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The only novel by Orson Welles, a witty, madcap, pulp-noir
adventure of international intrigue, blackmail, and murder
The mysterious Mr. Arkadin claims he cannot remember anything of
his life prior to the moment in 1927 when he found himself alone in
Zurich with two hundred thousand Swiss francs in his pocket, a sum
with which he subsequently built a vast fortune. Now a fabulously
wealthy and influential financier, he enlists the services of one
Van Stratten, a small-time smuggler and racketeer, charging him
with the task of investigating Arkadin's forgotten past. Traveling
across the world--and through the seedy underworld of postwar
Europe--Van Stratten begins piecing together information for his
confidential report. But for some unknown and sinisterly suspicious
reason, everyone he speaks to soon turns up dead.
The work of an acknowledged genius of the stage and cinema, Mr.
Arkadin: Aka Confidential Report is the basis for the controversial
motion picture written, directed by, and starring Welles
himself--the movie the great auteur bemoaned as "the most butchered
film of my career." Welles's hauntingly strange and exhilarating
novel remains an enigmatic expression of his intentions and an
enduring example of his storytelling brilliance.
Boxset of seven films featuring the characters created by Jim
Henson. 'Muppets Most Wanted' (2014) is a musical comedy sequel
starring Tina Fey, Ricky Gervais and Ty Burrell. While on a
European tour Kermit the Frog (voiced by Steve Whitmire) is
mistaken for a Russian jewel thief called Constantine (voiced by
Matt Vogel), to whom he bears a striking resemblance, and is thrown
in jail by prison officer Nadya (Fey). Seeing an opportunity for a
new life Constantine poses as Kermit and joins the rest of the
Muppets on their tour. 'The Muppets' (2011) stars Jason Segel as
the human brother of Muppet Walter (voiced by Peter Linz) who
Walter approaches for help in raising ten million dollars to save
the vaudeville house where the Muppets used to perform. Amy Adams
also stars. In 'The Muppets Movie' (1979) Kermit (voiced by Jim
Henson) leaves behind his swamp and heads for the big lights of
Hollywood to fulfil his dream of becoming a star. Along the way he
becomes involved with the dazzling Miss Piggy (voiced by Franz Oz),
the charming Fozzie Bear (also voiced by Franz Oz) and Gonzo the
Great (voiced by Dave Goelz), encountering such celebrities as
Orson Welles, Steve Martin and Bob Hope. In 'The Great Muppet
Caper' (1981) the Muppets travel to London to investigate the
disappearance of Lady Holiday's jewels, Miss Piggy (voiced by Frank
Oz) is framed for the theft. 'The Muppet Christmas Carol' (1992) is
the Muppet's version of Charles Dickens' immortal festive tale
about a bitter old man who is shown the error of his ways. 'Muppet
Treasure Island' (1996) sees the Muppets go on an adventure on the
high seas in their version of the famous pirate adventure. Tim
Curry stars as Long John Silver alongside Gonzo (voiced by Dave
Goelz), Kermit (voiced by Steve Whitmire) and Miss Piggy (voiced by
Frank Oz). 'The Muppet's Wizard of Oz' (2005) is a contemporary
version of the classic movie based on the novel by L. Frank Baum.
Dorothy Gale (Ashanti) is a teenager with dreams of showbiz that
seem far from coming true in the Kansas trailer park where she
lives. When she's transported to the magical land of Oz, she and
her sidekick, Toto (voiced by Bill Barretta), join forces with the
Scarecrow (Kermit the Frog - voiced by Steve Whitmire), the Tin
Thing (Gonzo - voiced by Dave Goelz) and the Lion (Fozzie Bear -
voiced by Erik Jacobson) to fight the Wicked Witch of the West
(Miss Piggy - voiced by Erik Jacobson) and find the wizard who can
make her a star.
