Before the films
Orson Welles on the Air
Welles ran a weekly theatre of the air years before Citizen Kane — the same appetite for scale, worked in sound instead of light.
1938 – 1943 · 4 stops · 3h 10m
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The company's regular anthology series, before it became famous for one broadcast in particular.
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The single episode that made the series a household name for the wrong reasons.
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The same company, rebranded and resourced by a new sponsor.
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Welles's other regular gig, playing the same masked hero week after week.
RKO Orson Welles - The Shadow - radio recordings · VintageThe Shadow 37-10-24 The Temple Bells of Neban
24 Oct 1937 · 32 min
