Thank you. Yet another superb bit of Orson Welles to enjoy. I can't help but think of similarities between that 'event' 82 years ago and the one we have today.
I wish that Orson Welles had admitted during his lifetime that they had done it on purpose, in a more forceful fashion. Say during his last interview with Merv Griffen and stating that it was intended to make people get their head out of the their asses. I myself was lucky enough to have had teachers that encouraged myself and classmates to think for ourselves and to question what we were being told. I wonder how many people finally got the point because of this broadcast. Good Work Orson
What came through the radio was even more swallowed several years later in Quito, Ecuador: another adaptation of 'The War of the Worlds' had the masses not only panic, but to vent their anger after they understood it had been a radioplay by setting the studios on fire, which killed a number of people, injuring others. The *3* mass hysteria incidents connecting to adaptations of 'The War of the Worlds' are detailed in a very fine radiolab episode: www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/war-worlds
Funny how he's talking about this incredible story and all anybody can think about is his voice. Imagine a conversation between him and MLK. I think my ears would explode.
Haha the late, great Orson Welles should've lived to do one like that about the "Y2K Bug," just to see what they'd all do that time LOLOLOLOLOL Welles was awesome hehehe
As an actor it is the greatest shame I can't get the chance to meet Orson Welles. I think I would have enjoyed talking to him a lot. I wonder what his opinion about the industry today would be.
"Born in Kenosha, Wisconsin but picked up a Brit accent along the way." You think he has a British accent? He sounds identifiably American to me. I don't think his accent is particularly British, it's just rarer to hear Americans speak with that kind of trained voice.
You are correct--his accent is not British. What we refer to as a "British" accent is called the Received Pronunciation (RP), and it didn't exist even in Britain prior to the late 1700s. The British colonists who populated early America didn't speak with a "British" accent. That's why I always think it's weird to hear someone portraying an English person from the Middle Ages using that accent. (Check out any local Renaissance Fair to see what I mean.) The American "Mid Atlantic" accent is typified by that used by Thurston Howell III on Gilligan's Island, or author William F. Buckley Jr. It was once considered standard diction, and evidence of being an educated person of to speak that way. A Midwest version of that erudite pronunciation is what you hear Orson Welles speaking. Prior to about 1965 that manner of speaking was very common in America. If you watch old movies and TV shows from before 1965, you will hear that accent quite often. In the mid-1960s that pronunciation fell out of fashion as a more slang-oriented, slurred version of American English became the dominant form; being known as an educated person fell out of fashion and it became popular for people to sound like someone who was from a lower social level.
@phatgeezer - excellent summary. here is more detail: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_accent also, male actors were taught to use stentorian voice which is something we do not see in Hollywood or TV anymore: www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/stentorian
o:57 when i hear the docile tranquility that obscures the audience absence of the nill heartbeat of a horn....then, and ONLY then, shall my blood quake of such a scandalous coil...rending it nothing more than poison from my jar
I dont think Wells wanted to admit that It would break a spell and in that spell that would send him to Hollywood with enough gravitas to make " Citizen Kane" Dont forget Wells timed the Martians with a commercial time out from the opposite Radio network timing was all
Born in Kenosha, Wisconsin but picked up a Brit accent along the way. The so-called panic from War of the Worlds was not widespread as Orson indicates. People in my hometown knew it was just a radio show.
Does it mean, people have every right to be stupid or people can be treated as stupid or as long as people are not killed making money anyway is not wrong? All the Kings men.
Very interesting, thanks for posting. Most accounts I have read about this cast Mr. Welles in a stance of wide-eyed innocence regarding the radio broadcast. I must say, however, that the "cultured" accent he affects is not one I would expect from a Wisconsin native, and Kelsey Grammer is better at it, though his accent is no less phony. :)
God, his face when he’s playing the elderly couple, absolutely brilliant
I am in love with his voice.
Me too.
Me to MEOOWWW lol
The epitome of the made up Mid-Atlantic accent that was BIG in the 1930's entertainment.
the adorable bastard knew the power of his own voice
Thank you. Yet another superb bit of Orson Welles to enjoy. I can't help but think of similarities between that 'event' 82 years ago and the one we have today.
Every generation we are graced with a great talent..and Mr Wells,was one of the best of his days.thank you ..nuff said.
*Welles
..nuff said.
Welles....lol
Even this simple recalling of life is fantastic to watch
I wish that Orson Welles had admitted during his lifetime that they had done it on purpose, in a more forceful fashion. Say during his last interview with Merv Griffen and stating that it was intended to make people get their head out of the their asses. I myself was lucky enough to have had teachers that encouraged myself and classmates to think for ourselves and to question what we were being told. I wonder how many people finally got the point because of this broadcast. Good Work Orson
@@gsesquire3441 he’s a loon
Fantastic footage! Thanks for uploading it. ♥
2:21 The same could be said today of this 'new magic' box, the computer yes, but more specifically... social media.
What came through the radio was even more swallowed several years later in Quito, Ecuador: another adaptation of 'The War of the Worlds' had the masses not only panic, but to vent their anger after they understood it had been a radioplay by setting the studios on fire, which killed a number of people, injuring others.
The *3* mass hysteria incidents connecting to adaptations of 'The War of the Worlds' are detailed in a very fine radiolab episode:
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/war-worlds
Jesus fuck people are or were so guliable(?)
@@davidbanan. Yes.
I don't quite remember. I clipped it from a series of videos of a TV series
Welles did in the UK, I believe..
