The Encyclopedia of Orson Welles (Great Filmmakers) - Hardcover

Berg, Chuck; Erskine, Thomas L.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0816043906 ISBN 13: 9780816043903

Publisher: Facts on File, 2002

Synopsis

Surveys the life and career of Orson Welles, providing detailed information on his work in radio, television, theater, and film; key people in his life; technical information; and film theory.

About this title

About the Author:

Chuck Berg is a professor of film and is the Associate Chair of the Department of Theater and Film at the University of Kansas. He has written several books as well as hundreds of articles and reviews for music and film periodicals. He lives in Lawrence, KS. Tom Erskine is the founding editor of Literature/Film Quarterly and has published three books on literature and film. He lives in Maryland.

From Booklist:

This is the third and final entry on a single director in Facts On File's Great Filmmakers series. Welles created what many consider the finest film of all time, Citizen Kane. Readers of the book's entry on it may be surprised to learn that it was his first feature film, made when he was only 26! He was also responsible for that "most notorious of broadcasts" in 1938, the radio play of H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds. And did you know that he wrote acclaimed high-school textbooks on Shakespeare?

Welles amassed many other directorial, acting, and writing credits in his lengthy career. Entries are arranged alphabetically, covering produced and unproduced films, plays, broadcasts, and scripts (Compulsion, The Magnificent Ambersons, Time Runs); people (John Barrymore, Rita Hayworth, Steven Spielberg); and topical entries (Shakespeare by Welles, "Rosebud"). Some of the text is highly detailed: Macbeth has more than seven pages, with casting and shooting background, scene-by-scene description and analysis, and critical response. The eight contributors write in a lively and engaging style, and entries are filled with fascinating facts. Black-and-white photos of key figures and films accompany many articles. A bibliography and index are included. The only thing readers may look for in vain is a filmography, or better yet, a list in time-line format detailing Welles' varied accomplishments in chronological order, perhaps divided by role as actor, director, etc. Most public and academic libraries will want to add this to the reference or circulating collection. RBB
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About this edition

• Publisher: Facts on File
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0816043906
• ISBN 13: 9780816043903
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 480
• Editor: Tibbetts John C., Welsh James M.