bellecs:

Rita Hayworth in The Lady from Shanghai (1948)

sterling-cooper-draper-pryce:

“I’m really honored to be part of this evening’s tribute to a man I’ve known and loved for so many years. Aside from the astounding impact he’s had on the theater, motion pictures and I suppose all forms of show business, he is completely and absolutely responsible for abetting and encouraging some of us to be become actors… If it hadn’t been for his interference, I could be very happily working for my uncle’s bank on Sycamore Street in Petersburg. I’ve never spoken before of this intrusion in my private life but now that I have the opportunity, let me say this to you Orson— thank you very much.”

— Joseph Cotten speaking at Orson Welles’ AFI Tribute (x)

jewahl:

Ingrid Bergman at the AFI’s tribute to Orson Welles.

nazi-julieandrews:

Although Welles is mostly commended for his brilliant directing job in this masterpiece, his performance also ranks among one of the greatest of all-time. At the age of 25, Orson Welles manages to believably portray a man who ages from 25 to 70 throughout the course of the film. He masters the part physically, portraying gradually increasing fatigue to the point that when he tears apart his wife’s room at the end, it comes as no easy task. He matches the physicality with great emotional depth as we see his ego begin to control him.

— Film Misery (x)