I liked him a lot. I think it would have been great to have a mere half hour chat with Orson. What fun that would be?
trolling in the 30's
This story and the story of Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver R cut are my two favorite stories in the history of modern entertainment.
Funny how he's talking about this incredible story and all anybody can think about is his voice. Imagine a conversation between him and MLK. I think my ears would explode.
It's truly crazy how our dialect/accent has changed since these times.
Insane that he was 23 yrs old when he did War of the Worlds
Gabriella Cooper No he says John Barrymore (it's Drew Barrymore's Grandfather).
great posting..thanks~!
the inspiration for the voice of Darth Vader. so James earl Jones heard and said
a squeaky mousey voice is hardly intimidating. :-)
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Haha the late, great Orson Welles should've lived to do one like that about the "Y2K Bug," just to see what they'd all do that time LOLOLOLOLOL Welles was awesome hehehe
listen to the entire War of the Worlds 1938 broadcast on youtube .
@Michaeldair AMEN brother - As another poster put it, "Orson Welles > Everybody Else"
no references to christianity religion.
The man was a genius.
As an actor it is the greatest shame I can't get the chance to meet Orson Welles. I think I would have enjoyed talking to him a lot. I wonder what his opinion about the industry today would be.
He looks like Tim Robbins who played in the 2005 WOTW
I love the way he says "martians"...
"Born in Kenosha, Wisconsin but picked up a Brit accent along the way."
You think he has a British accent? He sounds identifiably American to me. I don't think his accent is particularly British, it's just rarer to hear Americans speak with that kind of trained voice.
You are correct--his accent is not British.
What we refer to as a "British" accent is called the Received Pronunciation (RP), and it didn't exist even in Britain prior to the late 1700s. The British colonists who populated early America didn't speak with a "British" accent. That's why I always think it's weird to hear someone portraying an English person from the Middle Ages using that accent. (Check out any local Renaissance Fair to see what I mean.)
The American "Mid Atlantic" accent is typified by that used by Thurston Howell III on Gilligan's Island, or author William F. Buckley Jr. It was once considered standard diction, and evidence of being an educated person of to speak that way. A Midwest version of that erudite pronunciation is what you hear Orson Welles speaking.
Prior to about 1965 that manner of speaking was very common in America. If you watch old movies and TV shows from before 1965, you will hear that accent quite often. In the mid-1960s that pronunciation fell out of fashion as a more slang-oriented, slurred version of American English became the dominant form; being known as an educated person fell out of fashion and it became popular for people to sound like someone who was from a lower social level.
@phatgeezer - excellent summary. here is more detail:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_accent
also, male actors were taught to use stentorian voice which is something we do not see in Hollywood or TV anymore:
www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/stentorian
A more recent example of the Mid-Atlantic accent is Kelsey Grammer, known for playing the character Frasier Crane in Cheers and Frasier.
@@phatgeezer1955 That's very interesting
Orson Welles. The original troll.
A remarkable man.
Radio, TV, the internet....the mediums have changed, but not so much the common person! People are just as gullible today, as they were back then!
o:57 when i hear the docile tranquility that obscures the audience absence
of the nill heartbeat of a horn....then, and ONLY then, shall my blood quake
of such a scandalous coil...rending it nothing more than poison from my jar
that high pitched ring is hurting my ears
Would you kindly tell me where you got the video?
People still believe a lot of what they hear especially when news broadcasting has thrown out their ethics
We would kill each other off if we only had the radio nowadays given the rampant groupthink.
People believe what they want to believe
I dont think Wells wanted to admit that It would break a spell and in that spell that would send him to Hollywood with enough gravitas to make " Citizen Kane"
Dont forget Wells timed the Martians with a commercial time out from the opposite Radio network timing was all
What year is this?
I can only agree with what you said.
Was it "The Orson Welles Sketchbook"?
@edisonoside It's not? I thought it was autobiographical...
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absolutely correct!
Born in Kenosha, Wisconsin but picked up a Brit accent along the way. The so-called panic from War of the Worlds was not widespread as Orson indicates. People in my hometown knew it was just a radio show.
some people thought Gilligan's Island was real!
Does it mean, people have every right to be stupid or people can be treated as stupid or as long as people are not killed making money anyway is not wrong?
All the Kings men.
Very interesting, thanks for posting. Most accounts I have read about this cast Mr. Welles in a stance of wide-eyed innocence regarding the radio broadcast. I must say, however, that the "cultured" accent he affects is not one I would expect from a Wisconsin native, and Kelsey Grammer is better at it, though his accent is no less phony. :)
I think so, yes...
I got annoyed with the sharp noise in the background. My ears couldn't take to the end. :(
Thats too bad... No one asked
@@davidbanan. I asked...
sorry.. did he say john barrowman?
Huh huh I made a Fox News joke hurr durr now off to watch Olbermann and Stewart and Colbert!
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At 0:30 he is trying to suppress laughter.
Why did he sound British?
amen. He really milked out that "mass hysteria" bullshit what never happened
I heard no references to Christianity and the religion.
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Imagine what he did then what Trump didn't do
Poor dogs
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This #fakenews shit has always been a problem
jar/jug
Haha
And so the first Fake news broadcast. He must have been a democrat. :-)
yeah cuz everyone knows Jesus never existed...
you must be jewish. My saviour lives. Sure hope you don't celebrate Christ mas or Easter. That would be so hypocritical.
again? ok 21.12.2012 :}