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The Complete Orson Welles — 245 episodes

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1

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

2

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

3

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

4

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

5

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

6

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

7

The Black Museum | The Hammerhead | 1951–1952

8

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

9

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

10

This Is My Best | Heart of Darkness | 1945

11

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

12

Campbell Playhouse || Counsellor at Law | 1939

13

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

14

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

15

The Mercury Theatre on the Air || Seventeen | 1938

16

The Black Museum || Glass Shards | 1952

17

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

18

Hello Americans || Ritmos de las Americas | 1943

19

The Shadow || League of Terror | Sabotage | 1938

20

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

21

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

22

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

23

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

24

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

25

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

26

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

27

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

28

Campbell Playhouse || Vanity Fair | 1944

29

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

30

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

31

The Shadow || Joey’s Christmas Story | 1940

32

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

33

Campbell Playhouse || The Count of Monte Cristo | 1939

34

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

35

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

36

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

37

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

38

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

39

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

40

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

41

Orson Welles || The Begatting of The President | 1969

42

The Shadow | Tenor With the Broken Voice | 1938

43

Suspense | Lazarus Walks | 1943

44

The Jack Benny Program | Host Orson Welles | 1943

45

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

46

Campbell Playhouse | What Every Woman Knows | 1939

47

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

48

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

49

Suspense | The Hitchhiker | 1942

50

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

51

Bob Hope || Guest Orson Welles | 1943

52

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

53

The Columbia Workshop || Air Raid || 1938

54

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

55

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

56

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

57

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

58

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

59

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

60

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

61

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

62

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

63

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

64

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

65

Suspense || Philomel Cottage || 1943

66

Hello Americans || Bolivar's Idea | 1943

67

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

68

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

69

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

70

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

71

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

72

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

73

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

74

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

75

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

76

Les Misérables || The Bishop | Javert || 1937

77

Suspense | The Hitchhiker (Lucille Fletcher) | 1942

78

Hello Americans || Feed the World | 1943

79

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

80

Campbell Playhouse | Vanity Fair | 1940

81

Campbell Playhouse | Victoria Regina (Helen Hayes) | 1939

82

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

83

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

84

The Orson Welles Almanac | Victor Moore | 1944

85

Campbell Playhouse | Peter Ibbetson | 1939

86

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

87

Miscellaneous Orson related Clips || 1944-1945

88

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

89

Campbell Playhouse | Ah, Wilderness | 1939

90

The Mercury Theatre on the Air | Dracula | 1938

91

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

92

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

93

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

94

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

95

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

96

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

97

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

98

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

99

Campbell Playhouse | Ordeal at Wickford Point | 1939

100

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

101

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

102

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

103

Campbell Playhouse | Private Lives (Gertrude Lawrence) | 1939

104

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

105

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

106

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

107

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

108

The Adventures of Harry Lime | Operation Music Box | 1951

109

Hello Americans | Ritmos de las Americas | 1943

110

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

111

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

112

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

113

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

114

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

115

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

116

Campbell Playhouse | Twentieth Century (Joan Blondell) | 1939

117

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

118

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

119

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

120

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

121

Chase and Sanborn Hour | Guest Orson Welles | 1944

122

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

123

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

124

Mercury Summer Theatre of the Air | Golden Honeymoon | 1946

125

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

126

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

127

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

128

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

129

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

130

Campbell Playhouse | Beau Geste (Laurence Oliver); 1939

131

The Columbia Workshop | Air Raid | 1938

132

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

133

Orson Remembered by Friends | Mercury Theatre Remembered; 1988

134

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

135

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

136

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

137

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

138

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

139

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

140

The Orson Welles Almanac | Guest, Hedda Hopper; 1944

141

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

142

Suspense | The Dark Tower (Orson Welles); 1944

143

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

144

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

145

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

146

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

147

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

148

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

149

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

150

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

151

Cavalcade of America | Admiral of the Ocean Sea; 1942

152

The Shadow | Society of the Living Dead; 1938

153

Campbell Playhouse | The Glass Key; 1939

154

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

155

The Black Museum | The Black Gladstone Bag; 1952

156

The Adventures of Harry Lime | Voodoo; 1951

157

Radio Reader's Digest (Pilot); 1946

158

Orson Welles Commentaries (2 episodes); 1945

159

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

160

The Orson Welles Almanac | Lionel Barrymore; 1944

161

Suspense | The Marvelous Barastro; 1944

162

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

163

Fifth War Loan Drive - Texarkana, TX; 1944

164

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

165

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

166

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

167

Suspense | Lazarus Walks, 1943

168

Orson Welles | Reading Out Loud (Pilot); 1943

169

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

170

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

171

George Washington, American; 1941

172

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

173

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

174

The Shadow | Sabotage; 1938

175

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

176

Campbell Playhouse | Burlesque (Alice Frost), 1939

177

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

178

The Black Museum | Bath Tub, 1952

179

The Adventures of Harry Lime | Ticket to Tangier, 1951

180

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

181

Suspense | Philomel Cottage (Agatha Christie), 1943

182

Ceiling Unlimited | Flying Fortress / Air Transport Command, 1942

183

Hello Americans | The Islands (Haiti), 1942

184

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

185

The Shadow | League of Terror, 1938

186

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

187

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

188

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

189

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

190

The Adventures of Harry Lime | Clay Pigeon, 1951

191

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

192

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

193

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

194

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

195

The Shadow | The Death Triangle, 1937

196

A .32 Caliber Bullet | The Black Museum, 1951

197

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

198

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

199

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

200

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

201

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

202

I Lost My Girlish Laughter | Campbell Playhouse, 1939

203

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

204

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

205

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

206

The Great Man Votes | Cavalcade of America, 1941

207

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

208

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

209

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

210

Macbeth Follies (unaired, comedic Shakespeare), 1940

211

The Shadow | Circle of Death, 1937

212

The Mercury Theatre on the Air: Abraham Lincoln, 1938

213

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

214

The Black Museum: The. 22 Caliber Pistol, 1951

215

The Adventures of Harry Lime: Too Many Crooks, 1951

216

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

217

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

218

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

219

Suspense: The Most Dangerous Game, 1943

220

Hello Americans: The Andes, 1942

221

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

222

Bob Hope Show: Orson Welles guest, 1943

223

The Shadow: The Three Ghosts, 1937

224

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

225

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

226

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

227

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

228

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

229

Groucho Marx on The Orson Welles Almanac, 1944

230

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

231

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

232

The Shadow: The Temple Bells of Neban, 1937

233

Orson Welles guest host The Jack Benny Program, 1943

234

The Campbell Playhouse: Rebecca, 1938

235

Hello Americans: Brazil, 1941

236

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

237

The Shadow: Death House Rescue, 1937

238

Treasure Island: The Mercury Theatre on the Air, 1938

239

Dracula: The Mercury Theatre on the Air, 1938

240

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

241

A Christmas Carol (1938): The Campbell Playhouse

242

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

243

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

244

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

245

Les Misérables, ep. 1: The Bishop 1937