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Compulsion (Blu-ray disc)
Dean Stockwell, Martin Milner, E. G. Marshall, Robert F Simon, Wilton Graff, …
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R420
Discovery Miles 4 200
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Orson Welles stars in this 1950s crime drama based on the novel by
Meyer Levin, which in turn is based on a real legal case that took
place in 1920s Chicago. Two wealthy law students, Judd Steiner
(Dean Stockwell) and Arthur Strauss (Bradford Dillman), decide that
they can get away with committing the perfect murder. They kidnap
and kill the teenage son of a millionaire, but a pair of spectacles
left at the crime scene leads to them being identified as the
murderers. Their families hire America's top lawyer Jonathan Wilk
(Welles) - a known opponent of the death penalty - to defend them
in their trial, and Wilk goes on to make American legal history by
successfully arguing in favour of a life sentence rather than the
pair's execution.
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Othello (DVD)
Orson Welles, Michael MacLiammoir, Robert Coote, Michael Laurence, Suzanne Cloutier, …
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R381
Discovery Miles 3 810
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Orson Welles directed and starred in this version of Shakespeare's
famous tragedy. Filmed on a shoestring budget over two years,
Welles strips the famous tale of sexual jealousy and betrayal down
to its essentials, casting himself as the tragic Moor. Winner of
the 1952 Best Picture Award at Cannes.
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Man in the Shadow (DVD)
Jeff Chandler, Orson Welles, Colleen Miller, Ben Alexander, Barbara Lawrence, …
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R156
Discovery Miles 1 560
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Jeff Chandler and Orson Welles star in this 1950s Western from
director Jack Arnold. Wealthy tyrant Virgil Renchler (Welles) rules
over cow town Spurline from his Golden Empire ranch. When his
henchmen kill a young worker, Sheriff Ben Sadler (Chandler)
investigates but meets resistance not only from those responsible
but also from the local people who are afraid their town will
suffer without Renchler's business.
Genre: Melodrama Characters: 12m, 2f An ingenious idea is employed
to accommodate the sweep of this classic story on the stage. A
Shakespearean company puts down their rehearsal sides of Lear and
curiously take up those of a new play entitled Moby Dick. On the
rehearsal stage of platforms, the teasers overhead suddenly become
yardarms with sails and a tall ladder becomes a mast. The platforms
become the decks of the ship on which the cast sails through the
storms and tribulations of the Pequod hunting for Moby Dick.
"Admirably bold and imaginative." - The New York Post "An adventure
in theatre going. As I left the first performance I felt myself
rather oddly shaky and breathless...There is nothing else anywhere
near like Moby Dick in the theatre." - The New York Daily News
Orson Welles writes, directs and stars in this silent comedy
adaptation, his first professional feature. After discovering his
wife Clairette (Arlene Francis) has been unfaithful to him Leon
Dathis (Edgar Barrier) flees aboard a ship to Cuba in pursuit of
her lover Augustus Billings (Joseph Cotten). But when both parties
arrive at their destination, Billings, in order to hide from his
own wife (Ruth Ford) and mother-in-law (Mary Wickes), adopts the
identity of a plantation owner named Johnson.
The complete screenplay of one of the world's most famous and
controversial films "A definitive chronicle of the making of the
film" Sheridan Morley, Films & Filming This is the complete
companion to Citizen Kane - the film that was "designed to shock"
(Kenneth Tynan) - one of the best-loved and best-known movies in
the history of Hollywood and still the most staggering film debut
ever. Not only was this Orson Welles's first film as actor and
director but most of the cast were also new to the cinema. Yet so
controversial was the subject matter that an $842,000 bribe and the
concentrated wrath of the Hearst newspaper empire combined in an
attempt to strangle its distribution. And the authorship of the
film is still a subject of conflict. Pauline Kael's long essay,
"Raising Kane", dissects a maze of Hollywood lore to re-evaluate
these and many other fascinating stories about the making of this
remarkable film. Her account is followed by the original
screenplay, illustrated with stills and frame enlargements.
