Ebook {Epub PDF} Orson Welles: A Biography by Barbara Leaming

 · Overview. (Limelight). " A beautifully researched, valuable study of one of America's most influential and mysterious artists. What makes this book remarkable is Welles's own contribution. His comments, opinions, interviews cut in and out of the narrative with an almost cinematic force." Patricia Bosworth. Related collections and bltadwin.ru: Limelight Editions. The only female among the group is Barbara Leaming. I have enjoyed her fine biography of Welles. Interspersed among the biographical chronicle she inserts stories of her interaction with Orson over several years. Her stories about Welles' poodle Kiki, his battle with weight and many affairs were fascinating reading. I first read this biography in and the rereading has been a joy!/5(27). 8 rows · Barbara Leaming. Hal Leonard Corporation, - Biography Autobiography - pages. 1 4/5(1).

Leaming explored such a relationship in her next biography, turning her attention to the legendary cinematic giant Orson Welles. The appearance of Orson Welles: A Biography was timely, for it was published within weeks of his death in The first problem with Barbara Leaming's biography of Orson Welles is that it principally relies on the absolute worst source imaginable: Orson Welles himself. Anyone who knows the details of Welles's life, career and character even a little knows that the man was a liar. Not a malicious one, to be sure--his was more of a child's capacity for. BARBARA LEAMING is the author of the New York Times best-seller Katharine Hepburn, as well as the much-acclaimed Orson Welles. She was for many years professor of theater and film at Hunter College. Her articles have appeared in Vanity Fair and The New York Times Magazine. She lives in Connecticut. Tell the Publisher!

With remarkable detail and intimacy, Barbara Leaming reveals the private Welles: from child prodigy and young lion in Dublin and New York, to the succes de scandale of his The War of the Worlds broadcast; from his auspicious directing debut with the legendary Citizen Kane in his twenties, to the sabotage of his further directing career by the Hollywood studios; from his affairs, carousing, and stormy marriage to Rita Hayworth, to his association with Roosevelt and aspirations to the presidency. Overview. (Limelight). " A beautifully researched, valuable study of one of America's most influential and mysterious artists. What makes this book remarkable is Welles's own contribution. His comments, opinions, interviews cut in and out of the narrative with an almost cinematic force." Patricia Bosworth. Related collections and offers. Orson Welles revolutionized theatre, terrified a nation of radio listeners, and made cinematic history with Citizen Kane, regarded by many as the greatest American film ever made. Building on two.