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"The War of the Worlds" was a Halloween episode of the radio series The Mercury Theatre on the Air directed and narrated by Orson Welles as an adaptation of H. G. Wells's novel The War of the Worlds (1898) that was performed and broadcast live at 8 pm ET on October 30, 1938, over the CBS Radio Network.
May 6, 2015 · Orson Welles (arms raised) rehearses his radio depiction of H.G. Wells' classic, The War of the Worlds. The broadcast, which aired on October 30, 1938, and claimed that aliens from Mars had...
Dec 16, 2010 · Orson Welles - War Of The Worlds - Radio Broadcast 1938 - Complete Broadcast.The War of the Worlds was an episode of the American radio drama anthology serie...
On 30 October 85 years ago, the population of the US was – according to Orson Welles – overwhelmed by mass panic, terrified by the all-too-real broadcast of his alien-invasion drama The...
Oct 29, 2009 · “The War of the Worlds”—Orson Welles's hyper‑realistic radio dramatization of a Martian invasion of Earth—is broadcast on the radio, causing panic among some.
Oct 9, 2013 · Wellesnet is dedicated to the memory of Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985). Best known for his stage productions of Voodoo Macbeth, Cradle Will Rock and Caesar; the radio play The War of the Worlds; and the films Citizen Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons, Touch of Evil, Chimes at Midnight and The Other Side of the Wind.
Sep 15, 2020 · An exciting new adaptation of H.G.Wells' 1898 classic science fiction novel, War of the Worlds, is coming to CBC Television and CBC Gem this October.
Oct 27, 2016 · Orson Welles' 30 October 1938 radio adaptation of "The War of the Worlds" caused mass hysteria, convincing thousands of panicked listeners across North America that Earth was being attacked...
Oct 30, 2013 · On the night of October 30, 1938, a live broadcast of an Orson Welles radio drama “The War of the Worlds,” rattled Americans who thought Martians were attacking the planet.
Mercury Theatre on the air original broadcast of H.G. Wells War of the Worlds presented with the majesty that only Orson Welles and the Mercury Theatre on th...
