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> <channel><title>Alt Film Guide &#187; Orson Welles</title> <atom:link href="http://www.altfg.com/blog/tag/orson-welles/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog</link> <description>The Oscars, film awards, new releases, Los Angeles screenings, movie classics, gay movies, film festivals, box office, foreign and independent films</description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:29:41 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <item><title>Joan Fontaine on TCM: JANE EYRE, SUSPICION, THE CONSTANT NYMPH</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/joan-fontaine-jane-eyre-suspicion-the-constant-nymph/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/joan-fontaine-jane-eyre-suspicion-the-constant-nymph/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 01:04:55 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36992</guid> <description><![CDATA[Joan Fontaine in Alfred Hitchcock's Suspicion Joan Fontaine, who turned 94 last October 22, shines on Turner Classic Movies' tonight. TCM will be showing five Fontaine movies: Jane Eyre (1944), The Constant Nymph (1943), Born to Be Bad (1950), Suspicion (1941), and Ivanhoe (1952). I've yet to check out The Constant Nymph, which had been unavailable for decades until TCM presented it a few months [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/joan-fontaine-jane-eyre-suspicion-the-constant-nymph/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Orson Welles CITIZEN KANE Oscar Auction: Statuette Has Long, Convoluted History</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/orson-welles-oscar-auction-citizen-kane/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/orson-welles-oscar-auction-citizen-kane/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:15:25 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36190</guid> <description><![CDATA[Orson Welles, Citizen Kane Elizabeth Taylor's jewels have just fetched a record-setting $115 million. Chances are Orson Welles' Oscar for his 1941 classic Citizen Kane won't be sold for even one hundredth of that amount next December 20. Still, Welles' golden statuette is bound to its anonymous seller much more than the $1 price tag stipulated by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/orson-welles-oscar-auction-citizen-kane/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AFI Life Achievement Award Winners: From John Ford to Shirley MacLaine</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/afi-life-achievement-award-winners/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/afi-life-achievement-award-winners/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 03:00:13 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25312</guid> <description><![CDATA[Orson Welles in Welles' own Citizen Kane (top); Gregory Peck, Brock Peters in Robert Mulligan's To Kill a Mockingbird (middle); Barbra Streisand in William Wyler's Funny Girl (bottom) This list of AFI Life Achievement Award winners was culled from Wikipedia. The number on the right represents the honorees' age at the time of the award. Shirley MacLaine will be 78 next June 7. 1973 John [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/afi-life-achievement-award-winners/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Orson Welles Movie Schedule: CITIZEN KANE, MR. ARKADIN, THE IMMORTAL STORY</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/orson-welles-movie-citizen-kane-mr-arkadin/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/orson-welles-movie-citizen-kane-mr-arkadin/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 21:18:07 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27546</guid> <description><![CDATA[Orson Welles, Ruth Warrick, Citizen Kane Orson Welles on TCM: THE THIRD MAN, THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI Schedule (ET) and synopses from the TCM website: 6:00 AM THE TARTARS (1961) A barbarian army attacks Viking settlements along the Russian steppes. Dir: Richard Thorpe. Cast: Victor Mature, Orson Welles, Folco Lulli. C-83 mins, Letterbox Format 7:30 AM TOMORROW IS FOREVER (1946) A scarred veteran presumed dead [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/orson-welles-movie-citizen-kane-mr-arkadin/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Orson Welles on TCM: THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI, THE THIRD MAN, TOUCH OF EVIL</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/orson-welles-the-lady-from-shanghai-the-third-man/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/orson-welles-the-lady-from-shanghai-the-third-man/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 21:15:47 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27545</guid> <description><![CDATA[Orson Welles, Rita Hayworth, The Lady from Shanghai Orson Welles' career as an actor was both fruitful and frustrating. From Citizen Kane (1941) to Someone to Love (1987), Welles appeared &#8212; mostly in supporting roles &#8212; in about 70 features made in various parts of the world. There was one brilliant performance in one brilliant film, Charles Foster Kane in Citizen Kane, but the rest [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/orson-welles-the-lady-from-shanghai-the-third-man/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE FALLEN IDOL Review Pt.2 &#8211; Ralph Richardson, Michèle Morgan</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/reviews/the-fallen-idol-ralph-richardson-michele-morgan/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/reviews/the-fallen-idol-ralph-richardson-michele-morgan/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 