Return to Hollywood (1956–1959) Orson Welles

welles magician lucille ball in love lucy (october 15, 1956)

in 1956, welles returned hollywood.

he began filming projected pilot desilu, owned lucille ball , husband desi arnaz, had purchased former rko studios. film fountain of youth, based on story john collier. deemed not viable pilot, film not aired until 1958—and won peabody award excellence.

welles guest starred on television shows including love lucy. on radio, narrator of tomorrow (october 17, 1956), nuclear holocaust drama produced , syndicated abc , federal civil defense administration.

welles s next feature film role in man in shadow universal pictures in 1957, starring jeff chandler.

touch of evil


welles corrupt police captain hank quinlan in touch of evil (1958)

welles stayed on @ universal direct (and co-star with) charlton heston in 1958 film touch of evil, based on whit masterson s novel badge of evil. hired actor, welles promoted director universal studios @ insistence of charlton heston. film reunited many actors , technicians whom welles had worked in hollywood in 1940s, including cameraman russell metty (the stranger), makeup artist maurice seiderman (citizen kane), , actors joseph cotten, marlene dietrich , akim tamiroff. filming proceeded smoothly, welles finishing on schedule , on budget, , studio bosses praising daily rushes. nevertheless, after end of production, studio re-edited film, re-shot scenes, , shot new exposition scenes clarify plot. welles wrote 58-page memo outlining suggestions , objections, stating film no longer version—it studio s, such, still prepared it.

in 1978, longer preview version of film discovered , released.

as universal reworked touch of evil, welles began filming adaptation of miguel de cervantes novel don quixote in mexico, starring mischa auer quixote , akim tamiroff sancho panza.