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| Genre/Form: | Biography |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Callow, Simon, 1949- Orson Welles. London : Jonathan Cape, 2006 (OCoLC)607820125 |
| Named Person: | Orson Welles; Orson Welles; Orson Welles |
| Material Type: | Biography, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Simon Callow |
| ISBN: | 0224038532 9780224038539 |
| OCLC Number: | 63185891 |
| Description: | xviii, 507 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | pt. 1. Tarzan triumphs -- Orson ascendant -- Pampered youth -- The best man in Hollywood -- Carnival -- Only Orson and God -- Pomona -- Turning a bad Koerner -- Four men on a raft -- Look who's laughing -- pt. 2. Plain talk by the man from Mars -- Ceiling unlimited -- It all comes out of the tent of wonder -- Unrehearsed realities -- Actor turns columnists -- An occasional soapbox -- pt. 3. Welleschmerz -- The S.T. Ranger -- Full, complete and unrestricted authority -- Wellesafloppin' -- Officer X -- If I die before I wake -- The forces of darkness -- The Welles of onlyness -- The charm's wound up -- The stage productions -- The radio broadcasts -- The films -- The writings -- The records -- References -- Bibliography. |
| Responsibility: | Simon Callow. |
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"It is not only the best biography of Welles that we can possibly have, it is also one of the best biographies in any field I've read in years."<br>-Roger Lewis, "Sunday Express" <br>"A vivid, sympathetic account . . . provides a definitive explanation of Welles's ultimate, lingering downfall."<br>-"Financial Times" <p>"From the Trade Paperback edition." Read more...
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