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DIED. HOWARD KOCH, 93, screenwriter; in Woodstock, New York. A lawyer, Koch wrote radio plays for Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre, notably 1938's panic-provoking War of the Worlds broadcast. His fine craft illuminated film scripts for Casablanca (1942), Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948) and-notoriously-the Soviet-friendly Mission to Moscow in 1943. Though not a communist, Koch was blacklisted in the 1950s. He outlived his vilifiers, enduring with grace and grit worthy of Bogart's Rick...
...With the demise of the Orson Welles, theExeter and other theatres over the years, itbecame apparent to us that there simply are notenough local venues to adequately support theincreased number of specialized films availablefrom around the world," he said
...Orson Welles and Laurence Olivier have done it, but no black man has ever acted Othello in a major movie. Now LAURENCE FISHBURNE is close to signing on to play Shakespeare's Moor in a version directed by Kenneth Branagh. Some actors, given current sensitivities, might balk at playing theater's most famous wife killer, especially if they had won renown as bad husband Ike Turner in What's Love Got to Do with It? But at least this time Fishburne won't have to wear mean purple bell-bottoms...
There are many reasons Orson Welles' "Citizen Kane" (1941) is widely regarded to be the greatest film of all time. To watch it is to relive your favorite cinema moments; every scene, every plot turn, every camera angle has influenced countless filmmakers. But the pleasure of watching, or rewatching, "Citizen Kane" is not derived solely from an appreciation of its technique. The greatest films tell great stories, and Kane's, like that of Norma Desmond in "Sunset Boulevard," is an absorbing tale of ambition and loss...
Harvard Film Archive. Carpenter Centerfor the Visual Arts. 24 Quincy St. 495-4700. TwoCivil Rights movement documentaries: "IvanhoeDonaldson" and "Black Natchez" at 5:15 p.m.Tickets $5 students, $6 general. Orson Welles'version of "The Trial" at 7:30 p.m. "ArizonaDream" (see March 10 Listing) at 9:30 p.m. Tickets$6.50.14 March Tuesday