The slideshare prepared by my child 13 years old for her english term speech
Citizen Kane video is : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dxh3lwdOFw
Original War of the Worlds on radio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWD9Q6klzco
17. Movies
as the director
• Citizen Kane - 1941
• The magnificent ambersons - 1942
• The stranger - 1946
• The lady from Shangai - 1947
• Macbeth - 1948
• Othello - 1952
• Mr Arkadin - 1955
• Touch of evil - 1958
• The Trial - 1962
• Chimes at midnight - 1965
• The inmortal story - 1968
• F for Fake - 1974
• Filming othello - (documentary) 1978
• The orson welles´s show - 1979
19. MOVIES AS AN ACTOR
• The spanish earth - narrator
• Suiss family Robinson - narrator
• Jane Eyre - Edward Rochester
• Follow the boys - Himself
• Freedom river - narrator
• Who´s out there? – narrator
• Citizen Kane – Charles Foster Kane
George Orson Welles was an actor , director , screenwriter and film producer .
It is considered one of the most versatile artists of the twentieth century in the field of theater , radio and film, in which he had excellent results He was born the 6th of May of 1915 on Kenosha, Wahington, United States.He married Virginia Nicholson (1934-1940), Rita Hayworth (1943-1947) and Paola Mori (1955-1985). He had two sons: Michael and Cristopher, and two daughters: Beatrice and Rebecca He died of a heart attack in 10th of october in Hollywood, Los Angeles, USA.
He was born the 6th of May of 1915 on Kenosha, Wahington, United States
He married Virginia Nicholson the 23rd of December of 1934 when she was nighteen years (1934-1940). Virginia gave birth on Mar. 27, 1938 to a baby girl named Christopher.This marriadge was marked by Orson´s infidelities and came to an end on the 1st of February of 1940.
Rita Hayworth (1943-1947) Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth began to live together while the actress was still engaged to another man. The two were married in a Santa Monica courthouse on Sept. 7, 1943. Rita gave birth to the couple’s daughter, Rebecca Welles on Dec. 17, 1944. Not quite a year later, she was dating the singer Tony Martin and announced her separation from Welles. When the two of them worked together in The Lady From Shanghai, Rita broke off her relationship with Martin, and she and Orson tried a reconciliation but Rita ended up marrying prince-Aly Khan
Orson Welles and Paola Mori married on 1955 ,(1955-1985). They remained married til the end of his life
It is considered one of the most versatile artists of the twentieth century in the field of theater , radio and film, in which he had excellent results
Horse Eats Hat rehearsal with Orson Welles seated 1936
Orson Welles behind the camera during the filming of "Citizen Kane" (1941)
Orson Welles was invited in 1938 by the CBS station for a weekly program in which literary works would be dramatized
Mercury Theatre, under the seal of the CBS adapted the classic War of the Worlds , sci-fi novel by HG Wells, a radio script The facts were reported as news , telling the drop meteorites subsequently correspond to Martian ships containers that would defeat US forces using a " heat ray " and poisonous gases. The introduction of the program explained that it was a dramatization of HG Wells 's work ; approximately 40:30 minutes into the second explanatory message appeared , followed by the third person narration of Orson Welles , fifteen minutes after there was a general alarm of the country, who came to believe that they were really being invaded.
el Teatro Mercury, bajo el sello de la CBS, adaptaron el clásico La guerra de los mundos, novela de ciencia ficción de H.G. Wells, a un guion de radio
Los hechos se relataron en forma de noticiario, narrando la caída de meteoritos que posteriormente corresponderían a los contenedores de naves marcianas que derrotarían a las fuerzas norteamericanas usando una especie de "rayo de calor" y gases venenosos. La introducción del programa explicaba que se trataba de una dramatización de la obra de H. G. Wells; en el minuto 40:30 aproximadamente aparecía el segundo mensaje aclaratorio, seguido de la narración en tercera persona de Orson Welles, quince minutos después de la alarma general del país, que llegó a creer que realmente estaba siendo invadido
Interruptions of the supposed reporter Carl Philips , at a music gala at the Hotel Meridian Plaza: " Ladies and gentlemen, this is the scariest thing I've ever seen ...wait a minute someone is moving from the bottom of the pit ! . someone ... or something . I can see peering from that black hole two luminous disks ... are your eyes? it might be a face. it may be ... " .
