Radio drama critical acclaim. Some of the many storytellers and monologists on early 1920s American radio might be able to claim even earlier dates. Perhaps America's most famous radio drama broadcast is Orson Welles' "The War of the Worlds" (a 1938 version of H. G. Wells' novel), which convinced large numbers of listeners that an actual invasion from Mars was taking place. By the late 1930s, radio drama was widely popular in the United States (and also in other parts of the world). There were dozens of programs in many different genres, from mysteries and thrillers, to soap operas and comedies. Among
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