959)
Bette Davis (This Lonely Heart - The Campbell Playhouse): Out There – Darkness (1959)
Joseph Cotten & Ted de Corsia (The Lady from Shanghai): Dead Weight (1959)
Norman Lloyd: The Day of the Bullet (1960)
Burt Reynolds (The Orson Welles Show): Escape to Sonoita (1960)
Paul Stewart (Citizen Kane): Craig's Will (1960)
Norman Lloyd: The Little Man Who Was There (1960)
Dennis Weaver (Touch of Evil): Insomnia (1960)
Geraldine Fitzgerald (Heartbreak House): A Woman's Help (1961)
Jeanette Nolan: Coming Home (1961)
Norman Lloyd: Maria (1961)
Ted de Corsia: You Can't Be a Little Girl All Your Life (1961)
Richard Long (The Stranger): The Opportunity (1962)
Joanna Moore: Most Likely to Succeed (1962)
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour:
Angie Dickinson (The Orson Welles Show): Captive Audience (1962)
Alan Napier: An Out for Oscar (1963)
Dan O’Herlihy (Macbeth): Forecast: Low Clouds and Coastal Fog (1963)
Joan Fontaine (Jane Eyre): The Paragon (1963)
Anne Baxter (The Magnificent Ambersons): A Nice Touch (1963)
Richard Long: Blood Bargain (1963)
Ted de Corsia: The Magic Shop (1964)
Joanna Moore: Who Needs an Enemy? (1964)
Roddy McDowall (Macbeth): The Gentleman Caller (1964)
Christopher Lee (Moby Dick Rehearsed): The Sign of Satan (1964)
Roddy McDowall and Patricia Medina (Mr. Arkadin): See the Monkey Dance (1964)
Jeanette Nolan: Triumph (1964)
Alan Napier: Thou Still Unravished Bride (1965)
Jane Wyatt (Call It a Day – The Campbell Playhouse): The Monkey’s Paw (1965)
Geraldine Fitzgerald (The Citadel – The Campbell Playhouse): Power of Attorney (1965)
Angie Dickinson: Thanatos Palace Hotel (1965)
Joanna Moore: The Crimson Witness (1965)
Norman Lloyd was the associate producer of ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS and the executive producer of THE ALFRED HITCHCOCK HOUR.
Composer Bernard Herrman (Citizen Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons) wrote scores for 17 episodes of THE ALFRED HITCHCOCK HOUR: A Home Away from Home (1963), Terror In Northfield (1963), You'll Be the Death of Me (1963), Nothing Ever Happens In Linvale (1963), The Jar (1964), Behind the Locked Door (1964), Body in the Barn (1964), Change of Address (1964), Water's Edge (1964), The McGregor Affair (1964), Misadventure (1964), Consider Her Ways (1964), The Life Work of Juan Diaz (1964), Where the Woodbine Twineth (1965), An Unlocked Window (1965), Wally the Beard (1965), Death Scene (1965).
