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Orson Welles Sketchbook - Episode 4: Houdini/John Barrymore/Voodoo Story/The People I Missed

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  • Опубликовано: 15 авг 2024
  • This is the fourth episode of "Orson Welles' Sketchbook" in which he discusses line-prompting in film and television as well as Harry Houdini and John Barrymore. Originally Aired: June 05, 1955.

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  • @123abcdef3
    @123abcdef3 3 года назад +25

    His voice was one in a hundred years kind of voice. It draws you in and compels you to believe everything it says. What a legend!

  • @richardsiciliano7117
    @richardsiciliano7117 10 месяцев назад +3

    This man could discuss any topic of the world, and I'd be enthralled.

  • @stardresser1
    @stardresser1 4 года назад +10

    That VOICE. Nothing like it. Thanks for this!!!

    • @sharrigarvin3348
      @sharrigarvin3348 2 года назад

      Cartoon Pinky and the Brain. The creator is a fan

  • @johnprovince5304
    @johnprovince5304 8 лет назад +79

    Orson was the greatest storyteller and raconteur ofthe 2oth century. He is a mesmerizing indiviual.

    • @wsjacksonjr
      @wsjacksonjr 5 лет назад +2

      My favorite Orson Welles blooper on youtube---> ruclips.net/video/1D6TczC0Cpg/видео.html

    • @spockboy
      @spockboy 2 года назад +4

      AND the 21st Century (so far at least)

  • @jamescatneyarbuckle5390
    @jamescatneyarbuckle5390 8 лет назад +44

    Welles was a true original. He's mesmerizing; I could listen to him for hours.

  • @scottnapier943
    @scottnapier943 4 года назад +43

    'Harry Houdini gave me my first magic lesson when i was a boy!'
    I'll just let that sink in a bit!! Lol
    What a Legend!

    • @tomservo5007
      @tomservo5007 Год назад +6

      Orson is a good storyteller and doesn't let the facts get in the way.

    • @joshmay2944
      @joshmay2944 Год назад +3

      @@tomservo5007 he probably is referring to the times he got to see Houdini perform on Vaudeville growing up, which I've heard him refer to several of Houdinis performances with plenty of factual detail in the past. He always spoke very highly of Houdini as a performer.

    • @jayhache5609
      @jayhache5609 Год назад +2

      @@tomservo5007 I believe you’re implying that Mr Welles is stretching the truth here, but if the houdinifile website is to be believed, "Houdini was indeed Orson Welles' first live teacher of magic”. They had two meetings, both at Chicago’s Princess Theater, the first in March of 1926.

  • @martinhanley9524
    @martinhanley9524 Год назад +3

    Class act ! They don't make actors like this anymore , never mind directors or geniuses - beautiful tribute to John Barrymore ! Great artists all of them .
    ❤️👍🕊

  • @theprisonerofzenda2862
    @theprisonerofzenda2862 2 года назад +3

    Great, Great, Great. Thank God I saw your movies.

  • @Brace67
    @Brace67 5 лет назад +11

    A remarkable and gifted story teller in his own right, Orson Wells knew a litany of famous people throughout his life and had numerous and fascinating stories to relate about many of them.

  • @N3V3RSAYD13
    @N3V3RSAYD13 5 лет назад +8

    theese episodes are some of the best things i have ever found on youtube.

  • @OysterPir8
    @OysterPir8 5 лет назад +5

    I swear, I could listen to him all day long.

    • @arricammarques1955
      @arricammarques1955 2 года назад

      Orson at St. Peter's gate. Orson: Luckily, I can sneak you in. He didn't give me the list! LOL

  • @voicegirl555
    @voicegirl555 4 года назад +3

    Happy Happy Birthday Orson! You were so very talented! You should have been born sooner so that you would come along in the 70s. You would have owned Hollywood.

