Orson Welles

Ten of the best, yet least appreciated films

June 18, 2015

In my opinion, these are ten of the best, yet least appreciated films, listed in order of appearance. Yellow Sky (1948): My favorite among the westerns directed by William (“Wild Bill”) Wellman, co-starting Gregory Peck, Anne Baxter, and Richard Widmark.…

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Yet still another baker’s dozen of memorable quotations

November 20, 2012

“Great space has no corners. Great talent ripens late. Great eloquence is silent. Great form is shapeless. The subtle essence of the universe is hidden and Indefinable, yet its benefit is always bestowed.”  Lao Tzu “The enemy of art is the absence…

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The Yale Book of Quotations: A book review by Bob Morris

November 16, 2012

The Yale Book of Quotations Fred R. Shapiro, Editor Yale University Press (2006) A treasury of “highly quotatious” insights During the past 25-30 years, I have purchased and then made frequent use of dozens of anthologies of quotations (including revised…

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