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The Complete Orson Welles — 252 episodes

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1

Les Misérables || The Final Episode (Finale) | 1937

2

Les Misérables (eps 3, 4) || The Grave | The Barricade (Victor Hugo) || 1937

3

Les Misérables (eps 3, 4) || The Trial | Cosette (Victor Hugo) || 1937

4

Les Misérables (eps 1, 2) || The Bishop | Javert (Victor Hugo) || 1937

5

⁠The Mercury Summer Theatre of the Air || Life with Adam | 1946

6

The Black Museum || The Jack Handle | 1952 (?)

7

The Shadow || Death From the Deep | Firebug | 1938

8

Orson Welles Commentaries || Six Short Stories of News, Humor & Commentary | 1945

9

Mercury Summer Theater of the Air || The Search For Henri Lefevre | 1946

10

The Orson Welles Almanac || Guest: Groucho Marx || 1944

11

The Shadow || The Bride of Death | Silent Avenger | The White Legion || 1938

12

The Columbia Workshop || The Fall of the City | 1937

13

Mercury Summer Theater || Around the World in 80 Days (musical) | 1946

14

The Black Museum | The Hammerhead | 1951–1952

15

The Adventures of Harry Lime || The Third Woman || 1951

16

The Shadow || Murders in Wax | Message from the Hills || 1938

17

This Is My Best | Heart of Darkness | 1945

18

The Mercury Theatre on the Air | Around World 80 Days | 1938

19

Campbell Playhouse || Counsellor at Law | 1939

20

The Jack Benny Program || Host Orson Welles - Return of Phil Harris | 1943

21

The Shadow || Society of the Living Dead | Poison Death | 1938

22

The Mercury Theatre on the Air || Seventeen | 1938

23

The Black Museum || Glass Shards | 1952

24

Suspense || The Hitch-hiker (Orson Welles) | 1942

25

Hello Americans || Ritmos de las Americas | 1943

26

The Shadow || League of Terror | Sabotage | 1938

27

The Mercury Theatre on the Air || Hell on Ice | 1938

28

The Orson Welles Show (Lady Esther) || Shredni Vashtar - Hidalgo - An Irishman and a Jew | 1941

29

Campbell Playhouse || Rebecca (Margaret Sullavan, Joan Fontaine) 1939

30

The Adventures of Harry Lime || Farthings for Your Thoughts | 1951

31

The Mercury Theatre on the Air || Immortal Sherlock Holmes | 1938

32

The Shadow || Circle of Death | The Death Triangle | 1937

33

The Mercury Theatre on the Air || Julius Caesar | 1938

34

The Columbia Workshop || Hamlet Parts 1 & 2 | 1936

35

Campbell Playhouse || Vanity Fair | 1944

36

Campbell Playhouse || A Christmas Carol (Lionel Barrymore, Charles Dickens) || 1939

37

Campbell Playhouse || A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens) || 1938

38

The Shadow || Joey’s Christmas Story | 1940

39

Hello, Americans || (07) The Bad-Will Ambassador || 1942

40

Campbell Playhouse || The Count of Monte Cristo | 1939

41

The Shadow || The Temple Bells of Neban || 1937

42

The Free Company || His Honor, the Mayor || 1941

43

The Black Museum || The Gas Receipt | 1951–1952

44

The Mercury Theatre on the Air || The Man Who Was Thursday || 1938

45

The Adventures of Harry Lime || Horse Play || 1951

46

Orson Welles Commentaries || Brewing civil war in China || The future CIA, possible war with Russia || 1945