  • @michaelknapp8961
    @michaelknapp8961 4 года назад +3

    Every time I listen to Orson Wells I learn something more about him. What an amazing life!!! You know in the late 20s he was in Germany and was asked if he wanted to go on a hike in the mountains. A young Adolf Hitler came along. He actually met Hitler. It’s amazing he knew Harry Houdini. He seemed to have met everyone back in the day.

  • @Claytone-Records
    @Claytone-Records 5 лет назад +8

    That was truly wonderful. RIP sweet prince.

  • @cinexeon
    @cinexeon 11 лет назад +8

    puts tears in my eyes and smile on my face at the same time....

  • @kennethbrady
    @kennethbrady 5 лет назад +5

    He is magical.

  • @KeithDec25
    @KeithDec25 10 лет назад +16

    Many, many thanks for this posting! I had an audio tape of his Houdini story (from an old Dick Cavett show?) Tape finally wore out Welles's ability to conjure up two great charlatans of the last century staring each other down: Rasputin and Houdini Masterful and magic storytelling...The HAMLET portion he spoke of Barrymore could be applied to Welles as well "... Good night sweet prince..."

  • @scottmckague7526
    @scottmckague7526 4 года назад +7

    He was amazing with a full amazing life . He did fight the system and did not always win . he’s right up those with Steinbeck and Hemingway talent wish

  • @ZacharyRTaylor
    @ZacharyRTaylor 11 лет назад +5

    Orson Welles talking about Houdini. I think that after seeing this video, I might die happy.

  • @niamhryan9677
    @niamhryan9677 4 года назад +4

    I love this amazing man

  • @mvies77
    @mvies77 3 года назад +1

    Simply wonderful. Thank you Mr Welles.

  • @13loomisst
    @13loomisst 10 лет назад +4

    Typically delightful. Thanks very much.

  • @jefolson6989
    @jefolson6989 4 года назад +1

    The most interesting man and the ideal talk- show guest in History. And the greatest radio actor of ALL TIME. (Mutiny on the Bounty-Cambell playhouse here on RUclips is a good example)

  • @MrHEC381991
    @MrHEC381991 10 лет назад +6

    to Houdinis credit, he'd have practiced every trick in the book by then lol Awesome Welles

  • @heavymetal4497
    @heavymetal4497 4 года назад +1

    This should be trending

  • @PlayIt4MeAgainSam
    @PlayIt4MeAgainSam 11 лет назад +5

    Brilliant upload. Many thanks for this.

  • @ronaldszudy8184
    @ronaldszudy8184 Год назад

    Magnificent.

  • @None-zc5vg
    @None-zc5vg Год назад +1

    Those clips could have been recorded yesterday: Welles holds your attention even when he's talking about something that you'd normally have no time for.

  • @wilmetteentwistle9242
    @wilmetteentwistle9242 2 года назад +2

    I wish they would make a biographical movie about Mr. Welles

    • @None-zc5vg
      @None-zc5vg Год назад

      It'd be hard to get an actor who could recreate Welles' charisma.

  • @HoudiniWild
    @HoudiniWild 11 лет назад +2

    Sensational. Thanks.

  • @dantan55
    @dantan55 11 лет назад +2

    Incredible

  • @iamasickman
    @iamasickman 4 года назад +5

    I'm just shocked that there was a time when you could have someone write something in the sky for only 75 bucks.

  • @meg2231
    @meg2231 10 месяцев назад +1

    isn't it weird how Orson Welles personality is almost modern

  • @irish66
    @irish66 5 лет назад +18

    Have you heard the Barrymore story, where for some reason, he decided to urinate in the women's toilet? A female walked in before he had completed the call of nature, and said "This is for ladies."
    Barrymore turned around with little Johnny or perhaps Little Big Johnny fully exposed and said "So Madam, is this."

    • @QuadMochaMatti
      @QuadMochaMatti 2 года назад

      He had a real potty mouth. Not a pretty mouth. Wonder if he ever dropped his pants and squealed like a pig?

