The War of the Worlds (radio drama) are listening to a CBS presentation of Orson Welles and the "Mercury Theatre of the Air", in an original dramatization of "The War of the Worlds" by H. G. Wells. The performance will continue after a brief intermission. The last third of the program is a monologue and dialogue. Professor Pierson, having survived the attack on Grover's Mill, attempts to make contact with other humans. In Newark, he encounters an opportunistic militiaman who holds fascist ideals in regards to man's relationship with the Martians, and intends to use Martian weaponry to take control of both species. Declaring that he wants
An Evening with Orson Welles the 1946 Mercury Theatre radio play. Other titles that appeared on Cartrivision cassettes were "American Heritage, Vol. 1", "American Heritage, Vol. II", "Noah and Socrates", and "My Little Boy". An Evening with Orson Welles An Evening with Orson Welles is a series of six short films created in 1970 by Orson Welles, for the exclusive use of Sears, Roebuck & Co. Welles produced the recitations of popular stories for Sears's Avco Cartrivision machines, a pioneering home video system. Five of the films are regarded as lost; footage from one, "The Golden Honeymoon", is known to exist. In 1970, after he