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*Hello Americans*
	Carmen Miranda and Bando da Lua opened the debut episode of Hello Americans — "Brazil" (November 15, 1942)
Genre	Docudrama
Running time	30 minutes
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
Home station	CBS
Hosted by	Orson Welles
Starring	Orson Welles; Mercury Players
Written by	Orson Welles; John Tucker Battle; Robert Meltzer; Richard Brooks; Milton Geiger; others
Directed by	Orson Welles
Produced by	Orson Welles
Original release	November 15, 1942 –; January 31, 1943
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	12

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Hello Americans (1942–43) is a CBS Radio series produced, directed and hosted by Orson Welles. Created to promote inter-American understanding and friendship during World War II, the series aired Sundays at 8 p.m. ET beginning November 15, 1942. Its last broadcast was January 31, 1943.^[2] Sponsored by the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, the drama series featured many of the actors from Welles's Mercury Theatre repertory ensemble.

Hello Americans was produced concurrently with Welles's other CBS series, Ceiling Unlimited, a salute to the aviation industry, and his work was considered a significant contribution to the war effort.^[3]

History[edit]

Nelson Rockefeller, Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs and a principal stockholder in RKO Pictures (1940)

Orson Welles produced Hello Americans under the auspices of the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, created by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in July 1941 "to provide for the development of commercial and cultural relations between the American Republics and thereby increasing the solidarity of this hemisphere and furthering the spirit of cooperation between the Americas in the interest of hemisphere defense."^[4]

"The best good-will propaganda is to sell South America to North America," Welles wrote coordinator Nelson Rockefeller.^[5] Welles drew upon the research amassed earlier in 1942 for It's All True, the film project he had embarked upon also at the request of Rockefeller, who was a major RKO Pictures stockholder and Welles admirer as well as Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs. It was hoped that the dramatizations would counteract German and Italian propaganda and build solidarity among American republics in the hemisphere.^[6]

"It belongs to a period when hemispheric unity was a crucial matter and many programs were being devoted to the common heritage of the Americas," broadcasting historian Erik Barnouw wrote of a contemporaneous project Welles created — a radio play called Admiral of the Ocean Sea,^[7]^: 3 broadcast on Cavalcade of America October 12, 1942:^[8]^: 373

Many such programs were being translated into Spanish and Portuguese and broadcast to Latin America, to counteract many years of successful Axis propaganda to that area. The Axis, trying to stir Latin America against Anglo-America, had constantly emphasized the differences between the two. It became the job of American radio to emphasize their common experience and essential unity.^[7]^: 3

An entertaining and factual look at the legend of Christopher Columbus, Admiral of the Ocean Sea (also known as Columbus Day) begins with the words, "Hello Americans" — the title Welles would choose for his own series five weeks later.^[8]^: 373

"The pan-American cause, with its inclusiveness, its celebration of diversity and its challenge to the values of white Anglo-Saxon Protestantism, was something to which Welles felt deeply attracted," explained biographer Simon Callow. "Welles constantly sought the most vivacious method of presentation … interviewing the great dead as if they were alive, evoking the country in question in sounds and atmospheres, dramatising the historical while never forgetting the present reality: conquistadores rub shoulders with civil engineers.^[9]

"They were good shows, I thought," Welles told filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich:

All inter-American affairs. I did the A-B-Cs of the Caribbean. And they were very amusing. I didn't really do much of it — the writers were awfully good. And it was a good form. A-B-C: "A" is for "Antilles," "Antigua," and so on. We went through like that and did little things and big things, with music and stories each week. I'm queer for the Caribbean anyway — not as it exists, but as it was in my mind in the 18th and 19th centuries. The Caribbean is just great stuff. All of it. The whole idea of all these empires fighting over tiny little islands, and black independence and Spanish pride and the War of Jenkins' Ear and those great earthquakes.^[8]^: 374

The series finished at the end of January 1943, when its sponsor concluded that the program failed to attract a sufficient audience.^[10]

Episodes[edit]

The episodes of Hello Americans are described in an annotated chronology of Welles's career created by Jonathan Rosenbaum for the 1992 book, This is Orson Welles.^[11]

