Orson Wells DRUNK While Filming Wine Commercial (1978)

Mein Charles Foster Kane. FYI, it’s “Welles”.

I think the OPs of both threads are following Tubby’s example and drunk off bad wine

I love the young lady there. She sees exactly what's up with old Orson but is remaining in her role, with an understanding expression.

Poor Orson.

Why do they keep going when he’s loaded?

I don't think Orson Welles was much interested in cute boys. He was a pussyhound.

Orson fathered at least three children (the three girls) a probably a fourth (Michael Lindsay-Hogg).

I don’t understand why Perry Mason would stoop to such a level as to hawk cheap wine.

"ARGHHHH THE FRENCH CHAMPAIGN!"

The beginning is the funniest. That noise he makes

R1 it's a bit of a stretch to call this a Mein Fuhrer we-already-know thread when the previous thread is over a year old. That insult is more appropriate when several threads are made in the same day or week.

[quote]r4 Why do they keep going when he’s loaded?

They can’t just dismiss the whole company and crew. If they call a break for him to “nap,” he’ll just get drunker.

Best to plow ahead in the hopes of ending up with usable snippets.

Set to music:

^^ oh, I think I screwed that link up.

This has happened before.

Ah The French.

[quote]Best to plow ahead in the hopes of ending up with usable snippets.

Which is what happened. Here is the finished commercial, where they simply had him do some voice over on a day when he had sobered up.

The "mmmAAAAAhhhh!" at the beginning kills me every time.

Fuckin Masterpiece!

Is that girl soap actress Judith Chapman? Looks like her.

I looked it up, r19 - it was!

Hope you see this : )

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[italic]During her long, illustrious career that’s spanned 40 years, several soaps, prime-time and film, Chapman has met some all-time greats and has an array of stories to tell. Her favorite centers on a commercial she made for Paul Masson champagne with Orson Welles.

“There were two principals, a young man and me, who got to stand next to Orson,” recounts Chapman. “The rest were just party people. Everybody was told to take a break and go out onto the lawn. We were shooting at this palatial home in Brentwood. We were told not to talk to Mr. Welles or get in his eyesight. Rules, rules, rules. The hair on the back of my neck was starting to bristle.”

Chapman decided not to follow the rules and sat at the end of a long sofa in the living room, flipping through a magazine. At the other end, Welles decided to take a seat and put his feet up on a footstool.

“All of a sudden, I heard this voice go, ‘It’s nice to be beautiful, isn’t it?’ ” recounts Chapman. “I ignored him. Ten seconds later, this booming voice said, ‘It’s nice to be beautiful, isn’t it?’ I looked up and said, ‘Yes, Mr. Welles, and it’s even nicer to be told.’ That was my cue. He was looking over at me, so I approached him.”

Welles took his feet off the footstool, and Chapman took a seat on it and introduced herself. When he asked how things were going in the business, she didn’t hesitate. “I was so young and green,” she laughs. “I started rambling, ‘Well, you know, it’s really hard sometimes to get an agent or an audition….’ He was staring at me. In the back of my head I thought, I’m talking to one of the greatest minds and artistic forces of the 20th century. He talked to me, and he shared. Then, he made some kind of subtle gesture, and I knew it was my cue to leave.”

Chapman admits her knees “were buckling” as she walked away. “I knew it was one of the high points of my life and it happened because I didn’t follow the rules. I didn’t go outside with everybody. I sat there and was summoned to the feet of the master.”

I suppose the war of the worlds thing is what put him on the map.

Hahahaha! This is like when Lucy did vitameatavegamin.

Lmao! I remember those commercials well!

Yes-not gay. Loved ‘’The long, hot summer’’ fun film everybody was in it.

He seemed like a tortured genius

He did two great things: War of the Worlds on radio and Citizen Kane on film. That's the sum total of his genius which is all he should be remembered for; both were brilliant. Everything else was posing.

John Candy nailed it!

What about The Third Man, R26?

He died immediately after taping a Merv Griffin Show episode.

Tha Merv episode wasn't very meaty. Talked about Rita Hayworth not being a drunk.

R26 That film was all Joseph Cotton. Welles was at his hammiest.

Joseph Cotten was pretty hammy as the old man in the nursing home.

I was gonna watch The Third Man yesterday, I've never watched it. I watched The African Queen instead. My Uncle told me that when he was a young man War of the World's scared the HELL outta him,, but after that he was a always interested in Sci-fi, and that's why I love it, too.

OMG the clips in this thread made me laugh so hard that my dog was truly worried for me!

When I was a child I knew Orson Welles first as guest on various talk shows, later for his radio work, and as a teenager I made a point to watch his films.

As a chat show guest he was by turns jovial, surly, slurry, courtly, charming, rude, you never knew what he would deliver, but always interesting. The hosts were always in a state of trepidation, the fellow guests bored or appalled or stumped by findng no route to interrupt the man.

R4 😆. Right. Did they think he was going to magically sober up between takes. This might be a deepfake.