“ THE WAR OF THE WORLDS ” BROADCAST WHICH CREATED PANIC IN

... DRAWING SHOWING MARTIANS ADVANCING WINDSOR.” HAVING BEEN SEEN BY THEM ! THE MARTIANS. On October 30 dramatisation by Orson Welles of H. G. Wells’ novel The War of the Worlds” was broadcast by the Columbia Broadcasting system. This dramatisation included the ...

Published: Saturday 05 November 1938
Newspaper: Illustrated London News
County: London, England
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Many Are Going to Law

... indignation here against H. G. Wells, whom many hold responsible for their fright. But Mr. Wells's New York representative announced to-night that he had received a cable from the author declaring that Mr. Orson Welles, the producer, had exceeded his ...

Published: Tuesday 01 November 1938
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 450 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

FRIENDS! ROMANS! COUNTRYMEN!

... Romans! Countrymen .. . . It was Brutus (alias Orson Welles, the Shakespearean actor) opening his famous speech on the stage of the Mercury Theatre, New York, to a large audience. Suddenly it began to rain. Welles raised his voice, first to a shout, then to ...

Published: Saturday 12 March 1938
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 109 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

TAKEN AS REAL

... TAKEN AS REAL Wells's War Of The Worlds AMAZING INCIDENTS NEW YORK, Monday. A broadcast over the Columbia system of H. G. Wells's novel, The War of the Worlds, caused panic among susceptible listeners in all parts of the United States, last night. ...

Published: Monday 31 October 1938
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 132 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

Panic Sequel to H. G. Wells Novel Broadcast

... Sequel to H. G. Wells Novel Broadcast NEW YORK, Monday. BROADCAST, over the Columbia system, of H. G. Wells' novel The War of the Worlds, caused panic among susceptible listeners .ill parts of the United States last night. Mr Orson Welles, the producer ...

Published: Monday 31 October 1938
Newspaper: Hull Daily Mail
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 149 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

UW

... ran with wet towels round their mouths as protection from poison gas I To give the story added realism the producer, Mr. Orson Welles. set it in an American scene. One unforeseen result was that listeners who switched in after the start were horrified to ...

Published: Tuesday 01 November 1938
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 156 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

MARS INVASION HYSTERIA IN FEDERAL INQUIRY MO HALIFAX GAS RADIO FANTASY. TRAGEDY, PANIC-STRICKEN LISTENERS FLEE ..

... throughout the United States last night. Mr. Orson Welles, the producer of the feature on the Columbia Broadcasting System, substituted names of American cities and towns for the original place-names in Mr. H. G. Wells's story of a Martian invasion of the earth ...

Published: Tuesday 01 November 1938
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 181 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

BROADCAST PANIC IN AMERICA

... END OF WORLD WELLS NOVEL EPISODE NEW YORK, Monday. Broadcast over the Columbia system of H. G. Wells' novel, The War of the Worlds, caused panic among susceptible listeners in all parts of the United States last night. Mr Orson Welles, the producer ...

Published: Monday 31 October 1938
Newspaper: Staffordshire Sentinel
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 196 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

ANNUAL LOLLIPOP PRIZE

... person who makes the biggest fools out of Am2ricans has been awarded by the students of Brown University, Rhode Island. to Orson Welles, whose War of the Worlds wireless programme alarmed America. The student paper of Brows University recommends that Mr Weles ...

Published: Thursday 24 November 1938
Newspaper: Blyth News
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 211 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

MERCURIES ACROSS THE SEA! By MARGERY ROWLAND

... Julius Caesar and Dekker’s “ Shoemaker’s Holiday.” The New York organisation is headed by the young producer and manager, Orson Welles, and run on the business side by a young Englishman, John Housman, who was once in the tea trade. Since it opened last ...

Published: Thursday 07 April 1938
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 285 | Page: 1 | Tags: none