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George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) was an American director, actor, writer, and producer who is remembered for his innovative work in film, ...
Conrad "Connie" Hilton (Chelcie Ross) is the fictional portrayal of the real founder of the Hilton Hotels chain, one of the only times the show has portrayed historical personages in person. He first meets Don Draper, who initially presumes Conrad is a bartender, at a country club where Don is a guest at Roger Sterling's Kentucky Derby party ...
To his astonishment, [31] Welles collected the two top awards. Touch of Evil received the International Critics Prize, and Welles was recognized for his body of work. [32] [33] 1998: In 1998 and 2007, the American Film Institute ranked Citizen Kane as the greatest American movie. [34]
Orson Welles at work on The Magnificent Ambersons (1942). Orson Welles (1915–1985) was an American director, actor, writer, and producer who is best remembered for his innovative work in radio, theatre and film.
Me and Orson Welles is a 2008 period drama film directed by Richard Linklater and starring Zac Efron, Christian McKay, and Claire Danes.Based on Robert Kaplow's novel of the same name, the story, set in 1937 New York, tells of a teenager hired to perform in Orson Welles's groundbreaking stage adaptation of William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar who becomes attracted to a career-driven production ...
[17]: 81–82 Welles respected her for her service on the unproduced Heart of Darkness script. [17]: 119 Welles came to suspect that Houseman had turned Mankiewicz against him. [9]: 213 "When Mank left for Victorville, we were friends. When he came back, we were enemies," Welles told biographer Richard Meryman. "Mank always needed a villain."
"Welles has said, since the making of The Stranger—which he completed one day before schedule and under budget—that nothing in the film was his, this despite the fact that the unmistakable Wellesian moods, shadows, acute angles, and depth-of-focus shots are pervasive. Within the film is a second film, another Wellesian touch, consisting of ...
The following is a list of unproduced Orson Welles projects in roughly chronological order. During his long career, American actor and filmmaker Orson Welles had worked on a number of projects which never progressed beyond the pre-production stage or were not completed satisfactorily during production.