An Evening with Orson Welles (1970)

Original title

An Evening with Orson Welles: The Golden Honeymoon

Directed by

Orson Welles

Genre

documentary

Country

United States

Runtime

30 min

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Orson Welles recites popular stories in a series of short films made for an early home video system. Two of the six films survive, including a fairy tale and a sketch about Socrates and Noah.

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What happens

An Evening with Orson Welles is a series of six short films created in 1970 by Orson Welles, for the exclusive use of Sears, Roebuck & Co. Welles produced the recitations of popular stories for Sears's Avco Cartrivision machines, a pioneering home video system. Four of the films are regarded as lost; as of 2022, two of the films, The Golden Honeymoon and Two Wise Old Men: Socrates and Noah, are known to exist. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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