Who is Orson Welles

George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) was an American director, actor, screenwriter, and producer who is remembered for his innovative work in radio, theatre and film. He is considered to be among the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time.While in his 20s, Welles directed high-profile stage productions for the Federal Theatre Project, including an adaptation of Macbeth with an entirely African American cast and the political musical The Cradle Will Rock. In 1937, he and John Houseman founded the Mercury Theatre, an independent repertory theatre company that presented a series of productions on Broadway through 1941, including Caesar (1937), an adaptation of William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.In 1938, his radio anthology series The Mercury Theatre on the Air...
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Y_akopov: haven't seen that orson welles' character before.
_aodhant: everyone fooled by the ai pope image are exactly like the people fooled by orson welles' war of the worlds radio broadcast
Qikipedia: i hate television. i hate it as much as peanuts. but i can’t stop eating peanuts. - orson welles
Lottounpack: orson welles is one of the most alluring conversationalists to ever live i believe, completely captivating just watching him speak. this is about when he met hitler
Turambar112: i'm just a fatboy with no swag in an orson welles world
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Sonnet Xvi. To Kosciusko
 by John Keats

Good Kosciusko, thy great name alone
Is a full harvest whence to reap high feeling;
It comes upon us like the glorious pealing
Of the wide spheres -- an everlasting tone.
And now it tells me, that in worlds unknown,
The names of heroes, burst from clouds concealing,
And changed to harmonies, for ever stealing
Through cloudless blue, and round each silver throne.
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