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Harold Lloyd mode, demonstrates a remarkable lack of vertigo along with physical grace. Genuinely funny rather than derivative, the film as seen, complete with multiple takes, feels fresh and spirited up until the last section, when scenes meant to take place in Cuba (but shot near the Hudson, with a few rented palm trees) lose a bit of steam before the amusing final shots.
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was screened and performed for the very first time as a complete stage performance at the Film Forum in New York City, in association with George
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a youthful tribute not only to the spirited tradition of exuberant low comedy but also to the past of the medium he was about to enter. Welles was always enamored of the past, though more, he said, of the mythical past we prefer to revere in fantasy than the actual messy past that was, e.g., “Merrie
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Francis, looking ravishing, hams it up with evident delight at the start — yet the outdoor footage, much of it shot in the Meatpacking District and further south, is a delightful spin on slapstick chase conventions, and a dashing Joseph Cotten, in
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trial run, but discovered that the theater's ceiling was too low to allow for film projection. The show opened on August 16, 1938, without the filmed sequences. Most modern sources report that audience and critical reaction to the show was poor and caused Welles to abandon the production, but a
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offers breathlessly enjoyable viewing. Joseph Cotten makes a tremendous movie debut as the play's philandering lead, displaying unimagined guts and agility in a series of tumbles and leaps across
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drama reporter who became the
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Cowie, Peter. "The Cinema of Orson Welles." 1973, A.S. Barnes & Co.
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What Ever Happened to Orson Welles? A Portrait of an Independent Career
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It's All True: Based on an Unfinished Film by Orson Welles
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called the unedited footage "an unanticipated delight":
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Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
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Tender Comrades: A Backstory of the Hollywood Blacklist
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informing him that the studio owned the film rights to
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2446:Around the World with Orson Welles
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997:"Film Threat's Top 10 Lost Films"
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2708:(1945–1946)
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2676:(1942–1943)
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2660:(1938–1940)
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2387:Adaptations
2352:Black Magic
2320:(1980–1982)
2304:(1967–1970)
2293:The Heroine
2288:(1957–1969)
2285:Don Quixote
2245:(1976–1985)
2227:(1968–1971)
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2171:Magic Trick
2055:Mr. Arkadin
1980:Discography
1965:Filmography
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638:Mary Wickes
534:, composer
524:Mary Wickes
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433:and Duelist
409:Mary Wickes
301:Lois Wilson
245:comedy film
142:Paul Bowles
119:Paul Dunham
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2883:1938 films
2877:Categories
2627:The Shadow
2600:Rhinoceros
2552:Native Son
2430:Television
2095:F for Fake
1862:2014-04-07
1835:2013-11-01
1808:2013-11-01
1781:2013-11-01
1740:2014-08-21
1713:2014-08-21
1692:2013-11-01
1642:2013-08-08
1617:2013-08-08
1494:2015-08-15
1378:2016-10-16
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1202:2015-04-22
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1089:2016-10-16
1054:2014-08-21
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612:John Berry
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2071:The Trial
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299:starring
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