Caption: Orson Welles (1915--1985), 1937 Mar01---young Orson.
Orson Welles was, of course, a film director and I remember him as a frequent guest and guest host on the The Tonight Show in the 1970s or so.
Welles' 1938 The War of Worlds radio play provoked a real Martian invasion scare---it was a radio play, NOT a hoax, but it was done in a you-are-there fashion---heck it was Oct30, the day before Halloween---on the other hand, Welles was a bit of wag.
Welles transferred the setting from England to Grover's Mill, New Jersey. I guess an Martian invasion of New Jersey just seemed more likely.
Credit/Permission: Carl Van Vechten (1880--1964),
1937
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by User:Dbenzhuser,
2005) /
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