Orson Welles Welles had not been drafted. "The Mercury Wonder Show" ran August 3 – September 9, 1943, in an 80-by-120-foot tent located at 9000 Cahuenga Boulevard, in the heart of Hollywood. At intermission September 7, 1943, KMPC radio interviewed audience and cast members of "The Mercury Wonder Show"—including Welles and Rita Hayworth, who were married earlier that day. Welles remarked that "The Mercury Wonder Show" had been performed for approximately 48,000 members of the U.S. armed forces. The idea of doing a radio variety show occurred to Welles after his success as substitute host of four consecutive episodes (March 14 –
This is Orson Welles of Welles's career; a summary of the alterations made in Welles's 1942 masterpiece, "The Magnificent Ambersons"; and notes on each chapter by film scholar Jonathan Rosenbaum, who edited the volume. A second edition of "This is Orson Welles" was published in paperback in 1998, with a new introduction by Bogdanovich and excerpts of a 58-page memo Welles wrote Universal Pictures about the editing of his 1958 film "Touch of Evil". The memo was used to create a director's cut of the film released in 1998. The 1992 audiobook version of "This is Orson Welles" was nominated for a Grammy Award