Season 1
7 episodes · Apr 24, 1955
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- S1E1
The Early Days
Apr 24, 195515mWelles discusses a timely earthquake, first-night audiences at the Gate Theatre in Dublin, and how he came to be an actor.
- S1E2
Critics
May 8, 195515mWelles talks about a Boston performance of Five Kings, the consequences of Percy Hammond's negative review of the Voodoo Macbeth, and a curse placed on the film It's All True.
- S1E3
The Police
May 22, 195515mWelles relates the story of Isaac Woodard, a decorated black World War II veteran who was blinded in a brutal 1946 beating by South Carolina police.
- S1E4
Houdini/John Barrymore/Voodoo Story/The People I Missed
Jun 5, 195515mPrompts used by actors and others; remembering Harry Houdini; observations on gender differences in the appreciation of magic tricks; John Barrymore.
- S1E5
The War Of The Worlds
Jun 19, 195515mThe famous 1938 Mercury Theatre broadcast mistaken by many listeners for a real Martian invasion, and the consequent skepticism during the presentation of Norman Corwin's Between Americans on December 7, 1941; and the opening night of the Mercury stage flop, Danton's Death.
- S1E6
Bullfighting
Jul 3, 195515mWelles tells the true story of Bonito the bull. Robert Flaherty's story was partially filmed in 1942 for Welles's unfinished film, It's All True.