ORSON WELLES
GENIUS AT WORK ON RADIO

Originally broadcast on WLTD
Saturday, June 19, 1971

THIRD MAN (1950s) Orson Welles stars as Harry Lime in “Greek Meets Greek.”  Lime is quarantined with a case of the measles when a woman enters his room with a story of murder.

14 AUGUST: A MESSAGE FOR THE DAY OF VICTORY (8-14-45) Orson Wells speaks Norman Corwin’s words on the last day of World War II.

THE SHADOW (1938) “The Firebug” starring Orson Welles as Lamont Cranston/Shadow.  A series of tenement fires have resulted in many deaths.  The city is being terrorized and the police are baffled. The Shadow steps in and investigates.

BILL STERN’S SPORTS NEWSREEL (1946) The famed sportscaster and storyteller welcomes guest Orson Welles.

SUSPENSE (4-13-44) “The Marvelous Barrastro” starring Orson Welles with Hans Conried.  Welles plays a dual role in this story about the “second greatest magician” who tells his strange story to Suspense producer William Spear.