Orson Welles
2) Shōgun
Pub. Date
1980.
Description
The story of a shipwrecked English navigator who becomes a samurai during a struggle for power by a Shogun and the Emperor in feudal Japan.
Pub. Date
[2007], c1966
Description
Chancellor of England, Sir Thomas More, is placed in a difficult position when Henry VIII breaks with the Catholic Church over its refusal to annul his marriage to Katherine of Aragon so he can marry Anne Boleyn. Henry demands More's endorsement of this act. Torn between his conscience and duty to the crown, Sir Thomas chooses to say nothing.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
Follows the life of Moses as he fulfills his destiny as leader of the Hebrews; a young shepherd named David battles the giant Goliath; Joseph frees himself from oppression and becomes an important member of the Pharoah's court; the final days of Jesus are seen through the eyes of two of his disciples; after watching Jesus face his death, a non-believer finds his faith; follows the crucifixion of Jesus; as Martin Luther struggles with the Catholic...
6) Citizen Kane
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
Alone at his fantastic estate known as Xanadu, 70-year-old Charles Foster Kane dies, uttering only the single word Rosebud. So ends the odyssey of a life, and begins a fabulous tale of the rise to wealth and power, and ultimate fall, of a complex man.
Charles Foster Kane, a wealthy recluse, dies in his castle-like estate, Xanadu. The dying word on the lips of the newspaper tycoon who dominated four decades of American life is "Rosebud." A newsreel...
10) It's All True
Series
Pub. Date
c2004
Description
Welles' ambitious film project in Brazil for the United States' anti-Nazi "Good Neighbor Policy" was shelved by RKO. This documentary features the story of the film's making and unmaking and features undiscovered footage.
Pub. Date
[2004]
Formats
Description
Disc 1. Too late for tears : A man just found $60,000 and his wife insists that he keep it rather than turn it in to the cops. Wanting the money for herself, she kills her husband, then reports him missing. The man who cheated himself : Ed Cullen, a San Francisco police officer, is in love with socialite Lois Frazer. Ed seems to find himself stuck between a rock and a hard place when Lois decides to kill her husband and Ed's brother is assigned...
Author
Pub. Date
2003
Description
Mercury Theater on the Air "The war of the worlds", starring Orson Welles -- The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes "The Red-headed League", starring John Stanley -- The Shadow "Death in a minor key", starring Bret Morrison -- The Burns & Allen Show "Gracie Visits Ronald Reagan" -- Gunsmoke "The Cabin", starring William Conrad.
20) King of kings
Pub. Date
2003.
Description
The story of the life of Christ, describing certain events that took place between Romans and Jews and setting the political background for the life of Christ, and the personalities and ideas of the New Testament.