The Orson Welles Show (radio series) debut of "The Hitch-Hiker", an original radio play by Lucille Fletcher (wife of Bernard Herrmann) that has become a classic of suspense. On the broadcast of December 29, 1941, Rita Hayworth was the guest player; this was the first meeting between Welles and Hayworth, who were married in September 1943. Welles concluded the final broadcast of "The Orson Welles Show" February 2, 1942, with a statement: "Tomorrow night the Mercury Theatre starts for South America. The reason, put more or less officially, is that I've been asked by the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs to do a motion
Orson Welles Cinema was "Vintage Hitchcock", a 13" x 18" poster she designed for a month-long Hitchcock series held in 1973. Film notes for each showing were prepared by staffer John Rossi, who for each film gathered lengthy cast and crew credits, a partial synopsis and selected film reviews. These were prepared in the upstairs offices of the complex, as was the black-and-white digest-sized "Orson Welles Cinema Magazine". In February 1976, the Welles launched its 24-hour Science Fiction Film Marathon with "The Day of the Triffids", "The Day the Earth Stood Still", "Earth vs. the Flying Saucers", "Fantastic Voyage", "Five Million Years to