‘Orson Welles As I Knew Him’ – Woodstock memories
Helene Reed of Woostock, Illinois, published her recollections of young Orson Welles in January 1939, just months after the “War of Worlds” broadcast.
Watch: ‘Orson Welles Talks With Roger Hill’ video
Culled from six hours of footage shot in Sedona, Arizona, in June 1978, the 62-minute documentary was first screened at the Locarno Film Festival in 2005.
Oja Kodar video interview available online
Oja Kodar collaborated with Welles on “The Other Side of the Wind” and “F for Fake”, as well as several unrealized projects including “The Dreamers.”
‘Twelfth Night’ footage shot by teenage Orson Welles uncovered (video)
Footage of the dress rehearsal of Orson Welles and Roger “Skipper” Hill’s award-winning production of Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” at the Todd School for Boys in 1933.
Todd Tarbox: Despite pandemic, all is not quite lost
(Editor’s Note: This column — penned by Todd Tarbox, author and editor of two Welles-related books — first appeared in the Colorado Springs Gazette. It is reprinted with the kind permission of its author.) By TODD TARBOX Since March 13, when the World Health Organization characterized the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic, the Coronavirus tsunami has […]
Todd Tarbox: ‘Marching Song’ was first flowering of Orson Welles’ liberal social consciousness
By RAY KELLY For decades, Todd Tarbox has assisted Orson Welles biographers and scholars by providing them access to the archive of his late grandfather, Roger “Skipper” Hill, headmaster at the former Todd School for Boys. In 2013, Tarbox published Orson Welles and Roger Hill: A Friendship in Three Acts, a play recounting the two […]
Orson Welles play ‘Marching Song’ set for publication
Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group of Maryland will publish “Marching Song” in August.
Woodstock to dedicate Orson Welles sculpture
Updated on June 9 with video of unveiling at end of post. __________________ A bronze sculpture of Orson Welles will be dedicated on Friday, June 8, at 6:30 p.m. in the late actor-director’s adopted hometown of Woodstock, Illinois. It will be placed near a 118-foot long mural, located along the Main Street Pedway adjacent to Classic Cinemas […]
Orson Welles sculpture to be dedicated in Woodstock
By RAY KELLY A bronze sculpture of Orson Welles will be dedicated on June 8 in Woodstock, Illinois, where the celebrated actor-director was educated at the former Todd School for Boys. It will be placed near the 118-foot long mural, located along the pedway adjacent to Classic Cinemas Woodstock Theatre. The colorful mural honors Welles […]
Mural honoring Woodstock icons nearly finished; funds needed to bronze Orson Welles statue
A gala is set for September 29.
Woodstock mural honoring Orson Welles, others get $20K boost
Those wishing to donate can find more details at woodstockmural.org/support
Orson Welles statue, mural planned in Woodstock, Illinois
Orson Welles was educated at the Todd School for Boys in Woodstock.