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Hope & Stephen, your TAs for this course, take you on a comprehensive journey through the life and work of one of cinema's most important auteurs.

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Welles University Podcast @wellesupod.bsky.social · 18d
Sorry we haven't posted an episode in a while (that's my bad - S.), but Hope has written a wonderful blog post about her most recent pilgrimage to Grovers Mill, NJ that is a MUST READ for Welles U fans!

So... what are your waiting for?

READ IT! 👍🏻
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Happy 87th anniversary to the broadcast that gave Orson his Hollywood blank check: The Mercury Theater's adaptation of H.G. Wells's WAR OF THE WORLDS, which went on the air on this day in 1938.

Listen to the broadcast in its entirety here: youtu.be/9q7tN7MhQ4I?...
War Of The Worlds - Original 1938 Radio Broadcasts (2011 Remastered Version)
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October 31, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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Sorry we haven't posted an episode in a while (that's my bad - S.), but Hope has written a wonderful blog post about her most recent pilgrimage to Grovers Mill, NJ that is a MUST READ for Welles U fans!

So... what are your waiting for?

READ IT! 👍🏻
October 31, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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R.I.P. to Henry Jaglom, author of MY LUNCHES WITH ORSON and director of SOMEONE TO LOVE (Welles's final screen performance), who passed away earlier this week at the age of 87:
Orson Welles and Henry Jaglom on the set of SOMEONE TO LOVE, c. 1986 The cover to MY LUNCHES WITH ORSON, Jaglom's book of conversations with Orson Welles The movie poster for SOMEONE TO LOVE (1987), featuring illustrated versions of Orson Welles, Henry Jaglom, and Andrea Marcovicci Henry Jaglom at the premiere of JACK AND JILL, February 2016
September 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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AI hucksters have such boring ideas, at least P. T. Barnum was out there sewing half a monkey to a fish
September 9, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Absolutely the fuck NOT!!!

Hard to imagine a Welles who vehemently opposed the colorization of CITIZEN KANE would be onboard with this bullshit. 🐂💩

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Orson Welles’ Lost Movie Will Use AI to Reconstruct Missing 43 Minutes
Amazon-backed firm Showrunner, led by Edward Saatchi, is using the film as a test case for how Hollywood can overhaul production. The results won't be commercialized — the tech giant hasn't obtained r...
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September 10, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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This week, we welcome guest lecturer Samuel Dumas from The Dept. of Menial Humor to discuss Welles's 1934 short film, THE HEARTS OF AGE, its surrealist & expressionist influences, and Stephen's fabled bachelor party! List NOW wherever podcasts are sold!

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Samuel Dumas, amateur filmmaker and technical director for The Department of Menial Humor A closeup on the face of Orson Welles in heavy age makeup in a still from the 1934 film THE HEARTS OF AGE Werner Krauss in character as Dr. Caligari in a publicity still from 1920's THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI. Caligari's look influenced the appearance of Welles's Death character in THE HEARTS OF AGE Spanish-Mexican filmmaker Luis Buñuel c. 1929, the year his film UN CHIEN ANDALOU was released. UN CHIEN ANDALOU was a heavy influence on THE HEARTS OF AGE
September 10, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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Better late than never! Our latest episode is now LIVE! This class, we're discussing EVERYBODY'S SHAKESPEARE, The Bard, and the three plays covered here - THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, TWELFTH NIGHT, and JULIUS CAESAR!

Join us! Maybe learn a little something? apple.co/4oPjWFn
Title page for the 1934 edition of "Everybody's Shakespeare" Orson Welles as Shylock from his unfinished film version THE MERCHANT OF VENICE Two actors from the award-winning 1933 Todd School for Boys production of TWELFTH NIGHT Arthur Anderson and Orson Welles performing in the Mercury Theater's 1937 production of CAESAR, an adaptation of Shakespeare's JULIUS CAESAR
August 27, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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New Welles film ranking from @nofilmschool.bsky.social. Do you agree? How would *you* rank Welles's filmography as a cinephile?

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11 Orson Welles Great Films, Ranked for Cinephiles
Every Film, From Studio Triumphs to Guerrilla Experiments.
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August 12, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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A bit belated in memoriam for Norman Eshley, one of the stars of Orson Welles's THE IMMORTAL STORY (1968), who passed away on August 2 at the age of 80. RIP.

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August 12, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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This week, we're finally getting to The Work™️ as we discuss abolitionist John Brown, his rebellion, his glorious beard, "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," and the unproduced Welles/Hill 'collaboration,' MARCHING SONG!