  • @k.mcc.5878
    @k.mcc.5878 Год назад

    Omg. Amazing.

  • @elijahjohn401
    @elijahjohn401 3 года назад +2

    This is like a 50s podcast

  • @paulbacchus1015
    @paulbacchus1015 5 лет назад +1

    Exquisit, love it💝💝💝
    Paul Bacchus esq

  • @carlosandre1992
    @carlosandre1992 Год назад

    Orson Welles actor legendary 🎭
    Theatre 🎭
    🚬☕🥃
    Hollywood Classic 👁🎥
    John Barrymore actor legendary best 🎭
    Theatre 🎭
    🚬🥃☕

  • @Johnconno
    @Johnconno Год назад

    What a human can be if it isn't torn out of them.

  • @shaunf7433
    @shaunf7433 2 года назад +1

    He was a genius, and con man way before he made Citizen Kane.

  • @dante224real1
    @dante224real1 4 года назад

    HE STOLE MY WHEAT!!!!

  • @edoedo8686
    @edoedo8686 4 года назад

    Hahahahaha so funnny I never tire9 of this!!!!

  • @Setare.hezarshab
    @Setare.hezarshab 5 месяцев назад

    ❤❤❤

  • @vicmclaglen1631
    @vicmclaglen1631 Год назад +1

    I'd not really thought much of the difference in male vs female reaction to "magic" tricks, but he's certainly right. The man tends to think, "well that's interesting how'd you do it", while the woman tends to get irritated and say, "that's trash stop wasting my time".

  • @JSB1882
    @JSB1882 9 лет назад +1

    That was really sweet. I doubt very much that Welles knew Barrymore - but that was a great story.

    • @JSB1882
      @JSB1882 8 лет назад +1

      ***** I hope it's true. That's funny, but probably not because Flynn made up most of the book as a gag.

    • @mwilliamshs
      @mwilliamshs 5 лет назад +3

      They were definitely acquainted. Orson performed with John's older brother Lionel and they traveled together.

    • @Marckymarc71
      @Marckymarc71 3 года назад

      It's a known fact that Barrymore and Welles were friends. Quite a few great stories from both sides on their escapades in the theatre and Hollywood years together.

    • @mvies77
      @mvies77 3 года назад

      Welles knew everyone of any renown and non. If you knew the details of his life you could not have made that statement. He was a child prodigy and traveled as a child throughout the world with his father and then as his fathers caretaker due to his drinking. Just a tidbit of info about this brilliant, creative, intriguing, magnificent man.

  • @sleepingbanshee_
    @sleepingbanshee_ 5 лет назад +1

    LMAO THAT INTRO SPEECH HAHAHAHHA

  • @jogglethattoggle4232
    @jogglethattoggle4232 Год назад

    8:33 - For a second, a split second I thought the story REALLY went off the rails.

  • @robo-catproductions9422
    @robo-catproductions9422 4 года назад

    I was hoping for the story used in "Its All True".....

  • @paulcarter2907
    @paulcarter2907 Год назад

    ...Flights of angels singing thee to thy rest...familiar, recently..King Charles III eulogy to mother Queen Elizabeth II...

  • @istein8415
    @istein8415 2 года назад

    ♥️

  • @rosannavitale9922
    @rosannavitale9922 2 года назад

    Canto artis et Orson

  • @johnclark4593
    @johnclark4593 2 года назад

    Looks like Vincent D'Onofrio, sounds like Kelsey Grammer.

    • @None-zc5vg
      @None-zc5vg Год назад

      'D'Onofrio' is right! I'd always thought he looked somewhat Wellesian with that bulk.

  • @lauradohrtv
    @lauradohrtv Год назад +1

    Only great people recognize great others, Orson also was destroyed by less talented and addiction like Barrymore

  • @Billkwando
    @Billkwando 2 года назад

    Why is "Voodoo Story/The People I Missed" part of the title? Typo? It's just Houdini and Barrymore.