An extra:
Alfred Hitchcock shot PSYCHO cheaply with the same crew he used on his TV show. Hitchcock wanted to keep PSYCHO under wraps and told reporters it was an expanded episode of ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS. John Cassavetes met PSYCHO's star Anthony Perkins on the Universal Studios lot and was surprised that a big name like Perkins would stoop to appearing on television, even if it was for Hitchcock. Perkins went on to star in Orson Welles' THE TRIAL. He also costarred with Welles in IS PARIS BURNING?, TEN DAYS WONDER and CATCH-22.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents:
Joseph Cotten & Harry Shannon (Citizen Kane, Touch of Evil): Breakdown (1955)
Everett Sloane (Citizen Kane, Journey into Fear, The Lady from Shanghai, Prince of Foxes) & Elliott Reid (The Patriot – The Campbell Playhouse): Our Cook’s a Treasure (1955)
Alan Napier (Macbeth): Into Thin Air (1955)
Peter van Eyck (Mr. Arkadin) and Konstantin Shayne (The Stranger): Safe Conduct (1956)
Everett Sloane: Place of Shadows (1956)
Ray Collins (The War of the Worlds, Citizen Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons): Conversation Over a Corpse (1956)
Alan Napier: Whodunit (1956)
Alan Napier: I Killed the Count: Part 1 (1957)
Alan Napier: I Killed the Count: Part 2 (1957)
Alan Napier: I Killed the Count: Part 3 (1957)
Norman Lloyd (Julius Caesar): Nightmare in 4-D (1957)
Vincent Price (The Shoemaker’s Holiday): The Perfect Crime (1957)
Herbert Marshall (Kind Lady - The Campbell Playhouse): A Bottle of Wine (1957)
Joseph Cotten: Together (1958)
Joanna Moore (Touch of Evil): Post Mortem (1958)
Herbert Marshall: Little White Frock (1958)
Konstantin Shayne: Flight to the East (1958)
Mary Astor (Royal Regiment - The Campbell Playhouse): Mrs. Herman and Mrs. Fenimore (1958)
Norman Lloyd & Elliott Reid: Design for Loving (1958)
Joan Tetzel (Ah, Wilderness! - The Campbell Playhouse): Guest for Breakfast (1958)
Jeanette Nolan (Macbeth): The Morning After (1958)
Joanna Moore: Invitation to an Accident (1959)
Joanna Moore: No Pain (1959)
Rick Jason (The Fountain of Youth): The Kind Waitress (1959)
Alan Napier: The Avon Emeralds (1959)
Mary Astor: The Impossible Dream (1959)
Everett Sloane: The Waxwork (1959)
Laurence Harvey (The Deep, F for Fake): Arthur (1959)
Bette Davis (This Lonely Heart - The Campbell Playhouse): Out There – Darkness (1959)
Joseph Cotten & Ted de Corsia (The Lady from Shanghai): Dead Weight (1959)
Norman Lloyd: The Day of the Bullet (1960)
Burt Reynolds (The Orson Welles Show): Escape to Sonoita (1960)
Paul Stewart (Citizen Kane): Craig's Will (1960)
Norman Lloyd: The Little Man Who Was There (1960)
Dennis Weaver (Touch of Evil): Insomnia (1960)
Geraldine Fitzgerald (Heartbreak House): A Woman's Help (1961)
Jeanette Nolan: Coming Home (1961)
Norman Lloyd: Maria (1961)
Ted de Corsia: You Can't Be a Little Girl All Your Life (1961)
Richard Long (The Stranger): The Opportunity (1962)
Joanna Moore: Most Likely to Succeed (1962)
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour:
Angie Dickinson (The Orson Welles Show): Captive Audience (1962)
Alan Napier: An Out for Oscar (1963)
Dan O’Herlihy (Macbeth): Forecast: Low Clouds and Coastal Fog (1963)
Joan Fontaine (Jane Eyre): The Paragon (1963)
Anne Baxter (The Magnificent Ambersons): A Nice Touch (1963)
Richard Long: Blood Bargain (1963)
Ted de Corsia: The Magic Shop (1964)
Joanna Moore: Who Needs an Enemy? (1964)
Roddy McDowall (Macbeth): The Gentleman Caller (1964)
Christopher Lee (Moby Dick Rehearsed): The Sign of Satan (1964)
Roddy McDowall and Patricia Medina (Mr. Arkadin): See the Monkey Dance (1964)
Jeanette Nolan: Triumph (1964)
Alan Napier: Thou Still Unravished Bride (1965)
Jane Wyatt (Call It a Day – The Campbell Playhouse): The Monkey’s Paw (1965)
Geraldine Fitzgerald (The Citadel – The Campbell Playhouse): Power of Attorney (1965)
Angie Dickinson: Thanatos Palace Hotel (1965)
Joanna Moore: The Crimson Witness (1965)
Norman Lloyd was the associate producer of ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS and the executive producer of THE ALFRED HITCHCOCK HOUR.
