Orson Welles Commentaries
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Orson Welles (October 29, 1945)
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| Genre | Social commentary, political commentary, reminiscences and readings |
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| Running time | 15 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| Home station | ABC |
| Host(s) | Orson Welles |
| Writer(s) | Orson Welles |
| Director(s) | Orson Welles |
| Producer(s) | Orson Welles |
| Air dates | September 16, 1945 to October 6, 1946 |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 56 |
Orson Welles Commentaries (1945–46) is an ABC radio series produced and directed by Orson Welles. Featuring commentary by Welles, with reminiscences and readings from literature, the 15-minute weekly program aired Sunday afternoons at 1:15 p.m. ET beginning September 16, 1945. Lear Radio sponsored the program through the end of June 1946 when it failed to find a larger audience. The series was continued by ABC as a sustaining show through October 6, 1946. Orson Welles Commentaries was the last of Welles's own radio shows.
Episodes
| # | Date | Program |
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| 1 | September 16, 1945 | Visit of matador Fernando López[1]:366 Cast: Orson Welles[2]:141[3] |
| 2 | September 23, 1945 | Orson Welles tells The Story of Bonito, the Bull by Robert J. Flaherty, the only part of the unfinished omnibus film It's All True he ever presented to an audience[2]:141[3][4] Welles later told the story of Bonito in the final episode of his 1955 BBC-TV series, Orson Welles' Sketch Book[5]:418 |
| 3 | September 30, 1945 | Cast: Orson Welles[2]:141[3] |
| 4 | October 7, 1945 | Cast: Orson Welles[2]:141[3] |
| 5 | October 14, 1945 | Cast: Orson Welles[2]:141[3] |
| 6 | October 21, 1945 | Cast: Orson Welles[2]:141[3] |
| 7 | October 28, 1945 | Cast: Orson Welles[2]:141[3] |
| 8 | November 4, 1945 | The ousting of Brazilian president Getúlio Vargas[1]:366 Cast: Orson Welles[2]:141[3] |
| 9 | November 11, 1945 | Jazz jam session[1]:366 Cast: Orson Welles[2]:141[3] |
| 10 | November 18, 1945 | Cast: Orson Welles[2]:141[3] |
| 11 | November 25, 1945 | Cast: Orson Welles[2]:141[3] |
| 12 | December 2, 1945 | Cast: Orson Welles[2]:141[3] |
| 13 | December 9, 1945 | Broadcast from the U. S. Naval Training and Distribution Center, Treasure Island, San Francisco, California, via KGO Featuring Commodore Robert W. Cary, USN, commander of the center The three theatre complexes are named to honor three World War II heroes killed in action: John Basilone (Theatre Three), Edward O'Hare (Theatre Two) and Doris Miller (Theatre One), the first African American to be awarded the Navy Cross Includes a conversation on race prejudice with Miller's father, Connery Miller, via WACO in Waco, Texas[2]:142[3][4][6][7][8] |
| 14 | December 16, 1945 | Cast: Orson Welles[2]:142[3] |
| 15 | December 23, 1945 | Cast: Orson Welles[2]:142[3] |
| 16 | December 30, 1945 | Cast: Orson Welles[9] |
| 17 | January 6, 1946 | Cast: Orson Welles[2]:142[3] |
| 18 | January 13, 1946 | Cast: Orson Welles[2]:142[3] |
| 19 | January 20, 1946 | Cast: Orson Welles[2]:142[3] |
| 20 | January 27, 1946 | Cast: Orson Welles[2]:142[3] |
| 21 | February 3, 1946 | Cast: Orson Welles[2]:142[3] |
| 22 | February 10, 1946 | Cast: Orson Welles[2]:142[3] |
| 23 | February 17, 1946 | Cast: Orson Welles[2]:142[3] |
| 24 | February 24, 1946 | Cast: Orson Welles[2]:142[3] |
| 25 | March 3, 1946 | Cast: Orson Welles[2]:142[3] |
