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Just as his welcome was wearing out in Los Angeles, Mankiewicz was saved by the arrival of another brilliant talker, Orson Welles. The young director suggested a collaboration. The result, a thinly disguised biography of Press Lord William Randolph Hearst, was Citizen Kane. Even before the classic flickered onscreen, Welles and Mank were disputing the writing credits; who contributed what remains a matter of acrimonious debate. After exhaustive research, Meryman convincingly concludes that though the script was a cooperative venture, the controlling interest belongs to Mankiewicz...
They have plenty of help from some very well known human friends. "My kids gave me a proposition I couldn't resist-do it or else," says Telly Savalas of his cameo as the barroom brawler who is intolerant of warts. Other humanoid notables in the cast are Orson Welles, Bob Hope, Richard Pryor and Dom DeLuise. But to the Muppets' 235 million worldwide fans, the real heros of all this silliness are sensitive Kermit the Frog; his friend Fozzie, the stumbling bear; Miss Piggy, the porcine blonde caught achingly between show-biz ambition and true love...
...Orson Welles Cinema--Mass Ave--Viva Italia, 4, 5:50, 7:50, 9:45. Orson Welles II--Madame Rosa, 4, 6, 8, 9:55. Orson Welles III--Outrageous, 4, 5:55, 8:10, 10:05. Friday and Saturday midnight shows--The Harder They Come, Night of the Living Dead and Superman...
...Orson Welles Cinema I--1001 Mass Ave--Dear Inspector...
...Orson Welles--1001 Mass Ave--I, Dear Inspector, 4, 5:50, 7:50, 9:45; Orson Welles II--Madame Rosa, 4, 6, 8, 9:55. Orson Welles III--Outrageous, 5:50, 7:45, 9:35. Friday-Saturday midnight shows--Female Trouble, The Harder They Come and Night of the Living Dead...