Orson Welles: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
Biographies and critical studies include Joseph McBride, Orson Welles (1972, reissued 1996); Barbara Leaming, Orson Welles (1985, reissued 1995); Simon Callow, Orson Welles (1995– ); Ronald Gottesman (ed.), Focus on Orson Welles (1976); Richard France, The Theatre of Orson Welles (1977); and Richard France (ed.), Orson Welles on Shakespeare: The W.P.A. and Mercury Theatre Playscripts (1990).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Add new Web site: CBS News - The Orson Welles centenary. | Jul 06, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | May 02, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: BFI - Where to begin with Orson Welles. | Apr 27, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC listen - ABC Radio National|Big Ideas - The genius and struggles of Orson Welles. | Jan 09, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Internet Archive - Interviews with Orson Welles. | Nov 27, 2025 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Oct 06, 2025 | ||
| Added cross-reference; Top Questions. | Sep 09, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: CORE - Hello Americans: Orson Welles, Brazil and The Good Neighbor Policy (PDF). | Aug 29, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC Sounds - Breaking the Rules - O is for Orson. | Jul 11, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Endowment for the Humanities - The Fake News of Orson Welles. | Apr 14, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Wisconsin Historical Society - Orson Welles, 1915-1985. | Feb 03, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Director's Guild of America - Why Orson Welles still matters. | Dec 09, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction - Orson Welles. | Sep 09, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Apr 15, 2024 | ||
| Link added. | Feb 16, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Senses of Cinema - Orson Welles. | Jan 05, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: AllMovie - Orson Welles. | Aug 13, 2022 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Dec 17, 2018 | ||
| Noted that a version of The Other Side of the Wind was released in 2018. | Oct 04, 2018 | ||
| Replaced photograph. | May 04, 2018 | ||
| Corrected spacing issues in the section Theatre and radio in the 1930s. | Oct 26, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Best Movies by Farr � How "Citizen Kane" Almost Ruined Orson Welles. | Oct 20, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Best Movies by Farr � How "Citizen Kane" Almost Ruined Orson Welles. | Oct 20, 2017 | ||
| Media added. | Sep 26, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Hollywood Walk of Fame - Orson Welles. | May 04, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: American National Biography Online - Biography of Orson Welles. | Dec 06, 2016 | ||
| Added photographs. | Sep 25, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - Orson Welles. | Jan 27, 2013 | ||
| Media added. | Sep 22, 2008 | ||
| Media added. | Jan 08, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Reel Classics - Orson Welles. | Aug 30, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Nov 10, 2005 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | May 04, 1999 |
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