H. G. Wells Who now reads H. G. Wells, critics sometimes inquire, expecting the answer; Very few. They are wrong (Scott-Kilvert 226). The scientific romances, so-called even though some of these fantasies dating from the 1890's have no element of even pseudoscience, attract yearly a new clap of ...
After a double-cross, she was frequently destroyed as well, often at the cost of the hero's life. ... Orson Welles' films have significant noir features, such as in his expressionistic Citizen Kane (1941), the complex The Lady from Shanghai (1948) - with a love triangle between Welles, a manipulative Rita Hayworth - the blonde-haired femme fatale, and her husband, and the border-town B-movie classic Touch of Evil (1958). Early classic non-detective film noirs include Fritz Lang's steamy and fatalistic Scarlet Street (1945) - one of the moodiest, blackest thrillers ever mad...
Unfortunately, the cycles of the sun and moon do not synchronize Well. ... It is wondered if this type of grandeur was inspiring to the great Orson Wells and his dramatic caper he hoaxed with iis members of a theater that created mass hysteria although not and April fools joke but it gave him national fame on Oct. 30th 1938 when he announced the "war of the worlds- a book written by H.G. Wells formatted in a broadcast arrangement that visitors from Mar's had invaded New Jersey. Wells a well Respected writer, actor, director, producer, Literally stopped the nation wi...
The Murderous Barber was the first full length play to be broadcast on Australian radio; aired in March 1925, it presented a musical version of the well known story of Sweeney Todd who was, oddly enough a murderous barber. ... However, unlike today where advertisers pay for airtime, during radio's peak of popularity, established, well known, big businesses sponsored radio drama on the commercial stations. ...
