Object Details
- Artist
- Gus Anton, active c. 1948
- Printer
- Henon
- Sitter
- Orson Welles, 6 May 1915 - 10 Oct 1985
- Exhibition Label
- Born Kenosha, Wisconsin
- Actor, screenplay writer, and director Orson Welles was infamous for delivering a simulated radio newscast in The War of the Worlds (1938), briefly convincing many listeners of an impending alien invasion. His career thrived until the 1947 House Un-American Activities hearings, after which Hollywood blacklisted Welles for his ostensible ties to Communism. This poster features him in the 1948 film version of Macbeth, shortly before his twenty-year self-exile to Europe.
- Welles acted in almost every film he produced, and he created some of the finest films of the twentieth century. Citizen Kane (1941) won nine Academy Awards in 1942, including best writing and best actor. For his work in the radio show Donovan’s Brain (1944), Welles later won a Grammy for best-spoken word album (1982). During the filming of Touch of Evil (1958), Welles revealed his competitive spirit when he told actor Dennis Weaver, “Never let anyone get in front of you.”
- Nacido en Kenosha, Wisconsin
- El actor, guionista y director Orson Welles adquirió fama por su emisión radial La guerra de los mundos (1938), en la que simuló la noticia de una invasión extraterrestre y logró convencer a numerosos oyentes. Su carrera prosperó, pero en 1947, tras las audiencias del Comité de Actividades Antiamericanas de la Cámara, cayó en la lista negra de Hollywood por sus aparentes vínculos comunistas. Este es un cartel de su filme Macbeth de 1948, poco antes de exiliarse en Europa por 20 años.
- Welles actuó en casi todos los filmes que produjo, y varios se cuentan entre los mejores del siglo XX. El ciudadano Kane (1941) ganó nueve Oscars en 1942, incluidos “mejor guion” y “mejor actor”. En 1982 Welles ganó un Grammy a la mejor grabación narrativa por el show radial El cerebro de Donovan (1944). Su espíritu competitivo quedó demostrado en el rodaje de Sombras del mal (1958), cuando aconsejó al actor Dennis Weaver: “Nunca dejes que nadie se interponga delante de ti”.
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
- 1948
- Object number
- NPG.90.96
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Medium
- Color lithographic poster
- Dimensions
- Image: 144.5 × 108.5 cm (56 7/8 × 42 11/16")
- Sheet: 161 × 119.7 cm (63 3/8 × 47 1/8")
- Mount: 167 × 125.8 cm (65 3/4 × 49 1/2")
- See more items in
- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Location
- Currently not on view
- National Portrait Gallery
- Topic
- Poster
- Poster\Movie
- Orson Welles: Male
- Orson Welles: Arts and Culture\Performing Arts\Theater\Stage actor
- Orson Welles: Arts and Culture\Performing Arts\Film\Film director
- Orson Welles: Arts and Culture\Performing Arts\Film\Film producer
- Orson Welles: Arts and Culture\Performing Arts\Film\Movie actor
- Orson Welles: Arts and Culture\Performing Arts\Theater\Theater director
- Orson Welles: Arts and Culture\Performing Arts\Performer\Radio performer
- Orson Welles: Arts and Culture\Literature\Writer\Screenwriter
- Orson Welles: Arts and Culture\Performing Arts\Theater\Theater producer
- Orson Welles: Performing arts awards\Academy Award
- Portrait
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.90.96
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm41f912149-b46b-4208-bb8c-5368afc0d389
