“ 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
Type: Article | Words: 132 | Page: 26 | Tags: none

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
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Mr Wells ' s Criticism of

... that Mr Wells had cabled him from England declaring that the Columbia Broadcasting system and Mr Orson Welles ( producer of the broadcast ) have far overstepped their rights in the matter . . . and should make a full retraction . Mr Wells added that ...

Published: Tuesday 01 November 1938
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 215 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

AMAZING SCENES OF HYSTERIA

... test and black-out Paddington because it was felt might be misunderstood. MR. ORSON WELLES KNOWN IN DUBLIN. Orson Welles, producer of the sensational New York broadcast, is well known Dublin. He acted for a season with the Cate Theatre ...

Published: Tuesday 01 November 1938
Newspaper: Northern Whig
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 867 | Page: 8 | 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

COUNTRYWIDE ANGER AS REACTION TO HYSTERIA

... landed. MR. WELLS DEEPLY CONCERNED. NEW YORK. Monday.—Mr. H. G. Wells's representative here states that Mr. Wells was deeply concerned that the wireless dramatisation of his book should have alarmed the United States. He said Mr. Wells had cabled him ...

Published: Tuesday 01 November 1938
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 559 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

THE STORY ON THE RADIO

... last night when a dramatisation of Mr H . G . Wells ' s fantasy The War of the Worlds came on the air over the national network of the Columbia Broadcasting system . The programme was the work of Mr Orson Wellesa young American , who is known as an ...

Published: Tuesday 01 November 1938
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 475 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

BROADCAST PANICS CAUSED BY U.S. VERSION OF H. G. WELLS’S STORY MYTHICAL MARS INVASION INDIGNANT NOVELIST

... Mr. Wells added that the dramatisation was made “with a liberty that amounts to complete rewriting. He considered this a “totally unwarranted liberty.”—Reuter, MR. WELI NEW YORK, Monday.—Mr. H. G. Wells’s representative here states that Mr. Wells was ...

Published: Saturday 05 November 1938
Newspaper: Ballymena Weekly Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 588 | Page: 8 | 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

STATE OPENS INQUIRY INTO BROADCAST THAT SHOOK U.S

... frantic telephone calls. Wells Upset Mr Jacques Chambrun, Mr H. C. Wells's representative in New York, said that Mr Wells was deeply concerned that the wireless dramatisation of his book should have caused such alarm. Mr Wells had cabled him declaring ...

Published: Tuesday 01 November 1938
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 723 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

UNITED STATES IN GRIP OF HYSTERIA

... MR. WELLS DEEPLY CONCERNED. Mr. Jacques Chanthrun, Mr. 11. G. Wells's representative here, stated today that Mr. Wells was deeply concerned that the wireless dramatisation of his book should have :•aused such alarm in the United States. Mr. Wells had ...

Published: Saturday 05 November 1938
Newspaper: Irish Weekly and Ulster Examiner
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 270 | Page: 9 | Tags: none