Composer Bernard Herrman (Citizen Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons) wrote scores for 17 episodes of THE ALFRED HITCHCOCK HOUR: A Home Away from Home (1963), Terror In Northfield (1963), You'll Be the Death of Me (1963), Nothing Ever Happens In Linvale (1963), The Jar (1964), Behind the Locked Door (1964), Body in the Barn (1964), Change of Address (1964), Water's Edge (1964), The McGregor Affair (1964), Misadventure (1964), Consider Her Ways (1964), The Life Work of Juan Diaz (1964), Where the Woodbine Twineth (1965), An Unlocked Window (1965), Wally the Beard (1965), Death Scene (1965).
An extra:
Alfred Hitchcock shot PSYCHO cheaply with the same crew he used on his TV show. Hitchcock wanted to keep PSYCHO under wraps and told reporters it was an expanded episode of ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS. John Cassavetes met PSYCHO's star Anthony Perkins on the Universal Studios lot and was surprised that a big name like Perkins would stoop to appearing on television, even if it was for Hitchcock. Perkins went on to star in Orson Welles' THE TRIAL. He also costarred with Welles in IS PARIS BURNING?, TEN DAYS WONDER and CATCH-22.
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Just picked up Seasons 1-5 of The Twilight Zone (The Definitive Edition) on DVD and was surprised to see so many of Orson Welles’ colleagues in these masterful supernatural/sci-fi/horror stories. Actually, Welles was the CBS network’s original choice to host the series, but Rod Serling objected and said the show needed a fresh face and that he could handle the hosting chores himself. Here is a list of Mercury Theatre veterans or Welles co-stars who made guest appearances or otherwise contributed to The Twilight Zone (1959-1964).
Ted de Corsia (The Lady from Shanghai) and Ida Lupino (The Bad Man, episode of The Campbell Playhouse): The 16mm Shrine (1959)
Burgess Meredith (Prince Hal in Welles’ Five Kings; Green Grow The Lilacs, Mutiny On The Bounty, Chicken Wagon Family, State Fair episodes of The Campbell Playhouse): Time Enough at Last (1959)
Patrick Macnee (Great Mysteries, ep. A Time to Remember): Judgement Night (1959)
Inger Stevens (House of Cards): The Hitch-Hiker (1960); from the radio play by Lucille Fletcher (Suspense, 1942; Mercury Summer Theatre of the Air, 1946)
Everett Sloane (Citizen Kane, Journey into Fear, The Lady from Shanghai, Prince of Foxes, Othello; I Lost My Girlish Laughter, Peter Ibbetson, The Garden Of Allah, The Citadel episodes of The Campbell Playhouse): The Fever (1960)
Roddy McDowall (Macbeth): People are Alike All Over (1960)
Luther Adler (Golden Boy, episode of The Campbell Playhouse): The Man in the Bottle (1960)
Paul Mazursky (The Other Side of the Wind): The Purple Testament (1960)
Friedrich von Ledebur (Moby Dick): The Howling Man (1960)
Inger Stevens: The Lateness of the Hour (1960)
Agnes Moorehead (The War of the Worlds, Citizen Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons; Rebecca, I Lost My Girlish Laughter, Wickford Point, Count Of Monte Cristo, Liliom episodes of The Campbell Playhouse): The Invaders (1961)
Dan Tobin (The Fountain of Youth): A Penny for Your Thoughts (1961)
Burgess Meredith: Mr. Dingle, the Strong (1961)
Burgess Meredith: The Obsolete Man (1961)
Dennis Weaver (Touch of Evil): Shadow Play (1961)
Dean Stockwell (Compulsion): A Quality of Mercy (1961)
Jeanette Nolan (Macbeth): The Hunt (1962)
Donald Pleasence (Where Is Parsifal?): The Changing of the Guard (1962)
Paul Stewart (The War of the Worlds, Citizen Kane; The Glass Key, episode of The Campbell Playhouse): Little Girl Lost (1962) [Stewart directed the episode.]