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The mural "Tragic Prelude" by John Steuart Curry. It depicts (per Wikipedia) "the abolitionist John Brown with a Bible in one hand, on which the Greek letters alpha and omega of Revelation 1:8 can be seen. In his other hand, he holds a rifle, referred to as the 'Beecher's Bibles.' He is in front of Union and Confederate soldiers, living and dead, with a tornado and a prairie fire approaching. Emigrants with covered wagons travel from east to west." The title page for the music for the "Battle Hymn of the Republic, adapted to the favorite melody of 'Glory, Hallelujah' written by Mrs. Dr. S.G. Howe." The text is flanked by illustrated greenery. Orson Welles (age 33) seated next to mentor Roger Hill at the 100th anniversary of the Todd School in 1948 The cover of the 2019 edition of MARCHING SONG, featuring an illustrated John Brown holding a rifle over his head. The title is in yellow, beneath which the words (in white) "A Play" appear and, below those, the name "Orson Welles" in large yellow font. "with Roger Hill" appears below Orson Welles in a significantly smaller font. The book was edited by Todd Tarbox with a foreword by Simon Callow (whose name also appears in yellow).
August 12, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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It’s Alive! And the most in-depth piece I’ve written for this series yet. Hope you enjoy!
manorhq.com MANOR @manorhq.com · Jul 25
“It is not just a great work of comedy, a key entry in the Frankenstein subgenre, or of horror-comedy in general, but among the great works of any genre.”

Faces of Frankenstein: The Enormous Schwanzstucker / Dissecting YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
By @brianwaves42.bsky.social

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An illustration of head shots of the cast from certain scenes of YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (1974).
July 25, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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👀 👀 👀
#WellesWatch #WellesUniversity #SupplementalReading
larsenonfilm.bsky.social LarsenOnFilm @larsenonfilm.bsky.social · Jul 24
Wrote about TOUCH OF EVIL for The Reveal in connection with #CinemaInterruptus - THE PLAYER.

A pleasure to appear in one of my favorite newsletters, from @scotttobias.bsky.social and @kphipps3000.bsky.social. Subscribe now! (And get your Interruptus tix, Aug. 11-14, at the Gene Siskel Flm Center.)
Weekend Watch (with special guest Josh Larsen)
The co-host of Filmspotting joins us to recommend the perfect movie to watch if you're joining him at this year's Cinema Interruptus (or just want to see a great movie).
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July 24, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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We FINALLY got our boy to Ireland! 🇮🇪☘️🫏 We discuss his donkey cart adventures through Éire, his first forays into professional theater - including meeting Hilton Edwards & Micheál MacLiammóir and the Gate Theater production of JEW SÜSS - plus, the origins of Orson's love of cigars!

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July 15, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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We're back to school again today as we wrap up Orson's time at Todd, including his first production of JULIUS CAESAR and the death of his father, Dick Welles. Available NOW wherever you get your podcasts!

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July 1, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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We don't have an episode out this week, but get your fix and listen to our own @chewywalrus.bsky.social as he discusses David Lynch's 1980 classic THE ELEPHANT MAN with @bodiesofhorror.bsky.social - out now for your listening pleasure wherever podcasts are sold!
June 24, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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An extra credit assignment for the class: check out Hope's latest podcast endeavor - The Lanes Between, a Radio Fan Fic podcast - out TODAY wherever podcasts are sold!

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June 20, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Just in time for summer, we're packing Orson off to school! 🏫🎒👩‍🏫📏 Check out the first of our two episodes on Welles's time at the Todd School for Boys, available NOW wherever podcasts are sold!

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A young Orson Welles (dressed as Sherlock Holmes) holding a magnifying glass onstage next to his Todd School classmate Sherman Perlman dressed as Groucho Marx Rogers Hall in Woodstock, IL, the last remaining building from the campus of the Todd School for Boys. A sign for the Rogers Hall Apartments in Woodstock, IL. The sign reads, "Rogers Hall Apartments. Formerly Todd Seminary for Boys. Founded in 1873." A "For Rent" sign with a local phone number hangs to the right on a red brick post. The Kankakee State Hospital in Kankakee, IL where Orson's older brother Richard I. Welles was institutionalized for a number of years.
June 17, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Have you caught up with our latest episode yet? If not, buckle up to hear us discuss THE BIRTH OF A NATION, Malört, and arguably the most formative event in the life of young Orson, though the man himself would later say he had no 'Rosebuds.'

Listen NOW wherever podcasts are sold: apple.co/44a1XBe
June 9, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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Happy 77th anniversary to this classic! #TheLadyFromShaghai #OrsonWelles
June 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Bike lamps! Suffrage! Kenosha, Wisconsin - the birthplace of Orson Welles! All this (and the most obvious, sophomoric name joke ever) on this week's episode of Welles University, available NOW wherever podcasts are sold!

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May 20, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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I agree with the #1. The rest...? 😬😬
May 13, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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This is a pretty bold list! So you agree or disagree? How would YOU rank Orson's directorial efforts? Let us know!
Orson Welles movies: All 13 films as a director ranked worst to best
After making what many people cite as the greatest film ever made, “Citizen Kane” (1941), multi-talented actor, writer, director and producer Orson Welles struggled to live up to the su…
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May 13, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Wishing a VERY happy 110th birthday to the man himself, the great Orson Welles #BOTD. In celebration, we offer our first episode, wherein @highimhope.bsky.social & @chewywalrus.bsky.social share the details of their new ongoing project.

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Podcast Episode · Welles's University · 05/06/2025 · 1h 36m
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May 7, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow... our first episode drops TOMORROW! Check it out wherever podcasts are sold!
May 5, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Just five days between today and The Man's 110th birthday... AND our first episode! Look for it wherever podcasts are sold!
May 1, 2025 at 1:57 PM