Orson Welles praises Harry Cohn

Harry saved Orson's hiney with a fast loan.

[@holymoses1744]

"One's privacy is invaded enough without doing it to oneself." That's more true now than ever.

[@n0tyham]

It's not just that Welles is intelligent, but he lived a rich life. People like Welles are fascinating because they've achieved a lot and interacted with lots of other talented people. He was the real deal and had lots of great experiences.

[@mononoke721]

Man, if they had interviews on television like this, I might actually watch the bloody thing.

[@LenHummelChannel]

Orson was supremely lovable and awesome. thanks for uploading these old treasures.

[@pendorran]

"More than sympathy. I am grateful to them even for their fever." Now that's poetry in prose form. What a great line.

[@jamesroach8841]

Orson may struggled in his career, but he was a very lucky man in this sense: If you have a personality like his, you'll never want for invitations. What wonderful company he was.

[@suzannemoiraregis]

a sharp observer of life and people, but always tempered with kindliness and a sense that he sees himself as the biggest fool of them all; we only get one of each of us, and i'm glad we got this one--

[@IMInnocent07]

Thanks for the upload. Orson Welles was an amazing talent. Seeing him again just shows how much Hollywood has been dumbed down these days.

[@rockhammer85]

He was a great raconteur. Sometimes I get the impression he played fast and loose with the truth, but his stories are told so brilliantly that it's easy to forgive him. It was deeply tacky, though, to put the man on hold so the commerical breaks could run. Orson Welles, and other such legends of cinema, deserve much more respect than that.

[@songanddanceman100]

He's looking pretty good here. You can see the younger Welles in his face. He's only 55 y/o here! Born 1915. Died 1985. He made it to 70 y/o and died of a heart attack at his home. He was a Jazz fan with a record collection dating back at least to the 1930s. I have never seen him asked about that.

[@gablefan01]

Love listening to intelligent people who were there talk about the Hollywood pioneers. Whatever their faults, and they had many, at least they didn't run their studios with a calculator...they were truly showmen and they valued real talent.

[@MrSwj2009]

I saw a picture in one of those Orson Welles biography books. It was taken on the set of Citizen Kane. In this photo, Mr Welles and a cameraman are standing in a square cut hole in the floor of the movie set where you can just see their heads peering out with a movie camera pointing up at a 45 degree angle. Undoubtedly that special camera angle was used to create the impression of a larger than life Charles Foster Kane. It's these little things, that extra detail of inspired genius that makes Citizen Kane and it's creator Orson Welles such a treasure.

[@Pretermit_Sound]

I think the reason so many people feel unsatisfied with their lives nowadays, or lack a sense of purpose, is because people like Orson Welles lived such incredibly epic lives, and now that they’re gone, there isn’t enough life leftover for the rest of us to live 😉 what an amazing, titan of a human being Orson was. ✌🏻🇺🇸😊

[@nelsano3]

Orson is one of the most fascinating human beings and one of the greatest storytellers ever.

[@tk5800thesecond]

what i love about this is orsen is so relaxed, and his jokes are really hilarious

[@ASChin]

Such a shame that Welles never prioritized his health. We could've had at least another couple decades of greatness.

[@colinzeta4362]

+A.S. Chin it's amazing he made it to 70 well over 300lbs. If you watch some documentaries of him later in life he said his time in Hollywood was wasted can't see him wanting to continue on.

[@ASChin]

+colin zeta very good point. Welles' obesity may have been a symptom of his discontent versus the disease itself

[@chord972]

thanks so much for posting...this is some of the very best info on the web!

[@edcampion3998]

if only he was allowed to make the movies he wanted to make and given directors cut maybe there would be more citizen kane's in this world.a great talent.

[@JBKNL]

that is one awesome way to put it!! thanks for it.

[@Unas1]

He seemed like a very interesting man to talk to. One of the greatest filmmakers ever hands down.

[@dsbnh]

This anecdote inspired a scene in Jackson's King Kong. Listening to Welles is better than watching that movie...

[@Glinkaism1]

His father "cast bread on the water and it never returned." WOWSER!!! :)))) What a mensch!

[@alexmortland]

Can you imagine a talk-show guest in 2011 politely asking if he can insert another story, parenthetically?

[@CAJim2]

These videos really should be titled by parts (i.e. "part 1", "part 2").

[@robcousins231]

I think what would have surprised many people about Welles, including the interviewers, was that he was actually a very nice man. Easy to talk to, good sense of humour. I think because of the fact that he was a bona fides genius and the GOAT, that many may well have assumed that he would be bombastic, vain, cold and unfriendly. We'll never the see the likes of him again, that's for sure.

[@itayig.kahari393]

Well travelled,culturally aware picked things that caught his eye and put them together in the greatest American Film of all time according to the AFI.

