Orson Welles' Sketch Book(1955)
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First Air Date: 1955-04-24
Average Runtime: 15m
Rating: 7.0
Votes: 1
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 7
Orson Welles' Sketch Book is a series of six short television commentaries by Orson Welles for the BBC in 1955. Written and directed by Welles, the 15-minute episodes present the filmmaker's commentaries on a range of subjects. Welles frequently draws from his own experiences and often illustrates the episodes with his own sketches.
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Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 7E01
The Early Days
Air Date: 1955-04-24
Welles discusses a timely earthquake, first-night audiences at the Gate Theatre in Dublin, and how he came to be an a...
E02
Critics
Air Date: 1955-05-08
Welles talks about a Boston performance of Five Kings, the consequences of Percy Hammond's negative review of the Voo...
E03
The Police
Air Date: 1955-05-22
Welles relates the story of Isaac Woodard, a decorated black World War II veteran who was blinded in a brutal 1946 be...
E04
Houdini/John Barrymore/Voodoo Story/The People I Missed
Air Date: 1955-06-05
Prompts used by actors and others; remembering Harry Houdini; observations on gender differences in the appreciation ...
E05
The War Of The Worlds
Air Date: 1955-06-19
The famous 1938 Mercury Theatre broadcast mistaken by many listeners for a real Martian invasion, and the consequent ...
E06
Bullfighting
Air Date: 1955-07-03
Welles tells the true story of Bonito the bull. Robert Flaherty's story was partially filmed in 1942 for Welles's unf...
E07
Postscript
Air Date: 1955-05-07
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