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For the centennial of his birth, the defining wunderkind of modern entertainment gets his due in a groundbreaking new biography of his early on years - from his first forays in movie theater and radio to the inspiration and making of Resident Kane. No American musician or entertainer has enjoyed a more remarkable surge than Orson Welles. In such a magisterial biography, Patrick McGilligan brings young Orson into concentration as nothing you've seen prior. He chronicles Welles' early on life growing up in Wisconsin and Illinois, as the son of any alcoholic industrialist and a radical suffragist and classical musician, and the enchanting early on years of his profession, including his marriages and affairs, his important friendships, and his creative collaborations. The tales of his more youthful successes were so vibrant and improbable that Welles, along with his air of mischief, was often considered to have made them up. Now, after many years of extensive research, McGilligan types out reality from fiction and uncovers untold, fully documented anecdotes of Welles' first exploits and triumphs, from starring as an adolescent on the Gate Theater stage in Dublin and bullfighting in Seville to his time in the New York movie theater and his fraught partnership with John Houseman in the Mercury Theater, and his entrance in Hollywood and the making of Resident Kane. Filled up with interesting new insights and startling revelations - including the surprising true source and meaning of "Rosebud" - Young Orson is a fascinating go through the creative development and influences that designed this legendary creative genius.