| 26 | March 10, 1946 | Cast: Orson Welles[2]:142[3] |
| 27 | March 17, 1946 | Cast: Orson Welles[2]:142[3] |
| 28 | March 24, 1946 | Cast: Orson Welles[2]:142[3] |
| 29 | March 31, 1946 | Cast: Orson Welles[9] |
| 30 | April 7, 1946 | Cast: Orson Welles[9] |
| 31 | April 14, 1946 | Cast: Orson Welles[9] |
| 32 | April 21, 1946 | Cast: Orson Welles[9] |
| 33 | April 28, 1946 | Cast: Orson Welles[2]:143[3] |
| 34 | May 5, 1946 | Cast: Orson Welles[2]:143[3] |
| 35 | May 12, 1946 | Cast: George Hays, replacing Orson Welles (ill)[2]:143[3] |
| 36 | May 19, 1946 | Cast: Orson Welles[2]:143[3] |
| 37 | May 26, 1946 | Cast: Orson Welles[2]:143[3] |
| 38 | June 2, 1946 | Cast: Orson Welles[2]:143[3] |
| 39 | June 9, 1946 | Cast: Orson Welles[2]:143[3] |
| 40 | June 16, 1946 | Cast: Orson Welles[2]:143[3] |
| 41 | June 23, 1946 | Orson Welles calls for protest on the end of the Office of Price Administration[2]:143[4][10][11] |
| 42 | June 30, 1946 | Orson Welles protests the end of OPA price controls and the imminent atomic test at Bikini Atoll — with his wife Rita Hayworth's image on the A-bomb, nicknamed "Gilda"[10][12] Cast: Orson Welles[5]:397[13] |
| 43 | July 7, 1946 | Lear Radios does not renew its sponsorship option due to low audience numbers but ABC continues the program Orson Welles's pay is cut from $1,700 to $50 per show[2]:144[3] |
| 44 | July 14, 1946 | Cast: Orson Welles[2]:144[3] |
| 45 | July 21, 1946 | Compromise on OPA rent and price controls Unrest in Bolivia Cast: Don Hollenbeck, substituting for Orson Welles (ill)[2]:144[3][4][14] |
| 46 | July 28, 1946 | Orson Welles reads an affidavit sent to him by the NAACP signed by Isaac Woodard, a black veteran who was beaten and blinded by South Carolina police hours after he had been honorably discharged from the U.S. Army Welles promises to root out the officer responsible and makes the case a major focus of his weekly show[4][10][15]:329–331[16] "Welles took up the cause, having always been outspoken on issues of racism and turned the event into a scathing attack on postwar racism and ingratitude" (Bret Wood)[2]:144 |
| 47 | August 4, 1946 | Second program related to the Isaac Woodard case[2]:145[10][15]:329–331 Welles remarks on world peace negotiations and Congress[5]:398 |
| 48 | August 11, 1946 | Third program related to the Isaac Woodard case[2]:145[10][15]:329–331[17] Welles reads from his July 1944 editorial, "Race Hate Must Be Outlawed"[5]:398 |
| 49 | August 18, 1946 | Fourth program related to the Isaac Woodard case[2]:145[10][15]:329–331 [18]Welles reads and responds to a letter from a white supremicist, and reads from his December 1943 editorial, "The Unknown Soldier"[5]:399 |
| 50 | August 25, 1946 | Fifth and last program related to the Isaac Woodard case[2]:145[10] "The NAACP felt that these broadcasts did more than anything else to prompt the Justice Department to act on the case" (Museum of Broadcasting)[19]:66 |
| 51 | September 1, 1946 | Cast: Orson Welles[2]:146[3] Welles is told in September that ABC is unable to continue his sustained program after the October 6 show[15]:331 |
| 52 | September 8, 1946 | Cast: Orson Welles[2]:146[3] |
| 53 | September 15, 1946 | Cast: Orson Welles[2]:146[3] |
| 54 | September 22, 1946 | Cast: Orson Welles[2]:146[3] |
| 55 | September 29, 1946 | Cast: Orson Welles[2]:146[3] |
| 56 | October 6, 1946 | Last show of the series[2]:146[3] "This is the last of OW's own radio shows" (Jonathan Rosenbaum)[5]:401 |
References
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