At The End Of The Street In The Shadow: Orson Welles and The City

Expressionism 3, 148, 168–70, 175, 213, 228, 237; expressionism-within-realism 175; expressionist lighting 5; German 4, 18n.5, 37, 128, 130; shadows 137, 175

Fall of the Roman Empire, The 195

Fante, John 79, 101, 103–4, 156

Fellini, Federico 197

Ferguson, Perry 36–7, 47, 49, 89, 139

Fessier, Michael 79, 156

F for Fake 5–6, 181, 197, 199, 244–5, 257, 259, 272; pseudo-documentary 244; see also Europe and Spain

55 Days in Peking 195

Filming ‘Othello’ 6

Filmorsa 195, 204–5

Films de l’Astrophore, Le 199

Final Draft see Take This Woman

First Person Singular (radio play) 15

Five Kings (Part One) (play) 14, 16, 247

Fleet’s In, The (musical) 53

Foreign Correspondent 83

42nd Parallel, The (novel) 22

Fountain of Youth, The (TV programme) 17

Franco, Francisco 266; post-Franco 277, 279; Pro-Franco committee 147; regime 23, 147, 195–6, 197–8, 231, 258, 262, 266, 276; see also Spain

Freeling, Nicolas 197

Fully Dressed and In His Right Mind (novel) 79, 156, 157

García Berlanga, Luis 258

Gare d’Orsay see Trial, The

Gillette, William 4, 15, 35

Good Neighbor Policy 10, 78, 86, 88–9, 99, 115, 125; pre-Good Neighbor Policy 101; Welles as ambassador of 17, 50, 100, 110, 129, 160, 183; Good Will tour 133; see also Franklin Delano Roosevelt and It’s All True

Goosson, Stephen 154

Grand Detour (Illinois) 57

Green Goddess, The (play) 16

Greene, Graham 82–3, 181–9, 190n.5, 206

Grosse Légume, Une see V.I.P.

Hampton, Christopher 182

Hannaford, Jake 244, 268, 271

Hath not a Jew eyes? (TV programme) 253

Hayworth, Rita 17, 90, 146, 160, 257

Hearst, William Randolph 16–17, 23–4, 30, 38–47, 184; proto-fascist 23; San Francisco Examiner 39; yellow journalism 39; see also Citizen Kane

Heartbreak House (play) 15

Heart of Darkness 90, 66, 79–80, 86, 102, 131, 149, 173, 243

Heart of Darkness (novel) 16, 78, 272

Heart of Darkness (radio play) 79

Heart of Darkness (play) 82

Hemingway, Ernest 11, 14, 23, 131, 258, 263–4, 267–71, 273, 278; see also bullfighting

Heroine, The (book) 198, 240n.31

Heroine, The (segment) 245

Herrmann, Bernard 16, 53–4

Heston, Charlton 166

His Honor, the Mayor (radio play) 24

Hitchcock, Alfred 83–5, 87, 89–90, 138

Honorary Consul, The (novel) 181–4, 186, 190n.5

Horse Eats Hat (play) 15

House Party see Mercedes

House Un-American Activities Committee 128, 160, 195

Huston, John 17, 131, 133, 138, 169, 196, 206, 271

Immortal Story, The 6, 81, 197, 198, 244–5, 274; Spain 197, 258; see also Europe

Imperial Hearst (novel) 38

International Pictures 17, 131

In the Land of Don Quixote (TV programme) 196, 265–70, 272–5; Madrid 265

Iron Curtain 198, 212, 216, 230, 233

It’s All True 10, 17, 49–50, 78–80, 89, 99–121, 122n.47, 133, 146, 156, 186, 189, 260; Carnaval footage 109, 119, 127; ‘Carnaval’ (segment) 79, 100, 108, 115, 268; and samba and saudade and Rio de Janeiro; semi-documentary 17, 78, 108; see also Brazil

It’s All True: Based on a Film by Orson Welles 104, 107, 112

jangadeiros 106, 117–18, 120; and Fortaleza 4, 100–1, 106–7, 117–18, 120, 147, 260; see also Brazil

jazz 80, 101–3, 110; see also The Story of Jazz

Jew Süss (play) 14

Jorgens, Jack J. 249

Journey into Fear (novel) 49, 78, 83, 90, 183

Journey into Fear 50, 81–2, 89–93, 95, 97n.58, 104, 131; Istanbul 93; see also thriller

