Orson Welles Collection

Jackie Gleason and Orson Welles Hanging out at the Fl Morocco

The Third Man Poster
UK Theatrical Quad 1949

UK quad poster artwork for the 1999 release of The Third Man (1949)
The artwork was created for the theatrical re-release of Carol Reeds The Third Man in the UK in 1999

A Scene from the The Third Man (1949)
Joseph Cotten in front of the Ferris Wheel in Vienna

The Third Man
Anton Karas playing the soundtrack to The Third Man at Shepperton Studios

The Third Man
Shadows of The Third Man

The Third Man (1949)
Joseph Cotten and Trevor Howard in a scene from Carol Reeds classic film

Orson Welles in The Third Man (1949)
A colourized image of Orson Welles as Harry Lime in Carol Reeds The Third Man

Portrait of Orson Welles

Orson Welles in Doctor Faustus
HEAD AND SHOULDERS SHOT OF ORSON WELLES, A CHICAGO ACTOR. FILED 2/8/37

Orson Welles in Wheelchair
(Original Caption) Orson Welles, who once scared the radio fans with his blow by blow "invasion" from Mars, is now hors de combat from any histrionic activities

Orson Welles Smoking a Pipe
(Original Caption) Orson Welles, actor, director and producer

Orson Welles In "Citizen Kane;" Banquet
(Original Caption) Scene from "Citizen Kane." Orson Welles at the banquet. Movie still

Orson Welles Broadcasting on CBS ca. 1938

Orson Welles, March 1942

Orson Welles in Dinner Dress
Orson Welles (1915-1985) is a world-reknown American film actor, director, writer and director

Orson Welles Broadcasting for CBS
(Original Caption) Orson Welles: 1915-[1985]. American actor and producer, broadcasting for CBS in 1938. Four photographs. (montage)

Orson Welles Appearing in Romeo and Juliet
(Original Caption) Orson Welles appearing in a scene from Romeo Juliet on the Monday Night Show, over the WABC Columbia network, from 8:00 to 8:30 P.M

Orson Welles on the Monday Night Show
(Original Caption) Orson Welles, young actor-producer, guest star on the CBS Monday Night Show, reads his script while wearing full makeup

Actor Orson Welles Broadcasting on CBS
(Original Caption) Orson Welled, actor, nominated by Grand Duchess Marie, "because his clean-cut ugliness set a new standard of masculine attraction

Orson Welles Directing a Rehearsal
(Original Caption) Orson Welles, guiding genius of the Mercury Theatre of the Air is shown {hands upraised} in action here at a microphone as he directed a rehearsal of one of his radio plays

Orson Welles Broadcasting The War of the Worlds
Orson Welles is seen rehearsing his radio depiction of H.G. Wells classic, The War of the Worlds

Orson Welles with Charles B. Cochran
(Original Caption) Members of the casts of Julius Caesar and of the Shoemaker's Holiday gathered for a backstage party at the Mercury Theater. Pictured at the party are Charles B

Backstage Party for Cast of "Julius Caesar"
Cast members of "Julius Caesar" and "Shoemaker's Holiday" gather for a toast on January 4, 1938

Orson Welles Rehearsing Radio Broadcast
Orson Welles is seen rehearsing his radio adaptation of H.G. Wells classic, The War of the Worlds, 10th October 1938

Orson Welles on Telephone
Orson Welles is busy taking telephone calls and reading the newspapers on the day after his infamous War of the Worlds broadcast

Watching for Martians
(Original Caption) Grovers Mill, NJ, 10/31/38: William Dock, 76, stands ready with his trusty shotgun to ward off the attack of any strange creatures from Mars

Orson Welles Explaining Radio Broadcast
Actor Orson Welles explains the radio broadcast of H.G. Wells The War of the Worlds to reporters after it caused widespread panic

Orson Welles Interviewed After Broadcast
Actor Orson Welles explains the radio broadcast of H.G. Wells The War of the Worlds to reporters after it caused widespread panic

Orson Welles After Reading War of the Worlds
(Original Caption) Orson Welles as he appeared after the radio broadcast War of the Worlds, a dramatic radio version of an imaginary landing of a "Machine from Mars

Employees Of Grovers Mills Talking
(Original Caption) 11/15/1938-Grover's Mills, N.J.: Employees of Grover's Mills talk over the big war the day after a broadcast by Actor Orson Welles, a dramatizatio of H.G

