“The War of the Worlds”—Orson Welles's realistic radio dramatization of a Martian invasion of Earth—is broadcast on the radio on October 30, 1938. Welles was only 23 years old when his Mercury Theater company decided to update H.G. Wells’s 19th-century science fiction novelTheWar of...
On the night of October 30, 1938, a live broadcast of an Orson Welles radio drama “The War of the Worlds,” rattled Americans who thought Martians were attacking the planet.
Broadcast Hysteria: Orson Welles's War of the Worlds and the Art of Fake News On the evening of October 30, 1938, radio listeners across the U.S. heard a startling report of mysterious creatures and terrifying war machines moving toward New York City. But the hair-raising broadcast was n...
The October 30, 1938 broadcast of “The War of the Worlds” by Orson Welles and his Mercury Theatre On The Air caused panic around the country, as more than a million people believed they were hearing real news bulletins describing a Martian invasion, rather than just a cleverly-disguised ra...
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Schwartz, A. Brad, Broadcast Hysteria: Orson Welles's War of the Worlds and the Art of Fake News, First edition (New York: Hill and Wang, A division of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015). Snyder, Timothy, The Road to Unfreedom by Timothy Snyder (London: Penguin, 2018)...
We all know the image of Martians descending from space, moving on giant metal tripods and using deadly heat rays to ruthlessly destroy everything in their wake. Most infamous was the 1938 Orson Welles radio broadcast that had average Americans convinced they were being invaded by Martians. Then...
Ep. 433 Orson Welles "The War Of The Worlds" Original Radio Broadcast (1938) The Midnight Cinephile Edit It looks like we don't have any filming & production for this title yet.Be the first to contribute. Learn more Contribute to this page ...
The complete script of 'The War of the Worlds' by H. G. Wells, as performed by Orson Welles and the Mercury Theatre on the Air, and broadcast on CBS on November 30, 1938.
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