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Orson Welles' Sketch Book

 (1955)

Streaming Episode Guide

Season 1
7.9
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Season 1  
7.9
Postscript
Episode 7 - 5-07-1955
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Bullfighting
Episode 6 - 7-03-1955
15m
Welles tells the true story of Bonito the bull. Robert Flaherty's story was partially filmed in 1942 for Welles's unfinished film, It's All True.
 7.4/10
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Bullfighting
The War Of The Worlds
Episode 5 - 6-19-1955
15m
The famous 1938 Mercury Theatre broadcast mistaken by many listeners for a real Martian invasion, and the consequent skepticism during the presentation of Norman Corwin's Between Americans on December 7, 1941; and the opening night of the Mercury stage flop, Danton's Death.
 8.5/10
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The War Of The Worlds
Houdini/John Barrymore/Voodoo Story/The People I Missed
Episode 4 - 6-05-1955
15m
Prompts used by actors and others; remembering Harry Houdini; observations on gender differences in the appreciation of magic tricks; John Barrymore.
 7.7/10
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HoudiniJohn BarrymoreVoodoo StoryThe People I Missed
The Police
Episode 3 - 5-22-1955
15m
Welles relates the story of Isaac Woodard, a decorated black World War II veteran who was blinded in a brutal 1946 beating by South Carolina police.
 8.2/10
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The Police
Critics
Episode 2 - 5-08-1955
15m
Welles talks about a Boston performance of Five Kings, the consequences of Percy Hammond's negative review of the Voodoo Macbeth, and a curse placed on the film It's All True.
 7.8/10
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Critics
The Early Days
Episode 1 - 4-24-1955
15m
Welles discusses a timely earthquake, first-night audiences at the Gate Theatre in Dublin, and how he came to be an actor.
 7.9/10
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Haven't Seen
The Early Days
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The War Of The Worlds
Episode 5 - 6-19-1955
15m
The famous 1938 Mercury Theatre broadcast mistaken by many listeners for a real Martian invasion, and the consequent skepticism during the presentation of Norman Corwin's Between Americans on December 7, 1941; and the opening night of the Mercury stage flop, Danton's Death.
 8.5/10
Set Title Status
Haven't Seen
The War Of The Worlds
The Police
Episode 3 - 5-22-1955
15m
Welles relates the story of Isaac Woodard, a decorated black World War II veteran who was blinded in a brutal 1946 beating by South Carolina police.
 8.2/10
Set Title Status
Haven't Seen
The Police
The Early Days
Episode 1 - 4-24-1955
15m
Welles discusses a timely earthquake, first-night audiences at the Gate Theatre in Dublin, and how he came to be an actor.
 7.9/10
Set Title Status
Haven't Seen
The Early Days
Critics
Episode 2 - 5-08-1955
15m
Welles talks about a Boston performance of Five Kings, the consequences of Percy Hammond's negative review of the Voodoo Macbeth, and a curse placed on the film It's All True.
 7.8/10
Set Title Status
Haven't Seen
Critics
Houdini/John Barrymore/Voodoo Story/The People I Missed
Episode 4 - 6-05-1955
15m
Prompts used by actors and others; remembering Harry Houdini; observations on gender differences in the appreciation of magic tricks; John Barrymore.
 7.7/10
Set Title Status
Haven't Seen
HoudiniJohn BarrymoreVoodoo StoryThe People I Missed
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