Orson Welles' Sketch Book
Orson Welles' Sketch Book is a series of six short television commentaries by Orson Welles for the BBC in 1955. Written and directed by Welles, the 15-minute episodes present the filmmaker's commentaries on a range of subjects. Welles frequently draws from his own experiences and often illustrates the episodes with his own sketches.
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Cast
Seasons
- Ep 1
1.The Early Days
24-04-195515mWelles discusses a timely earthquake, first-night audiences at the Gate Theatre in Dublin, and how he came to be an actor.
- Ep 2
2.Critics
08-05-195515mWelles talks about a Boston performance of Five Kings, the consequences of Percy Hammond's negative review of the Voodoo Macbeth, and a curse placed on the film It's All True.
- Ep 3
3.The Police
22-05-195515mWelles relates the story of Isaac Woodard, a decorated black World War II veteran who was blinded in a brutal 1946 beating by South Carolina police.
- Ep 4
4.Houdini/John Barrymore/Voodoo Story/The People I Missed
05-06-195515mPrompts used by actors and others; remembering Harry Houdini; observations on gender differences in the appreciation of magic tricks; John Barrymore.
- Ep 5
5.The War Of The Worlds
19-06-195515mThe famous 1938 Mercury Theatre broadcast mistaken by many listeners for a real Martian invasion, and the consequent skepticism during the presentation of Norman Corwin's Between A...
- Ep 6
6.Bullfighting
03-07-195515mWelles tells the true story of Bonito the bull. Robert Flaherty's story was partially filmed in 1942 for Welles's unfinished film, It's All True.
- Ep 7
7.Postscript
07-05-195515m
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