47

The Orson Welles Almanac || Guest, Lucille Ball | 1944

48

Orson Welles || The Begatting of The President | 1969

49

The Shadow | Tenor With the Broken Voice | 1938

50

Suspense | Lazarus Walks | 1943

51

The Jack Benny Program | Host Orson Welles | 1943

52

The Mercury Theatre on the Air || The Count of Monte Cristo | 1938

53

Campbell Playhouse | What Every Woman Knows | 1939

54

The Adventures of Harry Lime | In Pursuit of a Ghost | 1951

55

The Black Museum | A French-English Dictionary | 1951-1952

56

Suspense | The Hitchhiker | 1942

57

The Mercury Theatre on the Air || The Affairs of Anatole || 1938

58

Bob Hope || Guest Orson Welles | 1943

59

The Shadow || The Creeper || May 29, 1938

60

The Columbia Workshop || Air Raid || 1938

61

The Mercury Theatre on the Air || Abraham Lincoln | 1938

62

Fred Allen || Guest Orson Welles, Chicken Surplus || 1946

63

Cavalcade of America || Admiral of the Ocean Sea || 1942

64

The Adventures of Harry Lime || Mexican Hat Trick | Art is Long and Lime is Fleeting || 1951

65

Orson Welles Show (Lady Esther) || That's Why I Left You / The Maysville Minstrel | 1941

66

The Mercury Theatre on the Air || Three Short Stories (I'm a Fool, The Open Window, My Little Boy) 1938

67

The Shadow || Murders in Wax | Message from the Hills || 1938

68

Jack Benny | The Jell-O Program with guest Orson Welles | 1940

69

The Columbia Workshop ||The Fall of the City || 1937

70

The Mercury Theatre on the Air || The 39 Steps | 1938

71

The Black Museum || Four Small Bottles | 1951–1952

72

Suspense || Philomel Cottage || 1943

73

Hello Americans || Bolivar's Idea | 1943

74

The Mercury Theatre on the Air || A Tale of Two Cities | 1938

75

The Orson Welles Show (Lady Esther) || Wild Oranges | 1941

76

Columbia Workshop || Hamlet, Parts 1-2 | 1936

77

The Adventures of Harry Lime || Every Frame Has a Silver Lining | 1951

78

The Shadow | White God || Aboard the Steamship Amazon || 1938

79

The Mercury Theatre on the Air || Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson) | 1938

80

Les Misérables | The Final Episode (Finale) (Victor Hugo) || 1937

81

Les Misérables || The Grave | The Barricade (Victor Hugo) || 1937

82

Les Misérables || The Trial | Cosette (Victor Hugo) || 1937

83

Les Misérables || The Bishop | Javert || 1937

84

Suspense | The Hitchhiker (Lucille Fletcher) | 1942

85

Hello Americans || Feed the World | 1943

86

The Shadow || Blind Beggar Dies / Power of the Mind || 1938

87

Campbell Playhouse | Vanity Fair | 1940

88

Campbell Playhouse | Victoria Regina (Helen Hayes) | 1939

89

Orson Welles Show (Lady Esther) | St. Luke, ch.2; The Happy Prince; Christmas Poetry | 1941

90

Philco Radio Hall of Fame (Christmas show hosted by Bing Crosby) | The Happy Prince | 1944

91

The Orson Welles Almanac | Victor Moore | 1944

92

Campbell Playhouse | Peter Ibbetson | 1939

93

Campbell Playhouse | Things We Have (An American Cavalcade) | 1939

94

Miscellaneous Orson related Clips || 1944-1945

95

Orson Welles Commentaries | Little Boy in China; British Confusion Machine; Corinthians Ch. 13 | 1945

96

Campbell Playhouse | Ah, Wilderness | 1939

97

The Mercury Theatre on the Air | Dracula | 1938

98

Suspense | Donovan’s Brain, Pts 1 & 2 | Donovan’s Brain (Parody) | 1944

99

This Is My Best | The Master of Ballantrae (Agnes Moorehead) [Robert Louis Stevenson] || 1945

