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This is a fascinating collection, several of the contributions making the reader wish for more.

* Film International *

Table of Contents

Foreword / James Naremore
Introduction: The Totality of Orson Welles / Sidney Gottlieb and James N. Gilmore
1. The Death of the Auteur: Orson Welles, Asadata Dafora, and the 1936 Macbeth / Marguerite Rippy
2. Revisiting "War of the Worlds": First-Person Narration in Golden Age Radio Drama / Shawn VanCour
3. Old-Time Movies: Welles and Silent Pictures / Matthew Solomon
4. Orson Welles's Itineraries in It's All True: From "Lived Topography" to Pan-American Transculturation / Catherine L. Benamou
5. Orson Welles as Journalist: The New York Post Columns / Sidney Gottlieb
6. Progressivism and the Struggles Against Racism and Anti-Semitism: Welles's Correspondences in 1946 / James N. Gilmore
7. Multimedia Magic in Around the World, Orson Welles's Film-and-Theater Hybrid / Vincent Longo
8. "The Worst Possible Partners for Movie Production": Orson Welles, Louis Dolivet, and the Filmorsa Years (1953-56) / François Thomas
9. Presenting Orson Welles: An Exhibition Challenge / Craig S. Simpson
Index

Orson Welles in Focus

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    A Hardback by James N. Gilmore, Sidney Gottlieb, James Naremore

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      Publisher: Indiana University Press
      Publication Date: 08/02/2018
      ISBN13: 9780253032942, 978-0253032942
      ISBN10: 0253032946

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review

      This is a fascinating collection, several of the contributions making the reader wish for more.

      * Film International *

      Table of Contents

      Foreword / James Naremore
      Introduction: The Totality of Orson Welles / Sidney Gottlieb and James N. Gilmore
      1. The Death of the Auteur: Orson Welles, Asadata Dafora, and the 1936 Macbeth / Marguerite Rippy
      2. Revisiting "War of the Worlds": First-Person Narration in Golden Age Radio Drama / Shawn VanCour
      3. Old-Time Movies: Welles and Silent Pictures / Matthew Solomon
      4. Orson Welles's Itineraries in It's All True: From "Lived Topography" to Pan-American Transculturation / Catherine L. Benamou
      5. Orson Welles as Journalist: The New York Post Columns / Sidney Gottlieb
      6. Progressivism and the Struggles Against Racism and Anti-Semitism: Welles's Correspondences in 1946 / James N. Gilmore
      7. Multimedia Magic in Around the World, Orson Welles's Film-and-Theater Hybrid / Vincent Longo
      8. "The Worst Possible Partners for Movie Production": Orson Welles, Louis Dolivet, and the Filmorsa Years (1953-56) / François Thomas
      9. Presenting Orson Welles: An Exhibition Challenge / Craig S. Simpson
      Index

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