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The Complete Orson Welles — 231 episodes

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1

The Mercury Theatre on the Air || Seventeen | 1938

2

The Black Museum || Glass Shards | 1952

3

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

4

Hello Americans || Ritmos de las Americas | 1943

5

The Shadow || League of Terror | Sabotage | 1938

6

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

7

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

8

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

9

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

10

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

11

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

12

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

13

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

14

Campbell Playhouse || Vanity Fair | 1944

15

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

16

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

17

The Shadow || Joey’s Christmas Story | 1940

18

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

19

Campbell Playhouse || The Count of Monte Cristo | 1939

20

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

21

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

22

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

23

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

24

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

25

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

26

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

27

Orson Welles || The Begatting of The President | 1969

28

The Shadow | Tenor With the Broken Voice | 1938

29

Suspense | Lazarus Walks | 1943

30

The Jack Benny Program | Host Orson Welles | 1943

31

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

32

Campbell Playhouse | What Every Woman Knows | 1939

33

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

34

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

35

Suspense | The Hitchhiker | 1942

36

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

37

Bob Hope || Guest Orson Welles | 1943

38

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

39

The Columbia Workshop || Air Raid || 1938

40

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

41

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

42

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

43

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

44

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

45

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

46

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

47

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

48

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

49

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

50

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

51

Suspense || Philomel Cottage || 1943

52

Hello Americans || Bolivar's Idea | 1943

53

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

54

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

55

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

56

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

57

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

58

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

59

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

60

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

61

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

62

Les Misérables || The Bishop | Javert || 1937

63

Suspense | The Hitchhiker (Lucille Fletcher) | 1942

64

Hello Americans || Feed the World | 1943

65

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

66

Campbell Playhouse | Vanity Fair | 1940

67

Campbell Playhouse | Victoria Regina (Helen Hayes) | 1939

68

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

69

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

70

The Orson Welles Almanac | Victor Moore | 1944

71

Campbell Playhouse | Peter Ibbetson | 1939

72

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

73

Miscellaneous Orson related Clips || 1944-1945

74

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

75

Campbell Playhouse | Ah, Wilderness | 1939

76

The Mercury Theatre on the Air | Dracula | 1938

77

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

78

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

79

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

80

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

81

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

82

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

83

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

84

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

85

Campbell Playhouse | Ordeal at Wickford Point | 1939

86

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

87

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

88

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

89

Campbell Playhouse | Private Lives (Gertrude Lawrence) | 1939

90

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

91

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

92

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

93

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

94

The Adventures of Harry Lime | Operation Music Box | 1951

95

Hello Americans | Ritmos de las Americas | 1943

96

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

97

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

98

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

99

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

100

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

101

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

102

Campbell Playhouse | Twentieth Century (Joan Blondell) | 1939

103

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

104

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

105

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

106

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

107

Chase and Sanborn Hour | Guest Orson Welles | 1944

108

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

109

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

110

Mercury Summer Theatre of the Air | Golden Honeymoon | 1946

111

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

112

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

113

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

114

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

115

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

116

Campbell Playhouse | Beau Geste (Laurence Oliver); 1939

117

The Columbia Workshop | Air Raid | 1938

118

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

119

Orson Remembered by Friends | Mercury Theatre Remembered; 1988

120

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

121

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

122

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

123

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

124

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

125

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

126

The Orson Welles Almanac | Guest, Hedda Hopper; 1944

127

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

128

Suspense | The Dark Tower (Orson Welles); 1944

129

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

130

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

131

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

132

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

133

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

134

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

135

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

136

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

137

Cavalcade of America | Admiral of the Ocean Sea; 1942

138

The Shadow | Society of the Living Dead; 1938

139

Campbell Playhouse | The Glass Key; 1939

140

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

141

The Black Museum | The Black Gladstone Bag; 1952

142

The Adventures of Harry Lime | Voodoo; 1951

143

Radio Reader's Digest (Pilot); 1946

144

Orson Welles Commentaries (2 episodes); 1945

145

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

146

The Orson Welles Almanac | Lionel Barrymore; 1944

147

Suspense | The Marvelous Barastro; 1944

148

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

149

Fifth War Loan Drive - Texarkana, TX; 1944

150

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

151

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

152

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

153

Suspense | Lazarus Walks, 1943

154

Orson Welles | Reading Out Loud (Pilot); 1943

155

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

156

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

157

George Washington, American; 1941

158

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

159

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

160

The Shadow | Sabotage; 1938

161

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

162

Campbell Playhouse | Burlesque (Alice Frost), 1939

163

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

164

The Black Museum | Bath Tub, 1952

165

The Adventures of Harry Lime | Ticket to Tangier, 1951

166

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

167

Suspense | Philomel Cottage (Agatha Christie), 1943

168

Ceiling Unlimited | Flying Fortress / Air Transport Command, 1942

169

Hello Americans | The Islands (Haiti), 1942

170

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

171

The Shadow | League of Terror, 1938

172

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

173

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

174

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

175

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

176

The Adventures of Harry Lime | Clay Pigeon, 1951

177

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

178

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

179

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

180

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

181

The Shadow | The Death Triangle, 1937

182

A .32 Caliber Bullet | The Black Museum, 1951

183

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

184

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

185

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

186

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

187

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

188

I Lost My Girlish Laughter | Campbell Playhouse, 1939

189

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

190

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

191

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

192

The Great Man Votes | Cavalcade of America, 1941

193

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

194

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

195

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

196

Macbeth Follies (unaired, comedic Shakespeare), 1940

197

The Shadow | Circle of Death, 1937

198

The Mercury Theatre on the Air: Abraham Lincoln, 1938

199

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

200

The Black Museum: The. 22 Caliber Pistol, 1951

201

The Adventures of Harry Lime: Too Many Crooks, 1951

202

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

203

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

204

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

205

Suspense: The Most Dangerous Game, 1943

206

Hello Americans: The Andes, 1942

207

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

208

Bob Hope Show: Orson Welles guest, 1943

209

The Shadow: The Three Ghosts, 1937

210

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

211

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

212

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

213

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

214

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

215

Groucho Marx on The Orson Welles Almanac, 1944

216

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

217

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

218

The Shadow: The Temple Bells of Neban, 1937

219

Orson Welles guest host The Jack Benny Program, 1943

220

The Campbell Playhouse: Rebecca, 1938

221

Hello Americans: Brazil, 1941

222

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

223

The Shadow: Death House Rescue, 1937

224

Treasure Island: The Mercury Theatre on the Air, 1938

225

Dracula: The Mercury Theatre on the Air, 1938

226

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

227

A Christmas Carol (1938): The Campbell Playhouse

228

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

229

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

230

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

231

Les Misérables, ep. 1: The Bishop 1937