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Orson Welles: The Ultimate Collection
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If you are a lover of old-time radio and a fan of Orson Welles, you won't want to miss this treasure chest of legendary Orson Welles radio broadcasts! With his flair for the sensational and innovative, Welles captured audiences' attention with his 1930s CBS weekly drama series The Mercury Theatre on the Air, later renamed The Campbell Playhouse, which featured hour-long dramatizations of classic books. His 1938 production, The War of the Worlds (an H. G. Wells adaptation) was especially memorable, as were many other productions, each featuring talented voices and actors.
Tune into the master of entertainment and enjoy this collection of original Orson Welles recordings, including more than 125 hours of radio drama! Content:
- Campbell Playhouse—A Christmas Carol—December 23, 1938
- Campbell Playhouse—A Christmas Carol—December 24, 1939
- Campbell Playhouse—Ah, Wilderness—September 17, 1939
- Campbell Playhouse—Algiers—October 8, 1939
- Campbell Playhouse—Arrowsmith—February 3, 1939
- Campbell Playhouse—Beau Geste—March 17, 1939
- Campbell Playhouse—Counselor-at-Law—January 6, 1939
- Campbell Playhouse—Craig's Wife—March 10, 1940
- Campbell Playhouse—Dinner at Eight—February 18, 1940
- Campbell Playhouse—Dodsworth—November 26, 1939
- Campbell Playhouse—Escape—October 15, 1939
- Campbell Playhouse—Huckleberry Finn—March 17, 1940
- Campbell Playhouse—I Lost My Girlish Laughter—January 27, 1939
- Campbell Playhouse—It Happened One Night—January 28, 1940
- and many more!
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- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5So frustrating when the table of contents for a story collection only reads, “chapter 1, chapter 2, etc”. I had hoped this included War of the Worlds, but have no idea where it starts.
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