William Alland
Yapım · 1916 – 1997 · Delmar, Delaware, USA
William Alland was an American actor, film producer and writer, mainly of Western and science-fiction/monster films, including This Island Earth, It Came From Outer Space, Tarantula!, The Deadly Mantis, The Mole People, The Colossus of New York, The Space Children, and the three Creature from the Black Lagoon films.
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Film8.0GizemDramZengin medya patronu Charles Foster Kane kendi özel şatosu Xanadu'da ölür. Ölürken son söz olan Rosabud'u fısıldar. Bütün gazetelerde Kane ile ilgili değişik hayat hikayeleri yayınlanır. Genç bir gazeteci Kane'nin son sözünün ne anlama geldiğini araştırmak için görevlendirilir. Gazeteci Kane'nin yakınlarıyla iletişime geçer. Biz de Kane'nin geçmişine tanık oluruz. Bu bireysel hikaye aynı zamanda mükemmelliyetçiliğin ve otoriter yönetimin hazin sonuçlarını da göstermektedir.
Film7.3GizemSuçDenizci Michael O’Hara, avukat Grisby ve Şangay’dan yeni dönmüş partneri Bannister’ın tekne yolculuğunda çalışmayı kabul eder; asıl sebep Bannister’ın eşi Elsa’ya duyduğu ilgidir. Grisby ona ‘reddedemeyeceği bir teklif’ yapar: onu öldürmüş gibi yapması karşılığında, Michael’e 5000 dolar ödeyecektir.
Film6.5BelgeselThe extraordinary life of Orson Welles (1915-85), an enigma of Hollywood, an irreducible independent creator: a musical prodigy, an excellent painter, a master of theater and radio, a modern Shakespeare, a magician who was always searching for a new trick to surprise his audience, a romantic and legendary figure who lived only for cinema.
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014 · 37 votes
Film7.3DramShakespeare’in belki de en unutulmaz eserinin yine en unutulmaz sinema uyarlaması Orson Welles'e ait. 1948 yapımı film döneminin sinemasal anlatım ve mekan seçimleri açısından da öncü yapımlarından biri. Macbeth'in vicdan azabıyla dolu ömrü, karısının ve bir grup cadının kışkırtmasıyla inşa olacak ve yıkılacaktır. İktidar hırsının insan ruhunun en karanlık yönlerini nasıl ortaya çıkardığını Shakespeare'den daha iyi kim anlatabilir?
Macbeth
1948 · 188 votes
Film7.4BelgeselOrson Welles sanat, sinema dünyası ve gerçek hayatla ilgili izlenimlerine resmi geçit yaptırıyor...
Film6.0KomediRomantikJanie is a telephone operator who is caught up in the lines of love of three men: car salesman Tom, Chicago millionaire Dick and auto mechanic Harry. But Janie just can't seem to make up her mind between them. While fantasizing about her futures with each of the men, Janie spends her time desperately trying to juggle between them until she can make a decision.
Tom, Dick and Harry
1941 · 21 votes
Film6.2DramMaceraA private detective foils the plans of villains attempting to take over Panamanian oil fields while he searches for a valuable map hidden in plain sight.
Riff-Raff
1947 · 24 votes
Film6.3SuçGizemWhile an escaped convict, Moose Malloy, goes in search of his ex-girlfriend Velma, police inspector Michael O'Hara attempts to track him assuming him to be a prime suspect for a number of mishaps.
The Falcon Takes Over
1942 · 31 votes
Film7.4BelgeselTV MovieDocumentary about the battle between Orson Welles and William Randolph Hearst over Welles' Citizen Kane (1941). Features interviews with Welles' and Hearst's co-workers also acts as a relatively complete biograph of Hearst's career.
The Battle Over Citizen Kane
1996 · 29 votes
FilmBelgeselTV MovieDocumentary looking at Orson Welles and the production of the film CITIZEN KANE fifty years ago, considering the furore that accompanied it and the real life press baron William Randolph Hearst upon whom Kane is based, and his efforts to halt the film, destroy the negative and persecution of people involved with its production and showing. It includes BBC interviews with Welles made in 1960 and 1982, and film historian Robert Carringer looks at the scenes that never made it to the screen. American film critic Pauline Kael also analyses the film's enduring appeal. Extracts from "The RKO Story" (producer: Rosemary Wilton) and "Yesterday's Whitness" (producers: Christopher Cook and Stephen Peet).
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In 1939, Orson Welles staged a version of the play "The Green Goddess" in New York, which was preceded by a short film prelude. This was two years before the release of his debut feature film, "Citizen Kane". The footage is now believed lost.