Paul Mazursky: The Gift (1962)
Paul Mazursky: He’s Alive (1963)
Ian Wolfe (Tomorrow Is Forever): Uncle Simon (1963)
Patrick O’Neal (The Kremlin Letter): A Short Drink From a Certain Fountain (1963)
Dennis Hopper (The Other Side of the Wind): He’s Alive (1963)
Richard Basehart (Moby Dick): Probe 7 - Over and Out (1963)
Burgess Meredith: Printer’s Devil (1963)
Jeannette Nolan: Jess-Belle (1963)
Wilfrid Hyde-White (The Third Man) and Alan Napier (Macbeth): Passage on the Lady Anne (1963)
Burt Reynolds (The Orson Welles Show): The Bard (1963)
Richard Long (The Stranger): Number Twelve Looks Just Like You (1964)
George Macready (Follow the Boys): The Long Morrow (1964)
Jackie Cooper (The Adventures Of Huck Finn, episode of The Campbell Playhouse): Caesar and Me (1964)
Ted de Corsia: The Brain Center at Whipple's (1964)
Joan Blondell (Only Angels Have Wings, episode of The Campbell Playhouse): What's in the Box? (1964)
Ida Lupino: The Masks (1964) [Lupino directed the episode.]
Composer Bernard Herrmann (The Mercury Theatre on the Air, Citizen Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons, The Battle of Neretva) wrote the theme music for the first season of The Twilight Zone, as well as scores for several episodes of the series: 90 Years without Slumbering, The Eye of the Beholder, Little Girl Lost, Living Doll, The Lonely, Walking Distance, Where Is Everybody?
Ted de Corsia (The Lady from Shanghai) and Ida Lupino (The Bad Man, episode of The Campbell Playhouse): The 16mm Shrine (1959)
Burgess Meredith (Prince Hal in Welles’ Five Kings; Green Grow The Lilacs, Mutiny On The Bounty, Chicken Wagon Family, State Fair episodes of The Campbell Playhouse): Time Enough at Last (1959)
Patrick Macnee (Great Mysteries, ep. A Time to Remember): Judgement Night (1959)
Inger Stevens (House of Cards): The Hitch-Hiker (1960); from the radio play by Lucille Fletcher (Suspense, 1942; Mercury Summer Theatre of the Air, 1946)
Everett Sloane (Citizen Kane, Journey into Fear, The Lady from Shanghai, Prince of Foxes, Othello; I Lost My Girlish Laughter, Peter Ibbetson, The Garden Of Allah, The Citadel episodes of The Campbell Playhouse): The Fever (1960)
Roddy McDowall (Macbeth): People are Alike All Over (1960)
Luther Adler (Golden Boy, episode of The Campbell Playhouse): The Man in the Bottle (1960)
Paul Mazursky (The Other Side of the Wind): The Purple Testament (1960)
Friedrich von Ledebur (Moby Dick): The Howling Man (1960)
Inger Stevens: The Lateness of the Hour (1960)
Agnes Moorehead (The War of the Worlds, Citizen Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons; Rebecca, I Lost My Girlish Laughter, Wickford Point, Count Of Monte Cristo, Liliom episodes of The Campbell Playhouse): The Invaders (1961)
Dan Tobin (The Fountain of Youth): A Penny for Your Thoughts (1961)
Burgess Meredith: Mr. Dingle, the Strong (1961)
Burgess Meredith: The Obsolete Man (1961)
Dennis Weaver (Touch of Evil): Shadow Play (1961)
Dean Stockwell (Compulsion): A Quality of Mercy (1961)
Jeanette Nolan (Macbeth): The Hunt (1962)
Donald Pleasence (Where Is Parsifal?): The Changing of the Guard (1962)
Paul Stewart (The War of the Worlds, Citizen Kane; The Glass Key, episode of The Campbell Playhouse): Little Girl Lost (1962) [Stewart directed the episode.]
