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Orson Welles' Sketch Book: Season 1
April 24, 1955
7 Episodes
~15 min per episode
Overview
No overview available for this season.
Episodes
7
1
The Early Days
Apr 24, 1955
15 min
Welles discusses a timely earthquake, first-night audiences at the Gate Theatre in Dublin, and how he came to be an actor.
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2
Critics
May 8, 1955
15 min
Welles 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.
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3
The Police
May 22, 1955
15 min
Welles 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.
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4
Houdini/John Barrymore/Voodoo Story/The People I Missed
Jun 5, 1955
15 min
Prompts used by actors and others; remembering Harry Houdini; observations on gender differences in the appreciation of magic tricks; John Barrymore.
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5
The War Of The Worlds
Jun 19, 1955
15 min
The 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 Americans on December 7, 1941; and the opening night of the Mercury stage flop, Danton's Death.
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6
Bullfighting
Jul 3, 1955
15 min
Welles 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.
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7
Postscript
May 7, 1955
15 min
No overview available for this episode.
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