- Paperback: 192 pages
- Publisher: Haus Publishing (1 Feb 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1904341802
- ISBN-13: 978-1904341802
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.8 x 0.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 335,689 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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‘Ben Walter’s excellent Orson Welles is a tightly written biography filled with intelligent insight and salient quotes.’ (Beatrice Colin The Scotsman )
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Orson Welles was the boy wonder who electrified Broadway at 21, terrified America with his War of the Worlds radio broadcast and then, aged 25, upended Hollywood by making Citizen Kane, still widely regarded as the cinema's greatest achievement.
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At 6am on 6 May 1915, the factory bells of Kenosha, Wisconsin, provided the first of George Orson Welles's many fanfares. Read the first page
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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Am I the only one who comes out of the cinema blown away by a great film needing to find out anything and everything about the genius that made it? This is the kind of book that gives you the answers to all those questions you argue about on the way home. And it doesn't stop there. Welles was so much more than a director and an actor and Walters' easily digestible survey of his life and works packs in a lot of detail. Sidebars add spice: gossip, intrigue and of course the words of the great man himself. Small enough to fit in your pocket, big enough in terms of its breadth to send a clear message to other potential Welles' biographers: what more is there to say?
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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Walters, with a difficult task, has excelled in delivering one of the seminal works on Welles. This was intelligent, interesting and informative. Although there are numerous books on Welles, this work provides a unique perspective and does so with panache. If you think Welles, think Walters.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Not having read other large works on OW I found myself attracted immediately to this almost pocket sized book. I like the detail on theatre, radio, films & tv. I like the balance between public & private and the fact that we find out more about the working man and his persona rather than all about his private life. Nicely illustrated and an easy read.
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