Welles, Orson 1915-1985

Citizen Kane ( Visual )
15 editions published between 1941 and 2011 in English and held by 2,565 libraries worldwide
Citizen Kane: The story of Charles Foster Kane, a newspaper tycoon whose life is investigated by a magazine reporter trying to discover the meaning of Kane's dying word: "Rosebud".

Citizen Kane ( Visual )
204 editions published between 1940 and 2011 in 6 languages and held by 2,460 libraries worldwide
Orson Welles' controversial film, hailed as the best American film ever made, is a portrait of Charles Foster Kane, revealing America's love of power and materialism and the resultant corruption (119 min). Includes a documentary on the making of the film, hosted by Robert Osborne, and the original theatrical trailer (22 min.).

The third man ( Visual )
159 editions published between 1949 and 2010 in 7 languages and held by 2,070 libraries worldwide
Set in post-war Vienna, an American western-adventure writer searches for a friend who turns out to be the king-pin of the Austrian black market.

A man for all seasons ( Visual )
25 editions published between 1966 and 2008 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,988 libraries worldwide
Sir Thomas More, a respected English statesman, refuses to recognize King Henry VIII's marriage to Anne Boleyn and is beheaded.

Moby Dick ( Visual )
25 editions published between 1956 and 2010 in 3 languages and held by 1,912 libraries worldwide
Consumed by an insane rage, Captain Ahab has but one purpose in life-- revenge on the great white whale who maimed and disfigured him.

Touch of evil ( Visual )
3 editions published between 1987 and 2008 in English and held by 1,491 libraries worldwide
On honeymoon with his new bride, Susan, Mexican-born police officer Mike Vargas agrees to investigate a car bombing. In so doing, he incurs the wrath of local police chief Hank Quinlan, a corrupt, bullying behemoth with a perfect arrest record. Vargas suspects that Quinlan has planted evidence to win his past convictions, and he is not about to let the suspect in the current case be railroaded. Determined to get Vargas out of his hair, Quinlan makes a deal with local crime boss Uncle Joe Grandi to frame Susan on a drug rap. Dissecting the nature of good and evil in a hallucinatory, nightmarish ambiance, this baroque south-of-the-border mystery opens with one of the most remarkably extended long takes in movie history.

The Citizen Kane book : Raising Kane ( Book )
8 editions published between 1971 and 1985 in English and held by 1,452 libraries worldwide

Macbeth ( Visual )
53 editions published between 1947 and 2010 in 6 languages and held by 1,237 libraries worldwide
Presentation of Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth.

This is Orson Welles by Orson Welles ( Book )
40 editions published between 1992 and 1998 in 4 languages and held by 1,218 libraries worldwide
Film and theatre director-innovator, radio producer, actor, writer, painter, narrator, and magician, Orson Welles was the last true Renaissance man of the twentieth century. From such great work in radio as the epoch-making "War of the Worlds" and the famous voice of "The Shadow knows!" to his cinematic masterpieces Citizen Kane, Othello, The Magnificent Ambersons, Touch of Evil, and the wonderful but still unreleased The Other Side of the Wind, Welles was a central.

Catch-22 ( Visual )
12 editions published between 1991 and 2006 in English and held by 1,135 libraries worldwide
The story of a group of fliers in the Mediterranean during World War II.