Welles
[welz]
- (George) Orson,1915–85, U.S. actor, director, and producer.
- Gideon,1802–78, U.S. journalist, legislator, and government official: Secretary of the Navy 1861–69.
- Sumner,1892–1961, U.S. diplomat and government official.
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Examples from the Web for welles
Contemporary Examples
“I'm going to use several voices to tell the story,” Welles told Bogdanovich.
Doomed Passion Projects of Hollywood: The Lost Classics of Stanley Kubrick, Alfred Hitchcock, and MoreMarlow Stern
March 28, 2014
At the end, the sonorous Welles concludes with a little talk about Halloween.
Welles, who once dismissed his masterpiece Citizen Kane as “dollar-book Freud,” was nothing if not a projector.
Welles once claimed that he preferred making a film to seeing the finished result.
Bogart could act, though, since according to Welles he was nothing like the characters he created on screen.
Historical Examples
As he neared the Welles house he heard loud and angry voices.
RosemaryJosephine Lawrence
Dr. Welles said only an hour ago he had no more than an even chance for his life.
No ClueJames Hay
For a moment Phoebe looked, with a bewildered air, from her mother to Mr Welles.
The Maidens' LodgeEmily Sarah Holt
If we have lost Mr Welles, we have lost him; and we must try for some one else.
The Maidens' LodgeEmily Sarah Holt
I should feel obliged to, Mr. Welles, and I should not feel unjust.
A PhilanthropistJosephine Daskam
Welles
- (George) Orson (ˈɔːs ə n). 1915–85, US film director, actor, producer, and screenwriter. His Citizen Kane (1941) and The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) are regarded as film classics
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