Paul Mazursky: The Gift (1962)
Paul Mazursky: He’s Alive (1963)
Ian Wolfe (Tomorrow Is Forever): Uncle Simon (1963)
Patrick O’Neal (The Kremlin Letter): A Short Drink From a Certain Fountain (1963)
Dennis Hopper (The Other Side of the Wind): He’s Alive (1963)
Richard Basehart (Moby Dick): Probe 7 - Over and Out (1963)
Burgess Meredith: Printer’s Devil (1963)
Jeannette Nolan: Jess-Belle (1963)
Wilfrid Hyde-White (The Third Man) and Alan Napier (Macbeth): Passage on the Lady Anne (1963)
Burt Reynolds (The Orson Welles Show): The Bard (1963)
Richard Long (The Stranger): Number Twelve Looks Just Like You (1964)
George Macready (Follow the Boys): The Long Morrow (1964)
Jackie Cooper (The Adventures Of Huck Finn, episode of The Campbell Playhouse): Caesar and Me (1964)
Ted de Corsia: The Brain Center at Whipple's (1964)
Joan Blondell (Only Angels Have Wings, episode of The Campbell Playhouse): What's in the Box? (1964)
Ida Lupino: The Masks (1964) [Lupino directed the episode.]
Composer Bernard Herrmann (The Mercury Theatre on the Air, Citizen Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons, The Battle of Neretva) wrote the theme music for the first season of The Twilight Zone, as well as scores for several episodes of the series: 90 Years without Slumbering, The Eye of the Beholder, Little Girl Lost, Living Doll, The Lonely, Walking Distance, Where Is Everybody?
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This also reveals the presence of quality performance in terms of its listing of actors whom Welles chose, were inspired by him, and went on to give other great performances in the world of television that Welles could not conquer.
Could the same be said about the young kid actors of today?
This is not to disparage youth but to highlight the importance of constantly honing one's craft, engaging in rigrous apprenticeship in theater, television, and film in terms of the right choices.
This particular "Golden Age of television" has roots in the Golden Age of the Federal Theatre and the inspiration passed down through different generations all linked by associations with a great innovative genius whose talent will remain undisputed despite the assaults of ephemeral critics such as Pauline Kael, Charles Higham, David Thomson, and Simon Callow all eager to tear down the creative tradition left by a person whose achievements they all know they cannot surpass.
Pardon my syntax!
Could the same be said about the young kid actors of today?
This is not to disparage youth but to highlight the importance of constantly honing one's craft, engaging in rigrous apprenticeship in theater, television, and film in terms of the right choices.
This particular "Golden Age of television" has roots in the Golden Age of the Federal Theatre and the inspiration passed down through different generations all linked by associations with a great innovative genius whose talent will remain undisputed despite the assaults of ephemeral critics such as Pauline Kael, Charles Higham, David Thomson, and Simon Callow all eager to tear down the creative tradition left by a person whose achievements they all know they cannot surpass.
Pardon my syntax!
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George Colouris in PATHFINDERS IN SPACE
For those interested in the later careers of Welles's associates this pre-DR. WHO series has finally been released on DVD with GC playing the mysterious "Harcourt Brown" in the second season.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B005 ... d_i=468294
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B005 ... d_i=468294
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1964 Tempo program on Orson Welles
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Thanks to Andrew Smith for the tip on this, a 1964 Tempo program on Orson Welles. I'd heard of it, but had never seen it before:
https://networkonair.com/shop/module/pr ... =1526&free
Thanks to Andrew Smith for the tip on this, a 1964 Tempo program on Orson Welles. I'd heard of it, but had never seen it before:
https://networkonair.com/shop/module/pr ... =1526&free
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Re: 1964 Tempo program on Orson Welles
One thing that struck me about the Tempo show was this photo which I've never seen before, supposedly of Welles as a child with his mother Beatrice. The lady looks sort of like his mother, but the little boy doesn't really look like the other childhood pictures of Orson Welles that I've seen. My guess is that it might be his older brother Richard instead:
