Word: cotten
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...That?s a shame, because it?s a huge (some 200 hours over 20 years) and impressive body of work, and it?s the overwhelming extant evidence of the Wellesian preoccupations and attitudes that gave birth to "Kane" and its kin. Nearly every actor who appeared in "Kane" - Joseph Cotten, Everett Sloane, Ray Collins, George Coulouris, Agnes Moorehead,William Alland, Paul Stewart - had worked with Welles on radio. Herman J. Mankiewicz, the screenwriter of "Kane," had penned several "Campbell Playhouse" episodes, including "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd" and "Huckleberry Finn." Houseman, who midwifed the "Kane" script, effectively produced the radio...
...when the disease was new, I took my mother to lunch, and remarked over coffee that we should do this again very soon. "Yes," said my mother. "But the next time we have lunch, we should invite Joseph Cotten." She spoke with great earnestness. "Why, Mom?" I asked, since neither of us knew the actor personally. "Because Joseph Cotten is remarkable," she said. "He can listen to your dialect and know exactly what part of the country you come from...