The War of the Worlds (radio drama) a bush and saying, 'Boo!'" Popular mythology holds the disclaimer was hastily added to the broadcast at the insistence of CBS executives, as they became aware of panic inspired by the program. In fact, at the station break, network executive Davidson Taylor had attempted to prevent Welles, who had added the speech at the last minute, from reading it on air for fear of allowing the network to legal liability, but Welles delivered it anyway. Radio programming charts in Sunday newspapers listed the CBS drama, "The War of the Worlds". "The New York Times" for October 30, 1938, also included
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles positive reviews with 73% on Rotten Tomatoes and 67 on Metacritic "The Observer" called the film "an excellent primer on the maestro’s career". Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles Magician: The Astonishing Work and Life of Orson Welles is a 2014 American documentary film by Chuck Workman. Produced on the eve of the centenary of Orson Welles's birth, the film is a chronological review of his personal life and achievements in theatre, radio and film. It includes excerpts of nearly all of Welles's films, archival footage and audio, and interviews with colleagues, biographers, critics, friends and contemporary