100

Campbell Playhouse | The Bad Man (Ida Lupino) || 1939

101

Campbell Playhouse | Our Town (Agnes Moorehead; Everett Sloane) | 1939

102

The Black Museum | The Door Key || The Faded Tartan Scarf || 1951-1952

103

The Adventures of Harry Lime | Golden Fleece || Blue Bride | 1951

104

The Shadow | Hypnotized Audience || Death From the Deep || 1938

105

The Mercury Summer Theatre of the Air | Hell On Ice | 1946

106

Campbell Playhouse | Ordeal at Wickford Point | 1939

107

The Adventures of Harry Lime || Operation Music Box | 1951

108

Hello Americans | Mexico (Partial) || Ritmos de las Americas (Partial) | 1943

109

The Mercury Summer Theatre of the Air | Scenes from King Lear [William Shakespeare] | 1946

110

Campbell Playhouse | Private Lives (Gertrude Lawrence) | 1939

111

The Shadow | The Bride of Death || Silent Avenger | 1938

112

The Black Museum | The Champagne Glass || A Claw Hammer | 1951–1952

113

The Mercury Summer Theatre of the Air | The Apple Tree | 1946

114

Campbell Playhouse | The Patriot (Anna May Wong) | 1939

115

The Adventures of Harry Lime | Operation Music Box | 1951

116

Hello Americans | Ritmos de las Americas | 1943

117

Mercury Theatre Production || Stage Timing, Court Room Scene from Native Son | 1941

118

The Mercury Summer Theatre of the Air | Moby Dick (by Herman Melville) | 1946

119

Campbell Playhouse | Show Boat [Musical] (Margaret Sullavan) | 1939

120

The Black Museum | The Canvas Bag || The Car Tire | 1952

121

The Orson Welles Show (Lady Esther) || Symptoms of Being Thirty-Five (Joseph Cotton) || There are Frenchmen and Frenchmen (Rita Hayworth) || 1941

122

The Mercury Summer Theatre of the Air | Abednego the Slave | 1946

123

Campbell Playhouse | Twentieth Century (Joan Blondell) | 1939

124

The Shadow | Hounds In The Hills || The Plot Murder || 1938

125

Ceiling Unlimited | Gremlins || Pan American Airlines || 1942

126

The Mercury Summer Theatre of the Air | I'm a Fool [Sherwood Anderson] || The Telltale Heart [Edgar Allan Poe] || 1946

127

Fifth War Loan Drive | Soldier Field, Chicago, IL (incomplete) | 1944

128

Chase and Sanborn Hour | Guest Orson Welles | 1944

129

This Is My Best | Diamond as Big as the Ritz (F. Scott Fitzgerald) | 1945

130

Jack Benny Program | Orson Welles - Jack Returns to Show | 1944

131

Mercury Summer Theatre of the Air | Golden Honeymoon | 1946

132

The Adventures of Harry Lime | Rogue's Holiday || Work of Art | 1951

133

Hello Americans | Alphabet of the Islands (Abednego the Slave | 1942

134

Lady Esther | Something's Going to Happen to Henry (part 1) || Wilbur Brown (Part 2) | 1941

135

Mercury Summer Theatre of the Air | Moat Farm Murder | 1946

136

The Shadow | Poison Death || The Phantom Voice; 1938

137

Campbell Playhouse | Beau Geste (Laurence Oliver); 1939

138

The Columbia Workshop | Air Raid | 1938

139

The Mercury Theatre on the Air | The Pickwick Papers (Charles Dickens); 1938

140

Orson Remembered by Friends | Mercury Theatre Remembered; 1988

141

Wells on Welles Interview | HG Wells & Orson Welles; 1940

142

The Black Museum | (2 eps) The Brass Button | A Can of Weed Killer

143

The Adventures of Harry Lime | (2 eps) Bohemian Star || Love Affair | 1951

144

Mercury Theatre on the Air | A Passenger to Bali; 1938

145

The Mercury Summer Theatre of the Air | Life With Adam (Hugh Kemp) 1946

146

Orson Welles Commentaries | Nazi tribunals, GI Bill of Rights, Hollywood Parties || Ike and Patton, Competitive Nationalism, No Man is an Island; 1945

147

The Orson Welles Almanac | Guest, Hedda Hopper; 1944

148

Mercury Theater on the Air | Heart of Darkness, Life with Father (Orson Welles); 1938

