![]() ![]() ![]() The tales of his youthful achievements were so colorful and improbable that Welles, with his air of mischief, was often thought to have made them up. He chronicles Welles' early life growing up in Wisconsin and Illinois, as the son of an alcoholic industrialist and a radical suffragist and classical musician, and the magical early years of his career, including his marriages and affairs, his influential friendships, and his artistic collaborations. ![]() In this magisterial biography, Patrick McGilligan brings young Orson into focus as never before. No American artist or entertainer has enjoyed a more dramatic rise than Orson Welles. For the centennial of his birth, the defining wunderkind of modern entertainment gets his due in a groundbreaking new biography of his early years-from his first forays in theater and radio to the inspiration and making of Citizen Kan e. ![]()
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