Interrupciones del supuesto reportero, Carl Philips, en una gala de música en el Hotel Meridian Plaza: "Señoras y señores, esto es lo más terrorífico que nunca he presenciado... ¡Espere un minuto! Alguien está avanzando desde el fondo del hoyo. Alguien... o algo. Puedo ver escudriñando desde ese hoyo negro dos discos luminosos... ¿Son ojos? Puede que sea una cara. Puede que sea...".
Listeners who tuned into the issue and did not hear the introduction thought it was a real news broadcast , causing panic in the streets of New York and New Jersey ( which allegedly had caused the reports). Mass hysteria demonstrated the power of mass media , and this curious episode also catapulted Welles 's career to the top
Los oyentes que sintonizaron la emisión y no escucharon la introducción pensaron que se trataba de una emisión real de noticias, lo cual provocó el pánico en las calles de Nueva Yorkk y Nueva Jerseyy (donde supuestamente se habrían originado los informes).
La histeria colectiva demostró el poder de los medios de comunicación de masas, y este curioso episodio también catapultó a la cima la carrera de Welles
He only apologized once
In 1946 , on suspicion of being a communist , his Hollywood career stalled and was forced to move to Europe, where he worked as an actor to finance his productions. This event was very common during the period known as McCarthyism during which numerous characters of public life were accused of belonging to the ideological stream and thereby become enemies of the United States.
USA was a democratic state, and they were kind of fighting with the communists of Russia, so if you´re a comunist or the government thought you were, you had to go out of the country for some time unless you wanted them to put you in prission or even kill you. They also called this movement as witch hunting
En 1946, bajo la sospecha de ser comunista, su carrera en Hollywood se estancó y se vio obligado a trasladarse a Europa, donde trabajó como actor para financiar sus producciones. Este suceso fue muy común a lo largo del periodo conocido como Macarthismo durante el cual numerosos personajes de la vida pública fueron acusados de pertenecer a este corriente ideológico y, con ello, ser enemigos de los Estados Unidos.
He went back to Hollywood to film his movie touch of evil.
A major US tycoon Charles Foster Kane , owner of a major chain of newspapers, a radio network , two unions and an unimaginable collection of artworks, dies in Xanadu, in his fabulous Oriental style castle . The last word uttered before expiring , " Rosebud " , meaning an enigma , arouses great curiosity in the press and among the population . So, a group of journalists undertook an investigation to unravel the mystery .
Un importante magnate estadounidense, Charles Foster Kane, dueño de una importante cadena de periódicos, de una red de emisoras, de dos sindicatos y de una inimaginable colección de obras de arte, muere en Xanadú, su fabuloso castillo de estilo oriental. La última palabra que pronuncia antes de expirar, ”Rosebud”, cuyo significado es un enigma, despierta una enorme curiosidad tanto en la prensa como entre la población. Así las cosas, un grupo de periodistas emprende una investigación para desentrañar el misterio
This film was directed, written, produced and starred by Orson Welles
1941 dirigida, escrita, producida y protagonizada por Orson Welles
He acted in more than 50 movies, but i will tell you some. He also did some tv series, shorts and incompleted films
Filmed between 1970 and 1976 + book on his 100 birth aniversary. The film, which was never completly edited by Welles, is coming out on may next year.
The Other Side of the Wind shows the last hours of three film directors: John Huston, Ernest Hemingway and himself. The Guardian reports that Welles would have said to John Huston "It's about a bastard director preoccupied, that traps people, creates and destroys them. It's about us , John . "
Filmada entre 1970 y 1976 + book on his 100 birth aniversary
Orson welles, tried to film a verssion of El Quijote, he came to spain to do it before he went back to hollywood to start filming, editing and producing touch of evil. Don quixote was an unfinished film.
Orson Welles dies the 10th of october of 1985, an important thing that happened that day was that Gorbachev initiated a broad program of reform and liberalization of the comunists.
Gorbachev con Ronald Reagan