#	Date	Title	Program
1	November 15, 1942	"Brazil"	The story of samba, including lessons on technique and instrumentation Discussion of Brazil's unique ethnic mix, products and natural resources, and the importance of conserving the Amazon jungle Welles joins Carmen Miranda in singing Ary Barroso's samba, "No Tabuleiro da Baiana"^[12] Script by Robert Meltzer, music by Lucien Moraweck^[8]^: 374 Cast: Orson Welles, Carmen Miranda, Lud Gluskin and His Orchestra^[13] "Broadcasting from Brazil … by dramatic license"^[14]
2	November 22, 1942	"The Andes"	Two music compositions by Justin Elie and Antônio Carlos Gomes Poetry by Norman Rosten Cast: Edmond O'Brien (Bolivar), Agnes Moorehead, Ray Collins, Elliott Reid, Barbara Jean Wong, Hans Conried, others^[15]
3	November 29, 1942	"The Islands"	The abolition of slavery in Haiti led by Toussaint Louverture and the reign of Henri Christophe^[16] Cast: Ray Collins, Hans Conried, Elliott Reid, the Haitian Chorus
4	December 6, 1942	"The Alphabet: A to C"	In part about the Mexican revolutionary Bolivar, referring back to Christophe the early 19th-century Haitian King Guest singer: Miguelito Valdés
5	December 13, 1942	"The Alphabet: C to S"
6	December 20, 1942	"The Alphabet: Slavery (Abednego) to End of Alphabet"	Written by Orson Welles and John Tucker Battle Cast: Orson Welles (Sir Barnaby Finch), Elliott Reid (Abednego), Norman Field (Toussaint Louverture), Gerald Mohr (Henri Christophe)
7	December 27, 1942	"The Bad-Will Ambassador"	Written by Richard Brooks Cast: Norman Field, Pedro de Cordoba, John Tucker Battle, Hans Conried, Martin Stone, Orson Welles
8	January 3, 1943	"Ritmos de las Americas"	Music for the people of two continents (Orson Welles unable to appear due to illness) Cast: Tito Guízar (host), Dick Joy (announcer), Miguelito Valdés, Sir Lancelot, Lud Gluskin and his Orchestra^[13]^[14]
9	January 10, 1943	"Mexico"	Stories of Montezuma and Benito Juárez
10	January 17, 1943	"Feed the World"	Written by Milton Geiger Cast: Frank Readick (narrator), Eddie Jerome (Gaucho), Orson Welles (Famine), Carl Swenson, Joseph Cheshire (Cotten), Jack Moss, Louis Solomon
11	January 24, 1943	"Ritmos de las Americas"	Rhythms of the Americas (Orson Welles unable to appear due to illness)^[17] Cast: Truman Bradley (host), Diana Gayle, Miguelito Valdés, Carlos Ramírez, Lud Gluskin and His Orchestra^[14]^[18]
12	January 31, 1943	"Bolivar's Idea"	Inter-American democracy and why it is essential in the war Incorporates excerpts of Milton Geiger's poem to human civilization, "I Will Not Go Back" (later the centerpiece of the April 1945 broadcast of This Is My Best dedicated to the late President Franklin Roosevelt) Cast: Orson Welles, Ray Collins, Lud Gluskin and His Orchestra^[14]

Preservation status[edit]

All 12 episodes of Hello Americans have survived and are available at the Internet Archive.^[14]

"Brazil" is one of four of Welles's wartime radio broadcasts included as supplementary material in the Kino Classics restoration of The Stranger (1946), released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc in October 2013.^[19]

References[edit]

^ "Hello Americans: Brazil". Orson Welles on the Air, 1938–1946. Indiana University Bloomington. November 15, 1942. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
^ Hickerson, Jay, The Ultimate History of Network Radio Programming and Guide to All Circulating Shows. Hamden, Connecticut, second edition December 1992, page 303
^ Orson Welles on the Air: The Radio Years. New York: The Museum of Broadcasting, catalogue for exhibition October 28–December 3, 1988, page 64
^ Roosevelt, Franklin D., "Executive Order 8840 Establishing the Office of Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs", July 30, 1941. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project, University of California, Santa Barbara
^ Callow, Simon, Orson Welles: Hello Americans. New York: Viking Penguin 2006 ISBN 0-670-87256-3 page 159
^ Brady, Frank, Citizen Welles: A Biography of Orson Welles. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1989 ISBN 0-385-26759-2 pages 334 and 351
^ ^a ^b Barnouw, Erik (ed.), Radio Drama in Action: 25 Plays of a Changing World. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1945. Written by Orson Welles in collaboration with Robert Meltzer and Norris Houghton, the radio play Columbus Day appears on pp. 4–13.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Welles, Orson, and Peter Bogdanovich, edited by Jonathan Rosenbaum, This is Orson Welles. New York: HarperCollins Publishers 1992 ISBN 0-06-016616-9.
^ Callow, Simon, Orson Welles: Hello Americans, page 159
^ Callow, Simon, Orson Welles: Hello Americans, page 160
^ Welles, Orson, and Peter Bogdanovich, This is Orson Welles, Welles's career chronology by editor Jonathan Rosenbaum pp. 374–376, 324
^ "Hello Americans — Brazil". The Paley Center for Media. Retrieved 2014-04-06.
^ ^a ^b "Hello Americans". RadioGOLDINdex. Archived from the original on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2014-04-06.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Hello Americans". Internet Archive. Retrieved 2014-04-06.
^ Hello Americans — "The Andes", Paley Center for Media; retrieved June 11, 2012
^ Hello Americans — "The Islands", Paley Center for Media; retrieved June 11, 2012
^ "Orson Welles Sent to Bed By Doctor". The Port Arthur News (United Press), January 25, 1943, page 1. "Orson Welles, wonder-boy of the entertainment world, was in bed today for an extended rest on orders of his physician. Welles collapsed early yesterday while writing and rehearsing a network radio show." Welles was back at work January 25 on his penultimate episode of Ceiling Unlimited.
^ "The Definitive Mercury Theatre on the Air". The Digital Deli. Archived from the original on 2014-05-20. Retrieved 2014-04-06.
^ The Stranger at Kino Lorber, Inc. Retrieved 2013-10-05.

