tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post5407733148424353824..comments2024-03-28T20:33:20.294-05:00Comments on THE HORRORS OF IT ALL: Orson WellesMr. Karswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15889717828895556186noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-62910636116121279192008-05-06T17:44:00.000-05:002008-05-06T17:44:00.000-05:00>guess that's just a testament to great writing an...>guess that's just a testament to great writing and acting!<BR/><BR/>I'd like to think that too, but you know it's more a testament to how stupid most of America was back then...<BR/><BR/>"I ain't skeered'a no mar'shins..."Mr. Karswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15889717828895556186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-83082833333552981192008-05-06T16:42:00.000-05:002008-05-06T16:42:00.000-05:00I actually have a recording of the original broadc...I actually have a recording of the original broadcast complete with the breaks/commercials,it's amazing how many times the fact that it WAS a fictional broadcast is stated;yet it still fooled everyone.guess that's just a testament to great writing and acting!.Rosebud!.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-13388727404528605762008-05-06T10:32:00.000-05:002008-05-06T10:32:00.000-05:00saw this cool piece of trivia on imdb:H.G. Wells w...saw this cool piece of trivia on imdb:<BR/><BR/>H.G. Wells was driving through San Antonio, Texas and stopped to ask the way. The person he happened to ask was none other than Orson Welles who had recently broadcast "The War of the Worlds" on the radio. They got on well and spent the day together.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-89637719040737865762008-05-06T09:11:00.000-05:002008-05-06T09:11:00.000-05:00I'm such a Welles freak that I was torn between po...I'm such a Welles freak that I was torn between posting about him and Jack Pierce's birthdays... ultimately I decided on Welles as surely there would be better tributes for Pierce over at Frankensteinia:<BR/>http://frankensteinia.blogspot.com/<BR/><BR/>also, the Drunken Severed Head blog:<BR/>http://drunkenseveredhead.blogspot.com/2008/05/happy-birthday-jack-pierce.htmlMr. Karswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15889717828895556186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-30489962642055053542008-05-06T08:58:00.000-05:002008-05-06T08:58:00.000-05:00WE LISTEN TO THE OLD WAR OF THE WORLD TAPE EVERY H...WE LISTEN TO THE OLD WAR OF THE WORLD TAPE EVERY HALLOWEEN, IT'S INCREDIBLE. <BR/><BR/>HAPPY BDAY ORSON!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com