Title: Orson Welles, a biography /
Authors: Leaming, Barbara.
Publisher: Viking,
Year: 1985
Subjects: Welles, Orson,; Motion picture producers and directors United States Biography
Abstract: Genius, artist, monstre sacré, Orson Welles had one of the most brilliant and tempestuous careers in show business. Here he confides his most intimate feelings and recollections of his extraordinary life. In this biography, Barbara Leaming reveals the private Welles: from child prodigy and young lion in Dublin and New York, to the succès 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. It is a picture with an all-star cast, including Olivier, Monroe, Dietrich, Garbo, Warren Beatty, Charlie Chaplin, Princess Margaret, and Prince Aly Khan.
Contents: The genius -- Island of lost boys -- Untrodden snow -- Sodom and Begorrah -- Marching song -- Roaring pansies and nubile virgins -- Bright Lucifer -- The bitch boy -- A free soul -- King of Harlem -- The magic box -- Wild camp -- Saint of the barricades -- Declaration of principles -- Bewigged and bewhiskered -- First person singular -- Day of doom -- Bananas and milk -- The power of ambition -- Rosebud -- Comeuppance -- The man in the red suit -- Bordello de luxe -- Wild nights -- Great days -- Ole! Ole! -- On schedule and under budget -- Citizen of America -- Desperate adventure -- The best kind of men -- The glorious gypsy -- Bring up the lights -- Sisyphus -- Crazy Welles -- So shall the world perceive -- Fact and fiction -- Again! -- The marionette -- In life.