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William Randolph Hearst Contemporary Literary Criticism Vol
1,455 wordsGeorge Orson Welles, known more commonly as Orson Welles was a director, producer, writer, and actor. Mr. Welles was born on May 6, 1915, in Kenosha, Wisconsin. His father was an inventor and manufacturer and his mother a talented pianist. Welles was regarded as an absolute genius from early childhood and his creative abilities were encouraged and nurtured. His early childhood was to a large extent, directed by his mother's physician and admirer, Dr. Maurice Bernstein. (Russell 9) He made a succ...
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Orson Welles Citizen Kane
1,214 wordsThe biggest mistake we have made is to consider that films are primarily a form of entertainment. The film is the greatest medium since the invention of movable type for exchanging ideas and information, and it is no more at its best in light entertainment than literature is at its best in the light novel. -Orson Welles Orson Welles was passionate about film. By the young age of 25, he had directed, produced, and starred in what is today considered by most to be the greatest movie ever made, Cit...
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U S State South America
1,162 words... he resulting of The Magnificent Ambersons has become a black legend. Welles was halfway into shooting the film when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. Just after the bombing, the U. S. State Department Committee on Inter-American Affairs recruited Welles to make a film in Brazil (McBride 55). The head of this committee was Nelson Rockefeller, who was then a major stockholder of RKO and a supporter of Welles. It was Rockefeller's idea to have Welles shoot a film in Brazil in order to improve r...
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Devil And Daniel Webster Orson Welles
2,434 wordsThe Devil and Tom Walker is a folk tale about a greedy man who meets the devil in a swamp in the outskirts of Boston, Massachusetts. Tom Walker and his wife are very greedy and are always trying to outdo each other. When Tom meets the devil for the very first time, the devil tells him of the great sums of money that was buried by Kidd, the pirate under the oak tree in the swamp. The devil makes the money available to Tom, but Tom does not comply just to spite his wife. The wife then decides to m...
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Lucille Ball Love Lucy
756 wordsCuban bandleader and singer-turned savvy TV mogul who, after his marriage to comedienne Lucille Ball in 1940, parlayed their successful I Love Lucy series into the Desi TV production empire, which in its heyday also produced the successful and highly lucrative The Untouchables and Star Trek series. p Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Area III was born in 1917 to wealthy Cuban landowners. His father was also the mayor of the town they lived in, but that soon changed. At the age of 16, Desi and his mot...
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Hartford Connecticut Cary Grant
782 wordsKatharine Hepburn Kathrine Hep, the winner of more acting awards than any other actress in history, is a very dynamic woman. She was born in Hartford Connecticut, on May 12, 1907. She wass the second oldest child of six. Kate, as she was called by her family members, had two sisters, Peg and Marion, and three brothers, Tom, Dick, and Bob. She attended Bryn Mawr college in Connecticut. She majored in acting. During her senior year at Bryn Mawr, Katharine met Ludlow Open Smith. That was 1927. In 1...
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Orson Welles Citizen Kane
948 wordsThe Orson Welles Orson Welles The term genius was applied to him from the cradle, first by the man who would vie with Orson's father to nurture the talent all agreed resided in the fragile boy. (Leaming, 3) George Orson Welles was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin on May 6, 1915. He was the second son of Richard Head Welles, an inventor, and his wife Beatrice Ives, a concert pianist. His mother was the child of a wealthy family. She had been brought up to revere artistic achievements, and began playing...
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William Randolph Hearst Heart And Soul
3,882 wordsCitizen Kane: An Accurate Portrayal Of William Citizen Kane: An Accurate Portrayal Of William Randolph Hearst? Many have called Citizen Kane the greatest cinematic achievement of all time. It is indeed a true masterpiece of acting, screen writing, and directing. Orson Welles, its young genius director, lead actor, and a co-writer, used the best talents and techniques of the day (Bordwell 103) to tell the story of a newspaper giant, Charles Kane, through the eyes of the people who loved and hated...
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