05:42:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Schneider</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=16310</guid> <description><![CDATA[Ralph Richardson in Carol Reed's The Fallen Idol THE FALLEN IDOL Review: Part I Things are cleared up before the end, after a number of plot contrivances &#8212; not the least of which is the mediocre depiction of a police investigation. Compounding matters, The Fallen Idol offers subpar acting (Bobby Henrey and Michèle Morgan phone in their performances), stereotyped characters (e.g., the cops and a [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/reviews/the-fallen-idol-ralph-richardson-michele-morgan/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE FALLEN IDOL Review d: Carol Reed</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/the-fallen-idol-carol-reed-ralph-richardson/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/the-fallen-idol-carol-reed-ralph-richardson/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 05:41:29 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Schneider</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/the-fallen-idol-carol-reed-ralph-richardson/</guid> <description><![CDATA[THE FALLEN IDOL (1948) Direction: Carol Reed Cast: Ralph Richardson, Bobby Henrey, Michèle Morgan, Sonia Dresdel, Denis O'Dea, Jack Hawkins, Walter Fitzgerald Screenplay: Graham Greene, from his short story &#34;The Basement Room&#34;; additional dialogue by Lesley Storm and William Templeton Oscar Movies Michèle Morgan, Ralph Richardson, The Fallen Idol By Dan Schneider of Cosmoetica: The 1948 drama The Fallen Idol is the third film I've [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/the-fallen-idol-carol-reed-ralph-richardson/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>CITIZEN KANE, Joan Crawford, Jeanne Crain, John Wayne on TCM</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/citizen-kane-joan-crawford-jeanne-crain-john-wayne-tcm/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/citizen-kane-joan-crawford-jeanne-crain-john-wayne-tcm/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 00:34:35 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25622</guid> <description><![CDATA[Claire Trevor, John Wayne in John Ford's Stagecoach (top); Joan Crawford in Michael Curtiz's Mildred Pierce (middle); Orson Welles in his own Citizen Kane Turner Classic Movies will show a rerun of Moguls &#38; Movie Stars, A History of Hollywood: Warriors &#38; Peace Makers this evening at 7 p.m. This segment of the seven-part Moguls &#38; Movie Stars documentary focuses on Hollywood before, during, and [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/citizen-kane-joan-crawford-jeanne-crain-john-wayne-tcm/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Norman Lloyd (Hitchcock&#039;s SABOTEUR, Chaplin&#039;s LIMELIGHT) Evening in Hollywood</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/norman-lloyd-film-actor-hollywood/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/norman-lloyd-film-actor-hollywood/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 21:42:19 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=24039</guid> <description><![CDATA[Actor Norman Lloyd, 95, will discuss his lengthy film and stage career on Wednesday, May 12, at 7:30 p.m. at the Hollywood Heritage Museum in the Lasky-DeMille Barn across from the Hollywood Bowl. The evening will include a screening of Matthew Sussman's documentary Who Is Norman Lloyd?. Lloyd, seen above with Priscilla Lane in Alfred Hitchcock's 1942 thriller Saboteur (in which Lloyd had the title [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/norman-lloyd-film-actor-hollywood/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>CITIZEN KANE Screenings in the UK</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/citizen-kane-screenings-in-the-uk/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/citizen-kane-screenings-in-the-uk/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:28:07 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Joan Lister</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=17741</guid> <description><![CDATA[Orson Welles' 1941 masterpiece Citizen Kane, winner of the best original screenplay Academy Award, will hit UK theaters on Nov. 30. In addition to London's bfi Southbank, Citizen Kane will also be screened in Newcastle, Edinburgh, and Glasgow. Written by Welles and Herman J. Mankiewicz, Citizen Kane stars Welles as a newspaper magnate based on William Randolph Hearst. Also in the cast: Joseph Cotten, Dorothy [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/citizen-kane-screenings-in-the-uk/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Linwood Dunn: Celebrating a Visual Effects Pioneer &#8211; CITIZEN KANE Screening</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/linwood-dunn-celebrating-a-visual-effects-pioneer/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/linwood-dunn-celebrating-a-visual-effects-pioneer/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:51:53 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=16909</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#34;Linwood Dunn: Celebrating a Visual Effects Pioneer,&#34; will explore the work of special effects artist Linwood Dunn (above, lower photo), including the techniques he used in creating optical effects for Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane, on Friday, October 9, at 8 p.m. at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' appropriately named Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. A newly struck print of Citizen Kane