Julius Caesar (play) 15, 37, 235

Kafka, Franz 3, 225–9, 230, 236, 253; see also Prague and The Trial

Kammerspiel 130, 168–9

Keller, Harry 167, 175

Kodar, Oja 181–9, 190n.5, 197, 231, 263, 271–2, 274–7, 281n.42; see also Crazy Weather and The Other Man and The Other Side of the Wind

Korda, Alexander 127, 194, 206, 229, 244

Kracauer, Siegfried 168

Last Laugh, The see letzte Mann, Der

Latin America/South America 10, 17, 50, 81, 88–9, 92, 95, 100–1, 103–4, 110, 118, 130–5, 138, 173, 181–6, 189, 257; see also Good Neighbor Policy

L’Eclisse 231, 235

left-wing: activism 130; critics 23, 266; filmmakers 128; left-wing serious thriller 183; melodrama 25

letzte Mann, Der 169

Little Prince, The (book) 127

Lives of Harry Lime, The (radio play) 206

Los Robles see Touch of Evil

Loves of Carmen, The 257

Love Story 104, 156; see also It’s All True

machismo 183–4, 263–4

Magnificent Ambersons, The 10, 13, 16, 21, 24, 26, 35, 49–71, 72n.27, 77, 89, 92, 99–101, 107, 243, 272; African Americans 57; distant European past 245; Indianapolis 10, 27–9, 52, 54, 56–7, 60–3, 65–7, 70, 100; mansion 52, 56, 62–6, 69–70, 73n.54; see also New York

Magnificent Ambersons, The (novel) 13

Maltese Falcon, The 169, 206

Mancini, Henry 173, 178n.24

M. & A. Alexander 205

Manhattan Transfer (novel) 22

Man in the Shadow, The 166

Mankiewicz, Herman J. 16, 25, 31n.22, 32, 38–41, 79

Mankiewicz, Joseph L. 258

Mann, Anthony 77, 128, 165, 169, 195

‘Man of Mystery’ (episode) 206–7, 209, 214; see The Lives of Harry Lime

Man with a Movie Camera 4, 117

March of Time, The (radio play) 84, 208

Marco the Magnificent 236

Marx, Karl 15, 40, 89, 126, 132, 182, 246

Masquerade see Mr. Arkadin

Maysles, Albert and David 270

McCarthy, Joseph 127, 160; and Cold War

Meltzer, Robert 105, 110, 119

Melville, Herman 245

Melville, Jean-Pierre 245

Mercedes 181, 264, 273–4

Merchant of Venice, The 251

Mercury Theatre 15–16, 23, 247

Mercury Theatre on the Air, The (radio play) 15

Mercy see Mercedes

Mérimée, Prosper 257, 271, 275

Merrie England 2, 24, 28, 58, 246, 248

Metty, Russell 137, 170, 175

Mexican Melodrama see Way to Santiago, The

Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost 53

Midlander, The (novel) 56

Miller, William see Masterson, Whit

mise-en-scène 5, 46, 60, 77, 82, 139, 166, 183, 219, 221, 230

Misérables, Les (play) 15

Misraki, Paul 211–12

Moby Dick (novel) 243

‘Moby Dick’ Rehearsed (play) 243

Monsieur Arkadin (novel) 205, 209

Monsieur Verdoux 50

Moreau, Jeanne 236, 275

Mr. Arkadin 3, 6, 10, 29, 81, 87, 126, 155, 163, 165, 175, 187, 194–5, 203–14, 217–21, 224n.62, 229, 231, 257–9; Barcelona 214, 217, 231, 277; flashback structure 204–5; Madrid 195, 203, 213, 220, 224n.62, 257–8, 277; Munich 3, 144n.27, 203, 210, 212, 214, 217–21, 226; Spanish-language version 204; see also Europe and impressionism and Naples and Spain and thriller

multi-national filmmaking 194

Munich Film Museum 251, 276

Murder, My Sweet 169

Murder on the Riviera (radio episode) 207

Murnau, F. W. 168, 169

Musketeers, The (TV programme) 17

‘My Friend Bonito’ (episode) 49; see also It’s All True

Naked Lady, The (TV programme) 17

Naples 81, 87, 210, 213, 217

Naremore, James 8, 25, 40–1, 86, 148, 248

Native Son (play) 16

Nazism 79, 85, 87, 90–92, 119, 132–3, 136, 220–1; in Argentina 133, 135; death camp 132, 139; de-Nazification 220; Germany 80, 131, 168 ; Nazi-hunter 129, 143n.20; post-Nazi era 218; prisons 237, 240n.34

