Following on from our Marlon Brando and Michael Caine deep dives in the last few years, this time Orson Welles gets the Film Gold treatment. David ‘Ghosty’ Wills joins Antony for a 3-parter looking at the great man’s life, work and legacy.

First up we discuss Orson’s early life and the start of his
theatre and radio careers, both of which Ghosty feels are somewhat undervalued when compared to his more famous film work.

Part 1 ends with the famous ‘War of the
Worlds’ broadcast in 1938, our hero on the cusp of going to Hollywood and making the film that would make and break him…
 
Part 2 will be out next month
 
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episode links
Orson’s mammoth Wikipedia page (most of which is probably true)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orson_Welles

The Mercury Theatre
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_Theatre

Voodoo Macbeth (1936)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wmWBki06yc

War of the Worlds (1938, complete)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9q7tN7MhQ4I

Orson defends himself the next day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vbYyDh-BRI

Night of the Living Dead news segments (1968)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AdWJalP1vo

Orson Welles meets H. G. Wells
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUdghSMTXsU

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