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1944 Orson Welles Radio Almanac (part 1)

(4,333 Sterne; 3 Bewertungen)

A Wellesian smorgasbord of comedy, trivia, music and drama, with Agnes Moorehead as president of the Orson Welles Swoon Club. Musical guests include Nat King Cole and Kid Ory. Orson Welles Almanac (CBS) director: Orson Welles music: Lud Gluskin series cast and guest stars include: Agnes Moorehead, Ray Collins, Hans Conried, Keenan Wynn, Groucho Marx, Lionel Barrymore, Hedda Hopper, Victor Moore, Lucille Ball, Charles Laughton, Betty Hutton, Mary Boland, Dennis Day, Aurora Miranda, Ann Sothern, the Wilde Twins, Marjorie Reynolds, Martha O'Driscoll, Lynn Bari, Lana Turner, Susan Hayward, Ruth Terry part 2 is here: http://www.archive.org/details/1944OrsonWellesRadioAlmanacpart2

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.

Chapters

440126_Groucho_Marx

30:05

440202_Lionel_Barrymore

30:27

440223_Hedda_Hopper

30:14

440301_Victor_Moore

30:20

440308_Lucille_Ball

29:51

440315_Charles_Laughton

30:32

440322_Betty_Hutton

30:04

440329_Mary_Boland

30:06

440405_Dennis_Day

30:05

440503_Lucille_Ball_AFRS

30:38

Bewertungen

Orson Welles does variety

(4 Sterne)

I had only known Welles as that big, bombastic _mahsta thespian_ with the imported accent who did those portentous wine commercials ... oh yeah, and bellowed all through _Citizen Kane_. Who knew that, in between, he did this lively wartime variety show? What's more, it featured silly comedy sketches with recurring characters, including Welles as himself, skewering his egotistical, self-glorifying image. In my experience, despite some scrappy directing and ad-libbing, OTR doesn't offer better fun than this. The series is only too brief. The dates in the episode list were Wednesdays.

Fascinating

(5 Sterne)

It's fascinating to hear, over half a century later, how Orson Welles used radio to mesmerize America.