Orson Welles During Rehearsal
Orson Welles during rehearsals of a new series of Campbell Play House Productions

Orson Welles Rehearsing Radio Broadcast
Orson Welles during rehearsals of new series of Campbell Play House Productions

Orson Welles with Wife
(Original Caption) Orson Welles, director of the Mercury Theatre and dramatic radio announcer, and Mrs

Orson Welles Listening to Recording
(Original Caption) Orson Welles, director of the Mercury Theatre and dramatic radio announcer, and Dr

Orson Welles with Wife
(Original Caption) Orson Welles, director of the Mercury Theatre and dramatic radio announcer, and Mrs

Orson Welles During Campbell's Playhouse
(Original Caption) It's the beginning of a beard, not pencil smudges that adorns the chin of Orson Welles, pictured above during a recent Campbell Playhouse broadcast

Orson Welles Looks into the Future Again
Orson Welles, whose radio trip into the future was a hair-raiser for thousands of listeners, takes another trip into the realm of the unknown for his purely personal benefit

Orson Welles and Virginia Nicholson
Actor Orson Welles and wife Virginia Nicholson embrace each other before her departure for Europe on December 15, 1939

Orson Welles, Mrs. Jack Warner, and Lili Damita gather together at the Annual Motion Picture Guild Charity Party on December 23, 1939

Joseph Cotten and Orson Welles in Citizen Kane
Actor Joseph Cotten (L) plays Jedediah Leland and Orson Welles (R) plays Charles Foster Kane in Welles film Citizen Kane

March of Dimes Broadcast
(Original Caption) Actors Mickey Rooney, Jack Benny

Orson Welles with Dolores Del Rio
(Original Caption) "Feel lucky this morning?" queries Orson Welles of his fishing partner Dolores Del Rio as they wait on the end of the St

Orson Welles with Dolores Del Rio
(Original Caption) Actress Dolores Del Rio and Orson Welles didn't fool around when they went fishing off Catalina. This score of barracuda and yellowtail will testify to their prowess

Orson Welles with H.G. Wells
H.G. Wells and Orson Welles meet in San Antonio where both were to deliver lectures

Orson Welles Starring in Citizen Kane
(Original Caption) Orson Welles in a scene from Citizen Kane

Orson Welles in Citizen Kane
Charles Kane (Orson Welles) proposes his declaration of principles on which his newspaper is based to Mr

Orson Welles in Citizen Kane, 1941
Charles Foster Kane (Orson Welles) makes a stirring campaign speech before a larger-than-life portrait of himself in a scene from Citizen Kane

Orson Wells as Charles Kane in Citzen Kane
(Original Caption) Charles Kane (Orson Welles) is greeted home by his newspaper staff in a scene from the 1941 RKO production of "Citizen Kane." Undated movie still

Orson Welles with Dolores Del Rio
(Original Caption) The unpredictable Orson Welles has a soft drink as lovely Dolores Del Rio has a spot of coffee at their meeting with the press in the Ambassador Hotel's Trianon Room

Dolores Del Rio And Orson Welles
(Original Caption) 2/1/1941-New York, NY: Dolores Del Rio and Orson Welles at the Stork Club

Portrait of Orson Welles
(Original Caption) One Step Ahead, starring Orson Welles and Lurene Tuttle. Orson Welles reading script at microphone

Movie Still from Citizen Kane
George Coulouris, Orson Welles and Everett Sloane in a scene from the movie Citizen Kane, directed by Orson Welles

Orson Welles with Reporter
(Original Caption) Orson Welles, the one man movie studio, as he arrived at LaGuardia Field on a TWA airliner today

Premier of Citizen Kane
(Original Caption) El Capitan Theater. First-nighters at the premiere of Citizen Kane. Arriving at the theater: John Barrymore, Dolores Del Rio, Orson Welles, George J. Schaefer, and Dorothy Comingore

Premier of Citizen Kane
(Original Caption) El Captitan Theater. First-nighters at the premier of Citizen Kane. Photo shows Dolores Del Rio and Orson Welles arriving at the Theater

Orson Welles and Dolores Del Rio Seated in Auditorium
(Original Caption) Actor-Director-Producer-Writer Orson Welles and his fiancee, actress Dolores Del Rio, who have announced that they will marry after the first of the year

