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Well's WAR OF THE WORLDS: where can i find the best version?
Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2018 12:03 am
by Darren Nemeth
80 years ago Orson Wells bradcast his version of War of the Worlds.
I want to give it a listen to again on Halloween but where can I find the best sounding version??
Re: Well's WAR OF THE WORLDS: where can i find the best version?
Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2018 8:16 am
by Rick Lanham
Some of the comments on archive.org praise this version:
https://archive.org/details/OrsonWellesMrBruns
Rick
Re: Welles WAR OF THE WORLDS: where can i find the best version?
Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2018 7:24 pm
by Scoundrel
The name is "Welles".
The Broadcast is included as an extra on Paramount's DVD of the 1952 film.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOmYEssdXg8&
Re: Well's WAR OF THE WORLDS: where can i find the best version?
Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2018 7:26 am
by wich2
Darren -
It is being restored from the best known discs as we speak:
But right now, one of the better versions is among many cleaned-up shows at the Lilly Library site of the Welles Collection:
https://orsonwelles.indiana.edu/
- Craig