These are rich days to be a fan of Orson Welles. Some of the legendary director’s movies have recently been restored and re-released. And then there are the films lost, abandoned or left in fragments ...

In 1937, 22-year-old Orson Welles was already a creative force, a prodigious writer and director for stage and radio via his Mercury Theatre. On May 6, he had listened, along with thousands of ...

Shortly after scaring radio audiences with his “War of the Worlds” radio broadcast — but before filming “Citizen Kane” — actor-director Orson Welles packed what is now Symphony Hall for a lecture and ...