Nella terra di Don Chisciotte 5

New York 4, 10, 14, 22–3, 28, 34, 41–2, 80, 90, 102–3, 130, 149, 170; see also Citizen Kane and The Lady from Shanghai and Mr. Arkadin

New Yorker 38, 149

New Wien (segment) 1, 3, 9

Night and the City 170

Night Train to Munich 83

Nobility of the Peasantry see Nobleza baturra

Nobleza baturra 258

noir/film noir 4, 10, 78, 128–31, 146, 154, 164–5, 168–70, 183, 189; cinematic cities 130, 164; labyrinths 170; postwar noir 129; private-detective-centred 169; worldview 130

Noriega, Jose 88–9, 127

Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs see OCIAA

Old Chevalier, The 253n.2

‘Old Chevalier, The’ (short story) 43, 244

One-Man Band see Orson’s Bag

Operation Cinderella 194

Orson’s Bag 2, 9, 11n.n.3,8, 198–9, 251, 272, 275; and Vienna and Zagreb

Orson Welles en el país de Don Quijote 262

Orson Welles #4 see Way to Santiago, The

Orson Welles Show, The (radio play) 50

Otello, Grand 105, 111, 116–17, 119

Othello 6, 120, 163, 168, 175, 193–6, 203, 206–7, 214, 228, 245, 249–50–2; see also Cannes Film Festival Palme d’Or and Europe

Other Man, The 181–9, 190n.5; see also Oja Kodar and Pan-American cities and thriller

Other Side of the Wind, The 84, 157, 181, 199, 231, 244, 268, 271, 273; American macho 264

Out of the Past 138

Pan-American films 10, 77–181, 189; anti-fascist 50, 78, 106; Carnaval 116; cities 99, 181; identity 101, 165; port city 165; propaganda 116; thrillers 78, 128, 163, 184

Paris by Night 244

Paul, Elliot 79, 101–2

Photosonar studios 203

Piedra, Emiliano 247

Poe, Edgar Allen 197

port cities 4, 77, 131, 148, 184

Portrait of Gina see Viva Italia

Prague 3, 227, 229, 230, 275; Holocaust 227

Prince of Foxes 193

Prozess, Der see Trial, The

Pulitzer Prize 25, 57

Reed, Carol 2, 83, 193, 206

Rio de Janeiro 1, 4, 50, 71, 101, 106–7, 109–10, 112, 119, 186; bidonville 187–9; Carnaval, 4, 50, 71, 79, 100–12, 115–19, 127; see also Brazil and It’s All True

Rivelles, Amparo 204, 215

RKO 13, 16–17, 21–4, 37, 49–51, 53–6, 59–60, 63–7, 69, 77–84, 86, 88–93, 100–4, 107–9, 115, 118–19, 122n.47; RKO-Pathé Studio 64

Rockefeller, Nelson 50, 183

Rohmer, Eric 211, 217

Roosevelt, Franklin D. 40, 50, 78, 86, 99, 125, 127–9, 277; Depression era 15, 22; see also Good Neighbor Policy

Roots of Heaven, The 196

Rosenbaum, Jonathan 6, 8–9, 18, 54, 209, 211, 281n.39

Rossen, Robert 128, 195

Saladin: Three Crusaders 197

Salome 119, 127, 194

samba 100, 104–5, 109–17, 119, 268; see also Brazil and Rio de Janeiro

saudade 1, 71, 113–15, 165, 210, 226

Scalera, Michele 193, 249–50

Schaefer, George 16, 23, 53

Sevilla Film Studios 195, 203

Shadow of a Doubt 138

‘Shadow, The’ (radio episode) 15

Shakespeare, William 2, 14, 160, 180, 244, 246, 251, 253

Shoemaker’s Holiday, The (play) 15

Shylock Story, The 251, 253; see also The Merchant of Venice

Side Street 77, 169

silent film 4, 15, 28, 35, 101, 120

Siodmak, Robert 131, 168

Sleepy Lagoon Defense Committee 164

Smiler with the Knife, The 80, 82, 84, 86, 88, 90

Socialist Realism 22–3

Spain 10–11, 14, 23, 43, 87–8, 155, 165, 195–7, 203, 214, 216, 245, 247, 25–9, 262–7, 270–3, 276–8; españolada 14, 257–8; Stalinist influence in 23; see also bullfight and Ernest Hemingway and Francisco Franco and John Dos Passos

