Welles in a sentence

Bogdanovich played a major role in elucidating Welles and his career with his writings on the actor-director, most notably his book This is Orson Welles (1992).

Engaging him to write, produce, direct and perform in two motion pictures, the contract subordinated the studio's financial interests to Welles's creative control, and broke all precedent by granting Welles the right of final cut.

Frank D. Gilroy was signed to write the television script and direct the TV movie on the assurance that Welles would star, but by April 1977 Welles had bowed out.

He and Welles separately re-wrote and revised each other's work until Welles was satisfied with the finished product.

Huston criticized the Academy for awarding Welles, even while they refused to give Welles any work.

In 1978 Welles was lined up by his long-time protégé Peter Bogdanovich (who was then acting as Welles's de facto agent) to direct this adaptation of the 1973 Paul Theroux novel about an American pimp in Singapore.

Lindsay-Hogg knew Welles, worked with him in the theatre and met him at intervals throughout Welles's life.

Radio (1946) In 1946, Welles began two new radio series— The Mercury Summer Theatre on the Air for CBS, and Orson Welles Commentaries for ABC.

Similar to the Around the World with Orson Welles series, they presented travelogues of Spain and included Welles's wife, Paola, and their daughter, Beatrice.

Sutherland, 2004, p. 70. Upon her arrival in Washington Mary managed to meet with Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles and informed him that the Confederates were nearing the completion of their ironclad, which surprised Welles.

The last broadcast of Orson Welles Commentaries on October 6, 1946, marked the end of Welles's own radio shows.

The Orson Welles Cinema remained in operation until 1986, with Welles making a personal appearance there in 1977.

Welles briefly attended public school Tarbox, Todd, Orson Welles and Roger Hill: A Friendship in Three Acts.

Welles's assistant Richard Wilson said that the person who circled Mankiewicz's name in pencil, then drew an arrow that put it in first place, was Welles.

When Welles ran out of money he convinced Columbia Pictures president Harry Cohn to send enough money to continue the show, and in exchange Welles promised to write, produce, direct and star in a film for Cohn for no further fee.

However, Welles also utilized the act of illusion to trick the audience throughout the plot, mocking that act of manipulation while utilizing it.

Lucas is not alone in cautioning that nothing Welles ever says can be taken at face value.

Orson Welles intended to adapt the novel into a film, but faced numerous struggles and never completed the project.

To add insult to injury, Dolivet filed a $780,000 legal suit against Welles alleging that his toxic behavior (which included “drinking excessively on and off the set”) was to blame for the film’s stalled production.

University student Gatsby Welles () and Ashleigh Enright () travel to Manhattan together for Ashleigh to interview director Roland Pollard () for the college paper.