Wells was not amused with the radio play. Wells met the director in 1940 at a San Antonio radio station, but was at that time mellowed and advertized Welles next film, Citizen Kane . Those who have not read The War of the Worlds may be surprised to find that, like much of Wells's writing, it is full of poetry and contains passages that catch the throat. Wells lived through World War II in his house on Regent's Park, refusing to let the blitz drive him out of London. Wells died in London on August 13. 1946.
Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.
Tapio Hiisivaara - film 1934, dir.