[@suzannerinato6753]

Orson says he hardly knew Harry Cohn? Orson was married to Rita Hayworth who was employed by Cohn for around 20 years at Columbia pictures. She made millions for Columbia I would think he leveraged that relationship with Cohn. Either way, Welles was a genius in many arenas.

[@sgguitar77]

You just do not see interviews like this on television anymore.

[@EvilUncleFrank]

What year is this interview from?

[@sclogse1]

@phoneix91 Some back problems will really slow your activity down...also orson was a big wine and food guy, and only his insane activities when he was younger held off the weight. He was heavy just before his Harry Lime role, and took speed to get it off..back then it was very popular...

[@farrellmcnulty909]

I know this is severely biologically impossible, but Welles seems like the love child of Ricky Gervais and Kelsey Grammer.

[@heliopolis29]

+Farrell McNulty ha ha, yes, alas with a sharper wit than both.

[@fredbazoo]

Jesus....The man was like 65 when he did this.....give him a break...

[@Chubachus]

he reminds me of Shatner talking on chat shows nowadays

[@craigrobertson8364]

as good a voice and mind as any of the great british actors,directors!

[@bestofjoy]

I thought that said Larry Cohen. I would love to know what he thought of him lol

[@CrashJC123]

Dick Cavett and Michael Parkinson, forget the rest.

[@blue387]

I think this was filmed in 1970 because he made Welles made only two appearances in that year.

[@gablefan01]

@guitars2112 they're agreeing with his sarcasm about teenagers ruling the world. At the time this was filmed (which I'm guessing was late 60s to mid-1970s, everything revolved around the baby boomer generation, which was mostly in their teen years.

[@hellobeautiful5225]

The kid is TEN? Ah send him to Europe by himself.

[@ricardocantoral7672]

Harry Cohn was a monster but I guess someone must have liked him.

[@Spelich]

That's because in large part today the talk host is far more famous than the person they interview. Not to say that Cavett wasn't famous in his own right but... you understand.

[@sclogse1]

The money story with Harry Cohn ends with Welles saying "And that's how the picture was made." But he's talking about a stage play. Now where is that score now?

[@Marckymarc71]

"The picture" he was referring to was The Lady From Shanghai. Welles agreed to a 2-picture deal with Columbia in exchange for the quick loan. Shanghai was the second picture.

[@ckom0007]

If I had to be lost on a desert island with two dudes I’d pick these two.

[@guileniam]

Ive always wondered did welles ever realise just how big and important citizen kane is to the entainment industry in his lifetime?

[@georgekaplanful]

Having these commercials between those questions between Orson and Dick is a crime against humanity.

[@Jazalicious]

Which scene?

[@clubtablist]

@rawoctopus hahahaha indeed

[@hamupinhere]

It surprises me that with the lack of or inability to come up with original ideas in Hollywood nowadays that they haven't tried to get their slimey fingers on the rights to Orson Welles' films and remake them. They've already stooped low enough to remake films that are only a decade old, so why not destroy some of the classics, what's stopping them? Hopefully the world would end before anything like that could ever happen.

[@lorenzopetermason3959]

It may have something to do with the ownership of rights, a large amount of which are in the hands or Welles' daughter Beatrice. As far as his Hollywood movies are concerned it might be that they were so fiercely contested that no one knows how to get them or even remake them in a Marketing-Happy way.

[@NESherv]

Hambone Jones Shhhh. Don't encourage them.

[@ivandaniel08]

Your comment is stupid in so many levels that I'm not gonna bother. You sir, are a moron.

[@hamupinhere]

ael buel You just said you weren't gonna bother, then totally just did the opposite of that and bothered. Which is it

[@guitars2112]

I don't understand, how come the audience clapped at 6:53?

[@LC-cl4rv]

No, it's because talk shows of today simply suck.

[@CusterFlux]

You can see the alcohol on him - still, very interesting guy.

[@muninraven3327]

I remember someone on YT juxtaposed clips of Bill Hicks and Dane Cook. The video had a title, but I really think it didn't need one. Right now I can visualize the same point being made with Orson Welles and... well, a never ending conveyor belt of these feckless idiots I see on chat shows these days. I beg someone to make it happen. At least once.

[@dedbusted]

Ahhh....real TV. No corny stupid comments by boring wannabes...I miss this time

[@Johnconno]

So DiCaprio is imitating Orson these days?

[@jeremystein4534]

I love Orson, but I don't believe half of what he says.

[@bulafritz]

He was right about teenagers. They are insane. Now more than ever.

[@wheelinthesky300]

Boy, Dick is real defferential to Orson Welles, talking in hushed tones to him, using only kid golves. Too bad he did not extend the same respect to John O'Neil, the courageous swift boat Captain who called out John Kerry. I mean, O'Neil didn't make any movies, he just served the country.

[@redryan20000]

Hairy Cone >.>

[@freakometer]

depression.

[@christophergerety3318]

What nonsense. I love Third Man and Kane. Interesting talker. But really.