What Ever Happened to Orson Welles?: A Portrait of an Independent Career

By Joseph McBride

Book Overview

At the age of twenty-five, Orson Welles (1915-1985) directed, co-wrote, and starred in Citizen Kane, widely regarded as the greatest film ever made. But Welles was such a revolutionary filmmaker that he found himself at odds with the Hollywood studio system. His work was so far ahead of its time that he never regained the wide popular following he had once enjoyed as a young actor-director on the radio. What Ever Happened to Orson Welles?: A Portrait of an Independent Career challenges the conve

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813124107
• ISBN13: 9780813124100
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher