Orson Welles

[Andrew Martino]

One thing, I would not give too much credit to Hearst for making it 
difficult for Welles to get funding.  In fact, Welles (being one of 
those "lads" from New York) never really fit into the Hollywood zone 
after Kane.  Welles caused a lot of his own trouble in wanting to have 
complete control over his films, and who can blame him.  In an 
interview Welles states that movie making is about 90% hustling for 
money and about 10% actual filming.  While Welles was never accepted 
into the Hollywood "family", he was awarded a "Lifetime Award" by 
Hollywood in the 1970's.  Hollywood, in its typical frame of mind, 
wanted to take the credit for Welles without allowing him to work.  At 
the time of his award he was working on a film (THE OTHERSIDE OF THE 
WIND) which he could not get funding for, and to this day the film is 
unfinished.  To make a long story short, Hearst did cause a lot of 
trouble for Welles, but seems to have left him along sometime after 
Welles filmed THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS.

                    Andrew