- Orson Welles' Sketch Book
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Around the World with Orson Welles Directed by Orson Welles Produced by Huw Wheldon Written by Orson Welles Starring Orson Welles Distributed by BBC Release date(s) 1955 (UK release) Running time 90 min (6 episodes, 15 min each) Country United Kingdom Language English Orson Welles' Sketch Book is a series of six short (15 min) television episodes that was written, directed and starring Orson Welles for the BBC in 1955. Orson Welles' spent each episode sitting down in a nice suit staring at the camera telling a little story from his life.
The episodes titles are:
- The Early Days
- Critics
- The Police
- Houdini/John Barrymore/Voodoo Story/The People I Missed
- The War of the Worlds
- Bullfighting
See also
- Around the World with Orson Welles, another 6 episode series by Orson Welles for British television that aired a few months after this one.
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Works directed by Orson Welles Filmography · Awards and nominations1940s Citizen Kane (1941) · The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) · The Stranger (1946) · The Lady from Shanghai (1947) · Macbeth (1948)1950s 1960s 1970s Shorts The Hearts of Age (1934) · Too Much Johnson (lost film) (1938) · The Miracle of St. Anne (lost film) (1950) · The Spirit of Charles Lindbergh (1984)Unfinished It's All True (1942) · Don Quixote (1956~69) · Vienna (1968) · The Merchant of Venice (1969) · The Deep (1967~70) · One Man Band, aka London (1968~71) · Moby Dick (1971) · The Other Side of the Wind (1969~76) · Filming 'The Trial' (1981) · The Dreamers (1980~2) · Orson Welles' Magic Show (1976~85)Television Orson Welles' Sketch Book (1955) · Around the World with Orson Welles (1955) · Orson Welles and People (lost) (1956) · The Fountain of Youth (1958) · Portrait of Gina (1958) · In the Land of Don Quixote (1964) · The Orson Welles Show (1979)Theatre Voodoo Macbeth (1936) · Horse Eats Hat (1936) · The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus (1937) · The Cradle Will Rock (musical) (1937~8) · Caesar (1937~8) · Heartbreak House (1938) · The Shoemaker's Holiday (1938) · Too Much Johnson (1938) · Danton's Death (1938) · Five Kings (Part One) (1939) · Native Son (1941) · The Mercury Wonder Show (1943) · Around the World (musical) (1946) · The Blessed and the Damned (1950) · Othello (1951) · The Lady in the Ice (ballet) (1953) · Moby Dick Rehearsed (1955) · King Lear (1956) · Five Kings (1960) · Rhinoceros (1960)Radio The Shadow (1937~8) · Les Misérables (1937) · The Mercury Theatre on the Air (including The War of the Worlds) (1937~8) · The Campbell Playhouse (1938~40) · Orson Welles Show (1941~2) · Hello Americans (1942~3) · Ceiling Unlimited (1942~3) · Orson Welles Almanac (1944) · This Is My Best (1945) · Orson Welles Theatre (1945) · Orson Welles Commentaries (1945) · The Mercury Summer Theatre (1946) · The Adventures of Harry Lime (1951~2)Categories:- English-language films
- 1955 in British television
- 1955 television series debuts
- 1955 television series endings
- Orson Welles
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