"Citizen Kane revolutionised film-making, and the question of its
authorship is as important to the cinema as that of Hamlet to the
theatre ...Pauline Kael explains how the picture came to be made
and concludes that the man most responsible for its creation was
not Welles but Herman J. Mankiewicz" Kenneth Tynan, Observer
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Marching Song - A Play (Hardcover)
Orson Welles; As told to Roger Hill; Edited by Todd Tarbox; Foreword by Simon Callow
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R1,228
Discovery Miles 12 280
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Before The Cradle Will Rock, before War of the Worlds, before
Citizen Kane—there was Marching Song. At the age of 25 Orson
Welles co-wrote, directed, and starred in Citizen Kane, widely
regarded as one of the greatest films of all time. But this was not
the first achievement in the young artist’s career. A few years
earlier he terrorized America with his radio broadcast of War of
the Worlds. And even before he conquered the airwaves, Welles had
made a name for himself in New York theatre, with his dynamic
stagings of Shakespeare classics and the politically charged
musical The Cradle Will Rock. But before all of these there was
Marching Song—a play about abolitionist John Brown—that Welles
had co-written at the age of 17. While attending the Todd School
for Boys, Welles collaborated with Roger Hill, the schoolmaster at
Todd, to produce this full-length drama. Marching Song: A Play is a
work by one of America’s true geniuses at an early stage of his
creative growth. Steeped in historical detail, the play chronicles
Brown’s fight against slavery, his raid on Harper’s Ferry, his
capture, his conviction for treason, and his execution. In addition
to the entire text of the play, this volume features a biographical
sketch of Welles and Hill—written by Hill’s grandson—during
their days together at Todd. A fascinating dramatization of a
pivotal event in American history, this play also demonstrates
Welles’ burgeoning development as social commentator and an
advocate for human rights, particularly on behalf of African
Americans. Featuring a foreword by noted Welles biographer, Simon
Callow, Marching Song: A Play is an important work by an American
icon.
Orson Welles writes, directs and stars in this French adaptation.
In 19th-century Macau, the rich and ageing merchant Charles Clay
(Welles) decides to use his power to make an old seafaring legend
come true: that of the wealthy old man who hires a young sailor to
make his beautiful wife pregnant. To this end, Clay gets his
assistant Levinsky (Roger Coggio) to hire his former business
partner's daughter Virginie (Jeanne Moreau) to portray his wife and
sends him to find a suitably destitute sailor to complete the tale.
Innovative film and theatre director, radio producer, actor,
writer, painter, narrator, and magician, Orson Welles (1915-1985)
was the last true Renaissance man of the twentieth century. From
such great radio works as "War of the Worlds" to his cinematic
masterpieces Citizen Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons, Othello,
Macbeth, Touch of Evil, and Chimes at Midnight , Welles was a
master storyteller, as expansive as he was enigmatic. This Is Orson
Welles , a collection of penetrating and witty conversations
between Welles and Peter Bogdanovich, includes insights into
Welles's radio, theatre, film, and television work Hollywood
producers, directors, and stars and almost everything else, from
acting to magic, literature to comic strips, bullfighters to
gangsters. Now including Welles's revealing memo to Universal about
his artistic intentions for Touch of Evil, (of which the
"director's edition" was released in Fall 1998) this book, which
Welles ultimately considered his autobiography, is a masterpiece as
unique and engaging as the best of his works.
The Mercury Theatre was an independent repertory company founded
in New York City in 1937 by Orson Welles and producer John
Houseman, who is best known for his Oscar-winning performance as
Professor Charles Kingsfield in the "The Paper Chase." After a
series of acclaimed stage productions, Welles and his Mercury
Theatre were offered their own weekly hour-long radio program over
the CBS radio network. Here Welles along with Agnes Moorehead, Ray
Collins, Joseph Cotten, Alice Frost, Martin Gabel, and others
presented powerful adaptations of literary classics with Bernard
Herrman as composer and conductor.
Considered by many critics as the finest dramatic hour on radio,
"The Mercury Theatre on the Air" was without a sponsor until a
single broadcast changed all that: "The War of the Worlds.""
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