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The 44 pages that link to Orson Welles, each with the reason it gives.

• Film noirRelated: His late-1950s film intensified noir’s shadows, corruption, and visual experimentation.

• Deep focusRelated: His staging and long takes turned deep focus into a conspicuous storytelling method.

• Radio dramaRelated: His Mercury Theatre radio productions helped define the medium's dramatic reputation.

• Laurence OlivierCompared with: Welles offers a contrasting model of the actor-director who reworked Shakespeare for cinema.

• William Randolph HearstCompared with: His film Citizen Kane drew on a fictionalized media magnate widely associated with Hearst.

• Citizen KaneRelated: Welles directed, co-wrote, produced, and starred in the film.

• John GielgudCompared with: Welles brought an experimental, cinematic sensibility to Shakespeare that differed from Gielgud's classical stage tradition.

• Marlene DietrichRelated: Welles praised Dietrich's screen presence and cast her in Touch of Evil.

• RKO PicturesRelated: RKO gave him unusual creative latitude for his first two features, then cut The Magnificent Ambersons.

• Pauline KaelRelated: Kael’s essay “Raising Kane” advanced a controversial account of his first feature’s authorship.

• Radio in the United StatesRelated: His 1938 broadcast of The War of the Worlds became a landmark in radio’s cultural history.

• Tracking shotRelated: His elaborate moving-camera sequences show how tracking can stage narrative information.

• Gregg TolandRelated: Welles and Toland jointly developed the visual approach of Citizen Kane.

• Howard HughesCompared with: Welles offers a parallel in Hollywood ambition without Hughes’s industrial fortune or aviation career.

• The War of the Worlds (1938 radio drama)Related: He directed the broadcast and performed the role of Professor Richard Pierson.

• Bernard HerrmannRelated: Welles gave Herrmann his first major film-scoring opportunity with Citizen Kane.

• Kenneth BranaghCompared with: Welles’s highly personal Shakespeare films contrast with Branagh’s more text-forward approach.

• The Magnificent AmbersonsRelated: Welles directed, narrated, and adapted the film, shaping its distinctive style.

• Jean RenoirRelated: Welles cited Renoir as a major influence on his approach to camera movement and staging.

• John HousemanRelated: Houseman partnered with Welles to build the Mercury Theatre and produce its landmark radio broadcast.

• Rita HayworthRelated: His marriage to Hayworth and direction of The Lady from Shanghai intertwined their careers.

• Peter BogdanovichRelated: Bogdanovich interviewed Welles extensively and drew on his advice while developing as a filmmaker.

• Robert WiseRelated: Welles directed Citizen Kane, whose editing Wise performed early in his career.

• Dolores del RíoRelated: Welles and Del Río were partners, and he directed her in Journey into Fear.

• Janet LeighRelated: He directed Leigh in Touch of Evil and played her husband in the film.

• Romy SchneiderRelated: Welles directed Schneider in The Trial, an early international production in her career.

• The Mercury TheatreRelated: He co-founded the company and directed many of its defining productions.

• Touch of EvilRelated: Welles wrote, directed, and played corrupt police captain Hank Quinlan.

• Jeanne MoreauRelated: Welles directed Moreau in The Immortal Story and valued her as a screen performer.

• Andrew SarrisRelated: Sarris’s criticism helped establish Welles as a central figure in director-centered film history.

• Marion DaviesRelated: Welles's film helped create a lasting public association between Davies and Susan Alexander.

• Vincent PriceRelated: Price’s early stage career included work with Welles’s Mercury Theatre.

• Agnes MooreheadRelated: Welles cast Moorehead in the Mercury Theatre and gave her major film roles.

• Karen BlixenRelated: Welles’s adaptation of “The Immortal Story” shows how Blixen’s fiction invited cinematic reinterpretation.

• Kenneth TynanRelated: Tynan’s critical career belonged to a transatlantic theatre culture also shaped by Welles.

• Paul ScofieldRelated: Welles directed Scofield as Lear at the Chichester Festival Theatre in 1962.

• Anthony PerkinsRelated: Welles directed Perkins as Josef K. in The Trial.

• Booth TarkingtonRelated: Welles adapted The Magnificent Ambersons into a 1942 film.

• Carol ReedRelated: His brief appearance as Lime became one of the film’s most celebrated scenes.

• Elmyr de HoryRelated: Welles used de Hory’s case to explore forgery, authorship, and the making of artistic reputations.

• History of broadcastingRelated: The broadcast dramatized radio's power to command attention and blur fiction with news.

• Don LaFontaineRelated: Welles’s celebrated narration and voice work preceded LaFontaine’s trailer-era prominence.

• Katharine CornellCompared with: Welles pursued ensemble experimentation and rapid reinvention, contrasting with Cornell’s sustained classical star persona.

• Mercedes McCambridgeRelated: Welles cast McCambridge in his Mercury Theatre radio company, helping establish her early career.