149

Suspense | The Dark Tower (Orson Welles); 1944

150

This Is My Best | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Orson Welles); 1945

151

Chase and Sanborn Hour | Guest Orson Welles, Jane Powell; 1944

152

Jack Benny Program | Little Red Riding Hood (Orson Welles), 1943

153

The War of the Worlds (unedited, H. G. Wells, Orson Welles) | The Mercury Theatre on the Air; 1938 [Repost]

154

Ceiling Unlimited | (2 eps) Wind, Sand and Stars (Burgess Meredith) / War Workers; 1942

155

Hello Americans | Alphabet of the Islands, C to S; 1942

156

The Orson Welles Show | That's Why I Left You/The Maysville Minstrel (Agnes Moorehead, Joseph Cotten); 1941

157

Around the World in 80 Days (Jules Verne) | The Mercury Theatre on the Air; 1938

158

Cavalcade of America | Admiral of the Ocean Sea; 1942

159

The Shadow | Society of the Living Dead; 1938

160

Campbell Playhouse | The Glass Key; 1939

161

The Mercury Theatre on the Air | Seventeen (Booth Tarkington, Joseph Cotten); 1938

162

The Black Museum | The Black Gladstone Bag; 1952

163

The Adventures of Harry Lime | Voodoo; 1951

164

Radio Reader's Digest (Pilot); 1946

165

Orson Welles Commentaries (2 episodes); 1945

166

Hell on Ice | The Mercury Theatre on the Air; 1938

167

The Orson Welles Almanac | Lionel Barrymore; 1944

168

Suspense | The Marvelous Barastro; 1944

169

Immortal Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle) | The Mercury Theatre on the Air; 1938

170

Fifth War Loan Drive - Texarkana, TX; 1944

171

Chase and Sanborn Hour | Guest Orson Welles (partial); 1944

172

This Is My Best | Miss Dilly Says No [by Theodore Pratt]; 1945

173

Jack Benny Program | Host Orson Welles - Murder at Midnight; 1943

174

Suspense | Lazarus Walks, 1943

175

Orson Welles | Reading Out Loud (Pilot); 1943

176

Ceiling Unlimited | The Navigator (Joseph Cotten; Agnes Moorehead); 1942

177

Hello Americans | Alphabet of the Islands, A to C; 1942

178

George Washington, American; 1941

179

Wild Oranges | The Orson Welles Show (Lady Esther); 1941

180

Cavalcade of America | Benito Juarez, Thunder from the Mountains; 1942

181

The Shadow | Sabotage; 1938

182

Julius Caesar (William Shakespeare) | The Mercury Theatre on the Air, 1938

183

Campbell Playhouse | Burlesque (Alice Frost), 1939

184

Columbia Workshop | The Fall of the City (Burgess Meredith, Archibald MacLeish), 1937

185

The Black Museum | Bath Tub, 1952

186

The Adventures of Harry Lime | Ticket to Tangier, 1951

187

The Search for Henri Le Fevre (Lucille Fletcher) | Mercury Summer Theatre, 1946

188

Suspense | Philomel Cottage (Agatha Christie), 1943

189

Ceiling Unlimited | Flying Fortress / Air Transport Command, 1942

190

Hello Americans | The Islands (Haiti), 1942

191

Mercury Summer Theatre | The Search for Henri Le Fevre (Lucille Fletcher), 1946

192

The Shadow | League of Terror, 1938

193

A Christmas Carol (Lionel Barrymore) | Campbell Playhouse, 1939

194

Hello Americans (Christmas episode | The Bad-Will Ambassador)

195

The Man Who Was Thursday | The Mercury Theatre on the Air, 1938

196

The Fall of the City (Burgess Meredith) | Columbia Workshop, 1937

197

The Adventures of Harry Lime | Clay Pigeon, 1951

198

The Green Goddess (William Archer) | Campbell Playhouse, 1939

199

The Lost Special (Arthur Conan Doyle) | Suspense, 1943

200

The Free Company | His Honor, the Mayor, 1941.

