“The War of the Worlds”—Orson Welles's realistic radio dramatization of a Martian invasion of Earth—is broadcast on the radio on October 30, 1938.
About the story itself:
About the story itself:
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"War of the Worlds" broadcast today in 1930
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And here's a copy of the broadcast on You Tube:
Also here is a broadcast where Orson Welles met H.G. Wells:
Also here is a broadcast where Orson Welles met H.G. Wells:
I know what "Radio" is. I have not seen any Orpheums around lately...
The story spun off a British phenomenon years later. Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds released in 1977 became a top selling album overseas, especially in Britain where it spent 20 weeks in the top 10 and 240 weeks in the top 100. In recent years it ranked as the UK's 32nd best-selling studio album of all time and a few years ago it spawned an Immersive Experience show in London which is now a top attraction there.
I don't know how much traction it got in the United States but it's a fascinating progressive rock concept album with vocals by Justin Hayward of The Moody Blues and narration by actor Richard Burton among the cast of performers.
I don't know how much traction it got in the United States but it's a fascinating progressive rock concept album with vocals by Justin Hayward of The Moody Blues and narration by actor Richard Burton among the cast of performers.
There's the Orpheum Theater in Memphis which was an older theater that was remodeled and is used for plays and concerts now.
One of the writers for "War of the Worlds" was a guy named Howard Koch. He was let go by CBS after the broadcast. Casting about for work, a friend who worked for Warner Brothers told him to come to LA. They would find a job for him. When Koch got to Warner, they stuck him at a desk and gave him a loser script that Warner had purchased earlier and told him to see if he could make something out of it. The script was "Everybody Meets at Rick's." The film became "Casablanca."
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