He was one of the greats in the cinema and radio of 20th century: Orson Welles was a century ago to the world. He became known through the radio play “War of the Worlds”, but most know him for another role.
The role of the widest-width effect was his least known: Orson Welles was the voice of Robin Masters ominous in the TV series “Magnum”. But half a century earlier, he had tried the age of 20 and more accomplished than others throughout life – including triggering a panic. Welles is one of the prodigies of the radio and the cinema, yes the 20th century. He made the most famous radio play the radio and one of the most legendary films of cinema history. 100 years ago (6.5.), He was born in the United States.
Why is he today less well known than Spencer Tracy and Clark Gable, why is his face less familiar than that of Humphrey Bogart or Cary Grant? Here Welles mastered the new media of the era like no other. He, who was actually a man of the theater. The ever played – if not mistaken.
success on Broadway – then came “War of the Worlds”
The love of art had Welles from his mother, a pianist who died four days after his ninth birthday. The son tried the theater and was in Ireland as Broadway Star from. The Irish were skeptical but let him play. And Welles wowed the audience – with 16. Back in the US he had actually located on Broadway success. He also staged plays and became a well-known radio actor.
And then came “War of the Worlds”. “We interrupt this program for a special news!” It said in 1938 on the radio. On Mars, explosions were observed, but too bad it will not be already, once music. Then other special reports came. Martians had landed and would burn and poison everything. A desperate war for the survival of humanity seemed to flare up – which was conveniently recovered shortly before the 21-clock news. “Our radio theater had been hiding in the bush and loud” “summoned” Buh!, Welles gave the listeners with the Halloween night.
Rumor stampede
But really it came to the often reported stampede? About a dozen anxious phone calls to the police, it was probably not excessive. But the effect remained: three years later, the radio reported that the Japanese had laid the midst of peace the powerful naval base Pearl Harbor in ruins, many thought that the have yet again come up with this Welles.
In the radio masterpiece he was actually 23. He had a successful career as a Broadway producer behind. And in Hollywood he turned 26 with the film, which is considered the best in film history: “Citizen Kane” “Citizen Kane”, the story of media mogul Charles Kane, in the light Zeitungszar William Hearst can be seen. The film flopped, criticism slating him – back then. And yet, on the regularly elected by critics and directors top ten of the British scientific journal “Sight & amp; Sound “he occupied for half a century Place 1. And Welles, who also played the lead role, has been repeatedly voted” greatest director of all time “.
He worked as he ate: excessive
Among the other films are “Othello” and of course “The Third Man” the most famous. The spy story of the Viennese underworld is another classic in film history. Welles traveled around the world, turned in Europe and in Hollywood, back in Europe and back in Hollywood. Every film, every role was something special – but not as a bombshell like “War of the Worlds” and “Citizen Kane”.
Welles made strange whiskey commercials in Japan, apparently template for the scene in “Lost in Translation” were. “I always want the highest perfection,” he says in it, the glass sipping. And so was Welles. Everything always perfect. And always a glass or a plate near. Because the Genie operating exploitation of his body. He worked as he ate; excessive. For decades, he suffered from obesity. On October 10, 1985, he gave an interview: “I’m not necessarily a happy person. But I have my pleasures, “he says, and” I had a lot of luck in my life, “Two hours later, his heart failed..
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