Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 86. Chapters: Ceiling Unlimited, Charles Foster Kane, Follow the Boys, Frozen Peas, Hello Americans, Journey into Fear (1943 film), King Lear (1953 TV drama), Les Miserables (radio), Mercury Theatre, Orson's Shadow, Orson Welles' Great Mysteries, Orson Welles (crater), Orson Welles Cinema, Orson Welles discography, Orson Welles radiography, Orson Welles Show (radio), Paola Mori, Swiss Family Robinson (1940 film), The Adventures of Harry Lime, The Campbell Playhouse, The Fall of the City, The Hitch-Hiker (radio play), The Mercury Theatre on the Air, The Shadow, The Third Man, The War of the Worlds (radio drama), This Is My Best, Treasure Island (1972 film), We Hold These Truths, We Work Again. Excerpt: George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 - October 10, 1985) was an American actor, director, writer and producer who worked extensively in theater, radio and film. He is best remembered for his innovative work in all three media, most notably Caesar (1937), a groundbreaking Broadway adaption of Julius Caesar and the debut of the Mercury Theatre; The War of the Worlds (1938), one of the most famous broadcasts in the history of radio; and Citizen Kane (1941), which is consistently ranked as one of the all-time greatest films. After directing a number of high-profile theatrical productions in his early twenties, including an innovative adaptation of Macbeth and The Cradle Will Rock, Welles found national and international fame as the director and narrator of a 1938 radio adaptation of H. G. Wells' novel The War of the Worlds performed for the radio drama anthology series Mercury Theatre on the Air. It was reported to have caused widespread panic when listeners thought that an invasion by extraterrestrial beings was occurring. Although these reports of panic were mostly false and overstated, they rocketed Welles to instant notoriety. His...