Orson Welles with Dolores Del Rio
(Original Caption) "Oh yes

Charlie Chaplin and Orson Welles
(Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)

Orson Welles

Orson Welles with Reporters
(Original Caption) Surrounded by representatives of Brazilian press

Newly Crowned Rio Queen and Orson Welles
(Original Caption) Brazil: Coronation. Surrounded by handmaidens in picture hats, a Brazilian Miss has a thrilling moment as she is crowned Queen of the Beaux Arts Ball by Orson Welles

Rio Dancers at Carnival
(Original Caption) Brazil: Rio Rhythm. When Rio De Janeiro stages its gaudy pre-Lenten Carnival, gaily-decked merrymakers dance indoors and out, and Latin rhythms fill the air

Orson Welles with Charlie Chaplin
(Original Caption) Orson Welles (right), famed actor-writer-director, talks to Charles Chaplin at the Carnegie Hall "Artists Front to Win the War

Portrait of Orson Welles
(Original Caption) Orson Welles, the one man movie studio, adjusts his tie after the Army gave him a going-over and judged him "4-F" at the Los Angeles induction center

Show for Servicemen
(Original Caption) A flock of servicemen make their way to the big tent where Orson the Magnificent is holding forth with his incredible company of supreme artists and masters of the occult arts

Orson Welles Doing Magic Show
(Original Caption) Dr. Orson Welles and his white robed apprentices calmly saw a lady in half. Soon she will be a lady of parts

Orson Welles Doing Magic Show
(Original Caption) Before he could reach for a phone and call his mother, George Jessel was under the hypnotic spell of magnetic Orson Welles (left), during a recent performance

Orson Welles Doing Magic Show
(Original Caption) With the aid of a shapely assistant, audacious Orson hypnotizes a flock of doves

Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth
Welles and Hayworth at their wedding in 1943

Rita Hayworth Marries Orson Welles
(Original Caption) 9/9/1943- Santa Monica, CA: Rita Hayworth marries Orson Welles

Orson Welles with Rita Hayworth
(Original Caption) Actor Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth, the actress he's been sawing in half nightly at his Hollywood magic show, are pictured after their surprise marriage

Rita Hayworth And Orson Welles Eating
(Original Caption) 11/18/1943-New York, NY: Screen Actress Rita Hayworth is shown dining out with hubby Orson Welles

Scene from the Movie Jane Eyre
(Original Caption) 1944-Film still from "Jane Eyre, " with Orson Welles as Edward Rochester and Joan Fontaine as the title character

Orson Welles with Rita Hayworth Strolling Along Boardwalk
(Original Caption) Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth found Miami Beach the best place to recuperate - he from jaundice and she from flu contracted in California

Orson Welles with Andrei A. Gromyko
(Original Caption) Orson Welles (right) shakes hands with Soviet ambassador to the U.S. Andrei A

Portrait of Orson Welles
(Original Caption) Orson Welles, of screen and radio fame, arrived in New York today during a current tour. On Monday evening, Jan

Orson Welles Rehearses For Radio Show
(Original Caption) 3/5/1945- Orson Welles, in sunglasses, rehearsing for his radio show "This Is My Best."

Scene from Tomorrow is Forever
(Original Caption) Movie still from the 1946 International Pictures release, "Tomorrow Is Forever, " directed by I. Pichel

Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth Posing at Airplane Doorway
Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth are shown here about to fly to Mexico to film on location for Lady From Shanghai

Rita Hayworth and Husband Orson Welles
(Original Caption) 10/15/1946-Los Angeles, CA: Their rumored disagreement apparently ended, Rita Hayworth

Orson Welles with Rita Hayworth
(Original Caption) Combining business and pleasure, actress Rita Hayworth and her husband, Orson Welles, board the Rita Hayworth Special at Burbank for a flight to Acapulco, Mexico

Rita Hayworth Birthday Celebration on Yacht
(Original Caption) 11/19/1946-Acapulco, Mexico: Wrapped in a blanket that conceals the lines of her low cut bathing suit, Rita Hayworth cuts her birthday cake during a small

Orson Welles In Hollywood
(Original Caption) 12/19/1947- Hollywood, CA: Orson Welles, the bright young man of filmland, shown on an eveing out as he entertaines starlets Corinne Calvay, left, from France and Marie Johnson

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