  • @raginald7mars408
    @raginald7mars408 Год назад +1

    Nietzsche called this
    Supeer Human
    Über Mensch
    Über Natürlich

  • @sclogse1
    @sclogse1 11 лет назад +1

    Rats...this freezes up after about 20 seconds...

  • @casedinlight
    @casedinlight 4 года назад

    He's a babe. I bet he was dull as a brick in relationships, but damn he's mesmerizing on RUclips.

    • @AnnaLVajda
      @AnnaLVajda 3 года назад

      He doesn't seem dull at all. He would likely be the diva of the relationship though you would have to just play opposite to him in public and let him shine if he wantex is my guess. He has quite a sense of humour too. I really like him he's so entertaining.

    • @AA-sn9lz
      @AA-sn9lz 3 года назад

      Why do you think he must be dull as a brick?

    • @casedinlight
      @casedinlight 3 года назад

      @@AA-sn9lz Maybe not, who really knows, but he seems way too analytical and proper to let loose and have fun. He did have three wives and a few "partners" as they say, so he must have done something right for a while with the women. Hell, I would have gone for him.

  • @OhYeah729
    @OhYeah729 2 года назад

    At what point does he speak on voodoo?

  • @SenorZorrozzz
    @SenorZorrozzz 3 года назад

    Why wasn’t Orson drafted in WWII?

    • @jf7393
      @jf7393 2 года назад

      My understanding was because he was a radio personality. He was actually conscripted in a way to do quite a bit of war correspondence and media reporting on the war effort and such. He talks about the war years quite a bit in several interviews you can watch on RUclips. I think the BBC interviews.

    • @joshmay2944
      @joshmay2944 Год назад

      I heard it was because he had flat feet and a bad back.

    • @Isaacbyrne1978
      @Isaacbyrne1978 Год назад

      Bad back, flat feet, and asthma.

  • @BezoRazo
    @BezoRazo 4 года назад

    Girls don't like magic? News to me!

  • @spactick
    @spactick 2 года назад +1

    Sounds like poor ol' Orson lived a boring, isolated life. I feel so sorry for him. Houdini, Hitler, FDR, Churchill, if he could have only
    come out of his introverted life and met interesting people he would have been so much more interesting to us. Oh well

  • @fenderstratADHD
    @fenderstratADHD 10 лет назад +1

    Orson is one of my favorite actors besides Liam Neeson and Denzel Washington who are successors to Orson Welles and I think are very much like Orson. Rest in Paradise Orson. :(

    • @fudgemccallister3178
      @fudgemccallister3178 9 лет назад +14

      JHProductions211 You bring offense to Orson's very name by comparing his acting capabilities to that of Liam Neeson and Denzel Washington, both of whom have solidified their careers primarily with action films. Maybe you should watch more cinema. I don't mean to be so sour, but I hold Orson Welles to a higher standard, if not a completely different standard of talent.

    • @ormocrelief4105
      @ormocrelief4105 9 лет назад +6

      JHProductions211
      One must respect another's opinion yet those two actors-whom I like as well, or any other for that matter- do not belong to Orson Welles single category where 70 years later, film schools still teach the creative use of lights and camera shown in Citizen Kane. Not only his acting, but his talent as a director, writer and story teller put him in the category of those giants who no longer exist.

    • @chriscooper3117
      @chriscooper3117 5 лет назад +2

      671JH
      That's like comparing two rubber bands on a shoebox to a hand-carved violin.

  • @ferabra8939
    @ferabra8939 6 лет назад +1

    Some of his mannerisms remind a lot of Jack Black...Or rather the other way round. When he goes into irony mode, or certain naughty boy faces.

  • @alilruthlessify
    @alilruthlessify Год назад

    This is awfully boring.

  • @mjm5081
    @mjm5081 3 года назад