Word: orson
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...draft board for his final physical examination. . . . But C.I.O.'s Walter Reuther, No. 1 labor organizer at General Motors, finally won deferment on the plea that his wife, who is also his secretary, would lose her job if he were drafted. . . . And 6 ft. 3½ in. Actor Orson Welles was exempted, of all things, for asthma...
...that Fantasound has left Boston forever, as they tell us, the Majestic is continuing to play host to the unusual in entertainment with "Citizen Kane," the much-publicized debut of Orson Welles which has been boycotted by the Hearst papers ever since Louella Parsons noted a likeness between the careers of her boss and the protagonist. And the ex-boy genius has done it again, producing a picture the like of which has ne'er been seen before hereabouts...
Although once again Orson the actor takes second place behind Orson the producer-director, his portrayal of the central role is carefully delincated and Welles is equally convincing as a bald, broken old man as he is playing the young Kane just entering the publishing business. The other players, all experienced actors from Welle's Mercury company rather than the good-looking histrionic greenhorus who infest most Hollywood productions, take full advantage of the meaty supporting roles provided for them by a hard-hitting script...
Kidding himself, breakfast foods, Mother, and "Orson," he sashayed through a primer that contained a lot of deft, well-timed writing. He produced some more than casually turned lyrics, and a good deal of information about what goes on in a radio studio.¶stood for Crossley ratings. M was for Mother ("All mothers are wise, and most of them speak with a sectional accent"). O was for Orson, celebrated in a lyric commencing "Who is Orson? What is he, that all the critics hail him?" and ending "All is well that ends with Welles." At Q, quizzes came...
...this suggested a renewed spring drive by the Hearst press against Orson Welles, and it coincided strangely with the release dates of Mr. Welles's film, Citizen Kane. The first drive had for its objective the suppression of the movie on the grounds that it looked too much like an unflattering portrait of Citizen Hearst...