Magnificent sorcery: the films of Orson Welles

Document author(s):

Philip Strick

Document source:

National Film Theatre (London, England)

Document language:

English

Document type:

program note

Number of pages:

7

Document name subject:

Orson Welles

Document contains:

production co

Related films:

• Citizen Kane — Welles, Orson — United States — 1941
• Journey into fear — Welles, Orson; Foster, Norman — United States — 1942
• The magnificent Ambersons — Welles, Orson; Wise, Robert; Fleck, Fred — United States — 1942
• Jane eyre — Stevenson, Robert — No country known — 1944
• The stranger — Welles, Orson — United States — 1946
• The lady from Shanghai — Welles, Orson — United States — 1948
• Macbeth — Welles, Orson — United States — 1948
• The third man — Reed, Carol — Great Britain — 1949
• Othello — Welles, Orson — Morocco; United States — 1952
• Moby Dick — Huston, John — United States — 1956
• Touch of evil — Welles, Orson — United States — 1958
• Compulsion — Fleischer, Richard — United States — 1959
• The trial — Welles, Orson — France; Germany; Italy — 1962
• Chimes at midnight — Welles, Orson — Spain; Switzerland — 1966
• I'll never forget what's 'is name — Winner, Michael — No country known — 1967
• Une histoire immortelle (The immortal story) — Welles, Orson — France — 1968
• La décade prodigieuse (Ten days' wonder) — Chabrol, Claude — France — 1971
• F for fake — Welles, Orson — France; Iran — 1975

Film country(ies):

France, Germany, Great Britain, Iran, Italy, Morocco, Spain, Switzerland, and United States

Film language(s):

English and French

Film production company:

Columbia Pictures, Films La Boétie, Les Films du Prisme, Mercury Productions, Mogador, Moulin Productions, Office de radiodiffusion-télévision française, Paris Europa, RKO Pictures, Republic Pictures Corporation, United Artists Corporation, and Universal-International

Film genre(s):

Adaptation, Adventure, Crime, Documentary, Drama, Feature, Film noir, Historical, Journalism, Mystery, and Thriller

Film subject(s):

• Americans -- Mexico -- Drama
• Art -- Forgeries
• Business and politics -- United States -- Drama
• Clerks -- Drama
• Detectives -- United States -- Drama
• Dinesen, Isak, 1885-1962 -- Film and video adaptations
• Espionage -- Drama
• Extortion -- France -- Drama
• Falstaff, John, Sir (Fictitious character) -- Drama
• Family life -- France -- Drama
• Family life -- United States -- 1865-1918 -- Drama
• Femmes fatales -- United States -- Drama
• Forgery
• Fugitives from justice -- United States -- Drama
• Henry IV, King of England, 1367-1413 -- Drama
• Henry V, King of England, 1387-1422 -- Drama
• Impostors and imposture
• Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924. Prozess -- Film and video adaptations
• Kidnapping -- Mexico -- Drama
• Man-woman relationships -- France -- Drama
• Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. Moby-Dick, or, The whale -- Film and video adaptations
• Murder -- France -- Drama
• Murder -- Investigation -- Mexico -- Drama
• Murder -- Scotland -- Drama
• Murder -- United States -- Drama
• Nazis -- United States -- Drama
• New Bedford (Mass.) -- History -- Drama
• Newspaper publishing -- United States -- Drama
• Obsessive-compulsive disorder -- Drama
• Police corruption -- Drama
• Princes -- Scotland -- Drama
• Publishers and publishing -- United States -- Drama
• Queen, Ellery -- Film and video adaptations
• Rich people -- United States -- Drama
• Sailors -- United States -- Drama
• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Henry IV -- Film and video adaptations
• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Macbeth -- Film and video adaptations
• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Othello -- Film and video adaptations
• Storytelling -- Drama
• Tarkington, Booth, 1869-1946. Magnificent Ambersons -- Film and video adaptations
• Trials -- Drama
• United States -- Social life and customs -- 1865-1918 -- Drama
• Whaling masters -- Drama
• White whale -- Drama

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