from [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/linwood-dunn-celebrating-a-visual-effects-pioneer/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Outfest 2009: PRODIGAL SONS</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay/outfest-2009-prodigal-sons/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay/outfest-2009-prodigal-sons/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:40:57 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=14169</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#34;I started out making a film about my adopted brother’s journey to discover his new lineage. It was undeniably a great story, a real-life fairy tale. I also felt guilty that life had been easy for me but not for Marc. I imagined that by celebrating his amazing tale I could ease his pain, and maybe heal our relationship. I thought I’d be making a [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay/outfest-2009-prodigal-sons/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Great Directors Series on Turner Classic Movies</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/great-directors-tcm/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/great-directors-tcm/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 01:00:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=10503</guid> <description><![CDATA[Jeanne Moreau, Henri Serre, Oskar Werner in François Truffaut's Jules et Jim In June, Turner Classic Movies' month-long series &#34;Great Directors&#34; will be celebrating the efforts of 52 films directors, from past and present, from Hollywood and overseas (though, as to be expected, mostly Hollywood). Among TCM's &#34;greats&#34; are, inevitably, Alfred Hitchcock, Orson Welles, Billy Wilder, Steven Spielberg, and John Ford, but also Jacques Tourneur, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/great-directors-tcm/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>MY KID COULD PAINT THAT Review Part II</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/documentary/my-kid-could-paint-that-review-ii/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/documentary/my-kid-could-paint-that-review-ii/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2009 00:58:52 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Schneider</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=10027</guid> <description><![CDATA[MY KID COULD PAINT THAT Review &#8211; Part I [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8-9q9Okkn8[/youtube] The My Kid Could Paint That DVD's best (or worst) feature is a brief set of queries directed at the New York Times’ Kimmelman (above). His answers and disingenuity make for an enjoyable bit of borderline hilarity as the man shows an utter ineptness in responding to even the most basic and straightforward queries on [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/documentary/my-kid-could-paint-that-review-ii/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films &#8211; 1941</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1941/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1941/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 18:57:55 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=4332</guid> <description><![CDATA[Orson Welles in Citizen Kane FILM Cheers for Miss Bishop d: Tay Garnett; scr: Sheridan Gibney, Adelaide Heilbron Citizen Kane d: Orson Welles; scr: Herman J. Mankiewicz, Orson Welles The Devil and Miss Jones d: Sam Wood; scr: Norman Krasna Dumbo d: Ben Sharpsteen; scr: Joe Grant, Dick Huemer and others The Great Lie d: Edmund Goulding; scr: Lenore J. Coffee Here Comes Mr. Jordan [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1941/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Orson Welles&#039; CITIZEN KANE Oscar for Sale</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/orson-welles-citizen-kane-oscar-for-sale/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/orson-welles-citizen-kane-oscar-for-sale/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 22:28:25 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/orson-welles-citizen-kane-oscar-for-sale/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Orson Welles' screenwriting Oscar for Citizen Kane, considered by some the greatest story ever told on film, is set to be auctioned by its current owner, the Los Angeles-based charity Dax Foundation, next December. Produced and directed by Welles, the 1941 classic also received nominations for best picture and best director, but lost in both instances to John Ford's How Green Was My Valley. Welles [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/orson-welles-citizen-kane-oscar-for-sale/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Ruth Warrick Dies: From CITIZEN KANE to SONG OF THE SOUTH, ALL MY CHILDREN</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/ruth-warrick/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/ruth-warrick/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 16 Jan 2005 02:06:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/ruth-warrick/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Orson Welles, Ruth Warrick, Citizen Kane Ruth Warrick, who delivered a highly capable performance in a brief role as Charles Foster Kane's wife in Orson Welles' 1941 classic Citizen Kane, died today of complications from pneumonia. She was 89. Also in 1941, Warrick was Douglas Fairbanks Jr's leading lady in the period adventure The Corsican Brothers. But despite its auspicious beginnings, her film career didn't [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/ruth-warrick/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
