Word: orson
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Orson Welles and Dolores Del Rio said they planned to get married soon after Jan. 18, when her decree from Cedric Gibbons becomes final. It will be Welles's second, her third...
Today the Congress of the United States will assemble to register its most important decision since 1917, a decision which events have rendered inevitable as a declaration of war against Japan. With a suddenness and an element of implausibility reminiscent of Orson Wells' Martin broadcast, radio announcers broke the news to the nation yesterday afternoon that Hawaii, as much a part of the country from a psychological point of view as Omaha or Kansas City, had been attacked without warning. In the minds of every listener there was no question but that a declaration of war would be almost immediate...
...Comment by a nameless observer on the regal bearing of RKO Actor-Producer-Writer-Director Orson Welles (Citizen Kane): "There, but for the grace of God goes...
Five months ago in similar circumstances Orson Welles did a bad imitation of the majestic Barrymore tremolo and snorts. This time Mack called for another Barrymore. From the 'M.G.M. lot came Brother Lionel in time for a quick run-through with the cast. As the show opened, Vallee announced: "Tonight . . . Lionel Barrymore is John Barrymore. Greetings, Lionel." Cadenced Brother Barrymore in reply: "Just call me John, Rudy...
Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, Dorothy Comingore, Joseph Gotten, Everett Sloane; TIME, March...