Orson
Americannoun
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To be able to truly shock people you know like in an Orson Welles-style “War of the Worlds” way.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
“What I remember is the time John Wayne killed three men with a carbine . . . and the time the kitten found Orson Welles in the doorway in The Third Man.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
“I remember when Angela Lansbury and Paul Newman and Lee Remick and Joanne Woodward and Orson Welles came to Baton Rouge and made a film called ‘The Long, Hot Summer.’
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026
By the time he’d aired a colorized version of “Casablanca” on his channel, Turner set his sights on what many viewed as the ultimate sacrilege – pigmenting Orson Welles’ “Citizen Kane.”
From Salon ● May 8, 2026
Years after the War of the Worlds broadcast, Orson Welles claimed that he always intended it to scare people.
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
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