201

This Is My Best | Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad), 1945

202

The Shadow | The Death Triangle, 1937

203

A .32 Caliber Bullet | The Black Museum, 1951

204

The Count of Monte Cristo | The Mercury Theatre on the Air, 1938

205

Arrowsmith (Sinclair Lewis, Helen Hayes) | The Campbell Playhouse, 1939

206

President's Bill of Rights | We Hold These Truths, 1941

207

Orson Guest Host Jack Benny | Takes Cast to His Movie Lot, 1943

208

The Hitch-hiker (Lucille Fletcher) | Mercury Summer Theatre, 1946

209

I Lost My Girlish Laughter | Campbell Playhouse, 1939

210

The Adventures of Harry Lime | See Naples and Live, 1951

211

Hello Americans | President Vargas' Birthday, 1942 (poor quality)

212

Lady Esther | The Black Pearl, Annabel Lee, If in Years to Come, Dorothy Parker Poetry (Lucille Ball) (partials), 1941

213

The Great Man Votes | Cavalcade of America, 1941

214

Citizen Kane Interview, 1942 | Rita Hayworth & Orson's Theater Interview (Marlene Dietrich, Joseph Cotten), 1943

215

The Affairs of Anatole | The Mercury Theatre on the Air, 1938

216

The Jack Benny Jell-O Program with Orson Welles, 1940

217

Macbeth Follies (unaired, comedic Shakespeare), 1940

218

The Shadow | Circle of Death, 1937

219

The Mercury Theatre on the Air: Abraham Lincoln, 1938

220

Columbia Workshop: Hamlet, Shakespeare (pts 1-2), 1936

221

The Black Museum: The. 22 Caliber Pistol, 1951

222

The Adventures of Harry Lime: Too Many Crooks, 1951

223

Around the World in 80 Days (musical version, Jules Verne): Mercury Summer Theatre of the Air, 1946

224

Fred Allen Show: Chicken Surplus (Orson Welles), 1946

225

Campbell Playhouse: Mutiny on the Bounty (Burgess Meredith), 1939

226

Suspense: The Most Dangerous Game, 1943

227

Hello Americans: The Andes, 1942

228

Lady Esther: The Interlopers, Song of Solomon, I'm a Fool, 1941

229

Bob Hope Show: Orson Welles guest, 1943

230

The Shadow: The Three Ghosts, 1937

231

Mercury Theatre: Three Short Stories (I'm a Fool, The Open Window, My Little Boy), 1938

232

Orson Welles Commentaries: The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry, Bullfighting, Korea; 1945

233

Campbell Playhouse: Counsellor at Law (Elmer Rice), 1939

234

The 39 Steps [Rehearsal]: The Mercury Theatre on the Air (Orson Welles), 1938

235

The 39 Steps: The Mercury Theatre on the Air (Orson Welles), 1938

236

Groucho Marx on The Orson Welles Almanac, 1944

237

Mercury Theatre: A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens), 1938

238

The Hitch-hiker (Lucille Fletcher) | Suspense, 1942

239

The Shadow: The Temple Bells of Neban, 1937

240

Orson Welles guest host The Jack Benny Program, 1943

241

The Campbell Playhouse: Rebecca, 1938

242

Hello Americans: Brazil, 1941

243

Lady Esther: Shredni Vashtar, Hidalgo, An Irishman and a Jew, 1941

244

The Shadow: Death House Rescue, 1937

245

Treasure Island: The Mercury Theatre on the Air, 1938

246

Dracula: The Mercury Theatre on the Air, 1938

247

Lady Esther: The Happy Prince (Christmas) by Oscar Wilde, 1941

248

A Christmas Carol (1938): The Campbell Playhouse

249

Les Misérables, eps 6-7: The Barricade | Final Episode, 1937

250

Les Misérables, eps. 4-5: Cosette | The Grave, 1937

251

Les Misérables, eps. 2-3: Javert, The Trial, 1937

252

Les Misérables, ep. 1: The Bishop 1937