External links[edit]

Hello Americans at Indiana University Bloomington

[1] "Hello Americans: Brazil". Orson Welles on the Air, 1938–1946. Indiana University Bloomington. November 15, 1942. Retrieved August 20, 2021.

[2] Hickerson, Jay, The Ultimate History of Network Radio Programming and Guide to All Circulating Shows. Hamden, Connecticut, second edition December 1992, page 303

[3] Orson Welles on the Air: The Radio Years. New York: The Museum of Broadcasting, catalogue for exhibition October 28–December 3, 1988, page 64

[4] Roosevelt, Franklin D., "Executive Order 8840 Establishing the Office of Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs", July 30, 1941. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project, University of California, Santa Barbara

[5] Callow, Simon, Orson Welles: Hello Americans. New York: Viking Penguin 2006 ISBN 0-670-87256-3 page 159

[6] Brady, Frank, Citizen Welles: A Biography of Orson Welles. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1989 ISBN 0-385-26759-2 pages 334 and 351

[Barnouw-7] Barnouw, Erik (ed.), Radio Drama in Action: 25 Plays of a Changing World. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1945. Written by Orson Welles in collaboration with Robert Meltzer and Norris Houghton, the radio play Columbus Day appears on pp. 4–13.

[Rosenbaum-8] Welles, Orson, and Peter Bogdanovich, edited by Jonathan Rosenbaum, This is Orson Welles. New York: HarperCollins Publishers 1992 ISBN 0-06-016616-9.

[9] Callow, Simon, Orson Welles: Hello Americans, page 159

[10] Callow, Simon, Orson Welles: Hello Americans, page 160

[11] Welles, Orson, and Peter Bogdanovich, This is Orson Welles, Welles's career chronology by editor Jonathan Rosenbaum pp. 374–376, 324

[12] "Hello Americans — Brazil". The Paley Center for Media. Retrieved 2014-04-06.

[Goldin_Hello-13] "Hello Americans". RadioGOLDINdex. Archived from the original on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2014-04-06.

[Internet_Archive-14] "Hello Americans". Internet Archive. Retrieved 2014-04-06.

[15] Hello Americans — "The Andes", Paley Center for Media; retrieved June 11, 2012

[16] Hello Americans — "The Islands", Paley Center for Media; retrieved June 11, 2012

[17] "Orson Welles Sent to Bed By Doctor". The Port Arthur News (United Press), January 25, 1943, page 1. "Orson Welles, wonder-boy of the entertainment world, was in bed today for an extended rest on orders of his physician. Welles collapsed early yesterday while writing and rehearsing a network radio show." Welles was back at work January 25 on his penultimate episode of Ceiling Unlimited.

[Digital_Deli-18] "The Definitive Mercury Theatre on the Air". The Digital Deli. Archived from the original on 2014-05-20. Retrieved 2014-04-06.

[19] The Stranger at Kino Lorber, Inc. Retrieved 2013-10-05.