Spanish-American War 10, 26, 29, 40, 43

Spanish Civil War 15, 93, 129, 147, 258; International Brigades 151; Popular Front 15, 22–3, 82–3; postwar 165, 195; see also fascism and Spain

Spanish Earth, The 23

Spirits of the Dead 197

Stamboul Train (novel) 83

Sternberg, Josef von 169

Stewart, James G. 81

‘St-Germain-des-Prés’ (episode) see Around the World with Orson Welles

Story of Jazz, The 101–3

Stranger, The 17, 78, 81, 125–42, 153, 168, 175, 189; film noir postwar thriller 30; Puerto Indio 133–5, 137, 141, 175, 189; see also Argentina and expressionism and noir

Street, The see Straße, Die

Street with No Name, The 169

Sun Also Rises, The (novel) 14, 267

Surinam see Victory

Tamiroff, Akim 144n.27, 196, 209, 224n.62, 229, 281n.39

Taras Bulba (novel) 225

Tarkington, Booth 13, 24–5, 50, 54, 56–71, 245

Tasca di Cutò, Alessandro 265–6

Third Draft see Black Irish

Third Man, The 2, 141, 183, 193–4, 206; and expressionism and postwar Europe and thriller and Vienna

Third Man (theme) 206

thriller 5, 10, 17, 49, 77–95, 118, 127, 138, 148, 156, 165, 181–3, 185, 194, 197–8, 206–7, 220; anti-fascist 78, 90, 95; comic 104; Pan-American 78, 128, 146, 163, 184; political 277; postwar 30n.2; serious thriller 82, 206, 212–13; spy thriller 78

Tito, Josip Broz 2, 197–9, 230

Toland, Gregg 36–7, 49; see also Citizen Kane

Too Much Johnson 12n.11, 22, 36, 47n.5, 108; and Madrid 47n.5

Too Much Johnson (play) 4, 15, 35

Touch of Evil 3, 6, 17, 46, 78, 80, 85, 95–96n.12, 142, 155, 163–77, 177n.7, 178n.21, 179n.26, 185, 187, 196, 210, 220; US/Mexican border 3–4, 77, 155–68, 170–4, 177, 178n.21; cinematic spaces 78; expressionist use of shadows 137, 175; Los Angeles 78, 164; Los Robles 3, 78, 81, 164, 166–8, 170, 174–5, 177, 178n.24, 179n.26; Venice Beach 78, 164, 168, 175, 177; see also expressionism and noir and thriller

Tourneur, Jacques 138

Towers, Harry Alan 206

Trauner, Alexandre 249–51

Treasure Island 197, 247, 254n.19

Trial, The 3, 6, 10, 157, 168, 197, 210, 225–38, 238n.1, 239n.31, 240n.33, 253; Gare d’Orsay 3, 235–7; post-Holocaust 253; see also Europe and expressionism and Prague and Vienna and Zagreb

Trivers, Paul 79, 89

Turmoil, The (novel) 56–7

Twelfth Night (play) 14

Twentieth Century Fox 118, 139, 154, 156, 231

Two by Two see Capitan Noè

Universal Pictures 17, 128, 139, 166

Unnamed Mexican Story 89

urban spaces 5, 11, 36, 46, 78, 95, 102, 245

Variety see Varieté

Veiller, Anthony 17, 131, 138

Venice Film Festival 160, 204, 226, 255n.33

Vidor, Charles 146, 257

Vienna 1–2, 206, 229, 275; Riesenrad Ferris wheel 2, 279; see also The Third Man

Walked by Night 169

Warner Bros. 118, 204

War of the Worlds (radio programme) 16

Washington Evening Star 160

Way to Santiago, The 49, 83, 86, 88–90; see also thriller

Welcome, Mister Marshall! see ¡Bienvenido, Mister Marshall!

Wertenbaker, Lael Tucker 261–2

When Are You Going to Finish Don Quixote? 197, 276

Wilde, Oscar 119, 127, 194

Williams, Charles 198

Wilson, Richard 102, 105, 120

Winter of Our Discontent, The 14

World War I 40, 62, 82, 208, 229

World War II 10, 91, 131; fascist Spain 195; postwar period 10, 30, 27, 127–9, 131, 153, 165, 169–70, 201–22, 226, 230–3, 246; Soviet-style internationalism 125; see also fascism and Good Neighbor Policy and The Lady from Shanghai