Orson Welles talks about Cornelia Lunt

Orson also talks about George Marshall and Adolph Hitler.

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[garethac81]

Listen to Orson Welles speak long enough, and I get the impression we will learn everything that ever existed to be known.

:)

[ntvnyr30]

Orson was a star! Compare him to today's so-called "stars" who are absolute dolts.

[Onlymusical]

So wonderful. Read his book, "This Is Orson Welles," a book-length interview of Welles by Peter Bogdanovich. Recordings from it are also available for playing online if you look.

[rkettell]

Fascinating man.

[WhatsReallyGoingOn84]

@TheTubePortal It's unfortunate that our historical narrative is so negative. I look forward to the time when we can all be ourselves and enjoy each other, Israel for Jews, Germany for Germans, and multi-cultural places for mixing. Then there will be peace. Plenty of Jews fought for and collaborated with National Socialist Germany. They were in agreement that each race deserves their own space in which to develop, and I agree with that. History isn't so black and white. Peace to you, sir:)

[WhatsReallyGoingOn84]

@TheTubePortal Oh, wow, well that changes everything, and hello to you, sir. His seemingly Jew hatred was largely propaganda for the masses; Hitler knew as I do that there's good and bad people all over, but, more importantly, it's the peoples themselves that need to be preserved. I think the great Jewish people deserve a homeland as much as the Germans. Many Zionists collaborated with National Socialists. Hundreds of thousands of Jews fought for Hitler, and I'd shake their hands.

[TheTubePortal]

@WhatsReallyGoingOn84 As a Jew I can't praise him. But in your research you likely read that the Roman Catholic Church played a very large role in what he became. The book Mein Kampf was actually written by a Jesuit priest, the National Socialists were sponsored by the Church and after the war started they played both ends against the middle. In the book "Hitler Speaks" which is a compilation of things he'd said a lot of praise goes to Rome, the Jesuits, etc... including why he hated Jews.

[WhatsReallyGoingOn84]

@TheTubePortal Hi:) Yeah, lots of people don't think there was anything redeeming about Mr. Hitler. It's amazing how far history can be skewed. I had to research an awful lot by myself for years before the picture of Hitler became clear to me, more clear than any Hollywood movie or History Channel program. Yes, I was giving him praise. He really helped his people. It's too bad the world didn't understand at the time, and still doesn't. So it goes with many great men. Adolf The Great dot com

[TheTubePortal]

@WhatsReallyGoingOn84 It seems you are doing more than merely outlining forgotten history. Am I right on that? It seems you may be giving him a little bit of praise? It's like the old saying that everybody hated Mussolini but at least he could the trains running on time. I don't think there is much about Hitler worth redeeming, although to condemn him blindly as simply the personification of evil is also wrong. He was, after all, a human being. The Catholic Church made him what he was.

[TheTubePortal]

@ntvnyr30 Are you referring to the new crop, or to both them and those older stars still living? There are a few good ones still alive with grace and dignity. Morgan Freeman comes to mind. But of the new crop of celebrities most of them are famous for being famous. We live in the time that Andy Warhol predicted where everyone is famous for 15 minutes. I think the pendulum will swing back though. True talent will arise again.

[WhatsReallyGoingOn84]

@MarthaDelios That's what we've all been taught since 1945, but the truth is a bit more colorful. Hitler made many innovations during his period as Leader of Germany, including the first laws for the protection of animals, the first highways, the first measures taken by a nation to prevent cancer, the exaltation of motherhood, the giving of vacation cruises to the middle class, and much more. His economic systems helped Germany become a super-power, and that's why the Allies fought them. Peace:)

[WhatsReallyGoingOn84]

@EdMahoney19

I know your comment is a year old, but, I must log on and say that I agree with you:)

If only Orson Welles could have experienced the glory and wonder of National Socialist Germany, he and The Leader could have done great things together. It's too bad Welles didn't have access to the Internet, like you and I do, so that he could learn the truth about Adolf Hitler and National Socialism, rather than be shown a skewed view of it from the Allies.

I up-voted your comment. Thanks:)