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+[[File:OCIAA-Nelson-Rockefeller.jpg|thumb|left|[[Nelson Rockefeller]], [[Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs|Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs]] and a principal stockholder in RKO Pictures (1940)]]
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-"The best good-will propaganda is to sell South America to North America," Welles wrote coordinator [[Nelson Rockefeller]].<ref>[[Simon Callow|Callow, Simon]], ''Orson Welles: Hello Americans''. New York: [[Viking Press|Viking Penguin]] 2006 ISBN 0-670-87256-3 page 159</ref> Welles drew upon the research amassed earlier in 1942 for ''[[It's All True (film)|It's All True]]'', the film project he had embarked upon also at the request of Rockefeller, who was a major [[RKO Pictures]] stockholder and Welles admirer as well as Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs. It was hoped that the dramatizations would counteract German and Italian propaganda and build solidarity among American republics in the hemisphere.<ref>[[Frank Brady (writer)|Brady, Frank]], ''Citizen Welles: A Biography of Orson Welles''. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1989  ISBN 0-385-26759-2 pages 334 and 351</ref>
+"The best good-will propaganda is to sell South America to North America," Welles wrote coordinator [[Nelson Rockefeller]].<ref>[[Simon Callow|Callow, Simon]], ''Orson Welles: Hello Americans''. New York: [[Viking Press|Viking Penguin]] 2006 {{ISBN|0-670-87256-3}} page 159</ref> Welles drew upon the research amassed earlier in 1942 for ''[[It's All True (film)|It's All True]]'', the film project he had embarked upon also at the request of Rockefeller, who was a major [[RKO Pictures]] stockholder and Welles admirer as well as Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs. It was hoped that the dramatizations would counteract German and Italian propaganda and build solidarity among American republics in the hemisphere.<ref>[[Frank Brady (writer)|Brady, Frank]], ''Citizen Welles: A Biography of Orson Welles''. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1989  {{ISBN|0-385-26759-2}} pages 334 and 351</ref>
 "It belongs to a period when hemispheric unity was a crucial matter and many programs were being devoted to the common heritage of the Americas," broadcasting historian [[Erik Barnouw]] wrote of a contemporaneous project Welles created — a radio play called ''Admiral of the Ocean Sea'',<ref name="Barnouw">[[Erik Barnouw|Barnouw, Erik]] (ed.), ''Radio Drama in Action: 25 Plays of a Changing World''. New York: [[Farrar & Rinehart]], 1945. Written by Orson Welles in collaboration with Robert Meltzer and [[Norris Houghton]], the radio play ''Columbus Day'' appears on pp. 4–13.</ref>{{Rp|3|date=June 2014}} broadcast on ''[[Cavalcade of America]]'' October 12, 1942:<ref name="Rosenbaum"/>{{Rp|373|date=June 2014}}
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 An entertaining and factual look at the legend of Christopher Columbus, ''Admiral of the Ocean Sea'' (also known as ''Columbus Day'') begins with the words, "Hello Americans" — the title Welles would choose for his own series five weeks later.<ref name="Rosenbaum"/>{{Rp|373|date=June 2014}}
-"The pan-American cause, with its inclusiveness, its celebration of diversity and its challenge to the values of [[white Anglo-Saxon Protestant|white Anglo-Saxon Protestantism]], was something to which Welles felt deeply attracted," explained biographer [[Simon Callow]]. "Welles constantly sought the most vivacious method of presentation … interviewing the great dead as if they were alive, evoking the country in question in sounds and atmospheres, dramatising the historical while never forgetting the present reality: ''[[conquistador]]es'' rub shoulders with civil engineers.<ref>Callow, Simon, ''Orson Welles: Hello Americans'', page 159</ref>
+"The pan-American cause, with its inclusiveness, its celebration of diversity and its challenge to the values of [[white Anglo-Saxon Protestant]]ism, was something to which Welles felt deeply attracted," explained biographer [[Simon Callow]]. "Welles constantly sought the most vivacious method of presentation … interviewing the great dead as if they were alive, evoking the country in question in sounds and atmospheres, dramatising the historical while never forgetting the present reality: ''[[conquistador]]es'' rub shoulders with civil engineers.<ref>Callow, Simon, ''Orson Welles: Hello Americans'', page 159</ref>
 "They were good shows, I thought," Welles told filmmaker [[Peter Bogdanovich]]:
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 |November 15, 1942
+|"Brazil"
-|"Brazil", script by Robert Meltzer, music by Lucien Moraweck<ref name="Rosenbaum">[[Orson Welles|Welles, Orson]], and [[Peter Bogdanovich]], edited by [[Jonathan Rosenbaum]], ''[[This is Orson Welles]]''. New York: [[HarperCollins]] Publishers 1992 ISBN 0-06-016616-9.</ref>{{Rp|374|date=April 2014}}<br>Cast: [[Orson Welles]], [[Carmen Miranda]], [[Lud Gluskin]] and His Orchestra<ref name="Goldin Hello">{{cite web|url=http://radiogoldindex.com/cgi-local/p2.cgi?ProgramName=Hello%20Americans |title=Hello Americans |publisher=RadioGOLDINdex |accessdate=2014-04-06}}</ref><br>"Broadcasting from Brazil … by dramatic license"<ref name="Internet Archive"/><br>The story of samba, including lessons on technique and instrumentation<br>Discussion of Brazil's unique ethnic mix, products and natural resources, and the importance of conserving the Amazon jungle<br>Welles joins Miranda in singing [[Ary Barroso]]'s samba, "[[No Tabuleiro da Baiana]]"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?q=orson+welles+radio&p=4&item=R88:0168 |title=Hello Americans — Brazil |publisher=The Paley Center for Media |accessdate=2014-04-06}}</ref>
+|The story of samba, including lessons on technique and instrumentation<br>Discussion of Brazil's unique ethnic mix, products and natural resources, and the importance of conserving the Amazon jungle<br>Welles joins Carmen Miranda in singing [[Ary Barroso]]'s samba, "[[No Tabuleiro da Baiana]]"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?q=orson+welles+radio&p=4&item=R88:0168 |title=Hello Americans — Brazil |publisher=The Paley Center for Media |access-date=2014-04-06}}</ref><br>Script by Robert Meltzer, music by Lucien Moraweck<ref name="Rosenbaum">[[Orson Welles|Welles, Orson]], and [[Peter Bogdanovich]], edited by [[Jonathan Rosenbaum]], ''[[This is Orson Welles]]''. New York: [[HarperCollins]] Publishers 1992 {{ISBN|0-06-016616-9}}.</ref>{{Rp|374|date=April 2014}}<br>Cast: [[Orson Welles]], [[Carmen Miranda]], [[Lud Gluskin]] and His Orchestra<ref name="Goldin Hello">{{cite web |url=http://radiogoldindex.com/cgi-local/p2.cgi?ProgramName=Hello%20Americans |title=Hello Americans |publisher=RadioGOLDINdex |access-date=2014-04-06 |archive-date=2014-04-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407092556/http://radiogoldindex.com/cgi-local/p2.cgi?ProgramName=Hello%20Americans |url-status=dead }}</ref><br>"Broadcasting from Brazil … by dramatic license"<ref name="Internet Archive"/>
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 |2
 |November 22, 1942
+|"The Andes"
-|"The Andes", with [[Edmond O'Brien]] ([[Simón Bolivar|Bolivar]]), [[Agnes Moorehead]], [[Ray Collins (actor)|Ray Collins]], [[Elliott Reid]], [[Barbara Jean Wong]], [[Hans Conried]], others<ref>[http://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?q=orson+welles+radio&p=8&item=R88:0193 ''Hello Americans'' — "The Andes"], [[Paley Center for Media]]; retrieved June 11, 2012</ref><br>Two music compositions by Justin Elie and [[Antônio Carlos Gomes]]<br>Poetry by [[Norman Rosten]]
+|Two music compositions by Justin Elie and [[Antônio Carlos Gomes]]<br>Poetry by [[Norman Rosten]]<br>Cast: [[Edmond O'Brien]] ([[Simón Bolivar|Bolivar]]), [[Agnes Moorehead]], [[Ray Collins (actor)|Ray Collins]], [[Elliott Reid]], [[Barbara Jean Wong]], [[Hans Conried]], others<ref>[http://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?q=orson+welles+radio&p=8&item=R88:0193 ''Hello Americans'' — "The Andes"], [[Paley Center for Media]]; retrieved June 11, 2012</ref>
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 |3
 |November 29, 1942
+|"The Islands"
-|"The Islands", about the abolition of slavery in Haiti led by [[Toussaint Louverture]] and the reign of [[Henri Christophe]]<ref>[http://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?q=orson+welles+radio&p=8&item=R88:0194 ''Hello Americans'' — "The Islands"], [[Paley Center for Media]]; retrieved June 11, 2012</ref><br>Cast: Ray Collins, Hans Conried, Elliott Reid, the Haitian Chorus
+| The abolition of slavery in Haiti led by [[Toussaint Louverture]] and the reign of [[Henri Christophe]]<ref>[http://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?q=orson+welles+radio&p=8&item=R88:0194 ''Hello Americans'' — "The Islands"], [[Paley Center for Media]]; retrieved June 11, 2012</ref><br>Cast: Ray Collins, Hans Conried, Elliott Reid, the Haitian Chorus
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 |4
 |December 6, 1942
-|"The Alphabet: A to C", in part about the Mexican revolutionary Bolivar, referring back to Christophe the early 19th-century Haitian King<br>Guest singer: [[Miguelito Valdés]]
+|"The Alphabet: A to C"
+|In part about the Mexican revolutionary Bolivar, referring back to Christophe the early 19th-century Haitian King<br>Guest singer: [[Miguelito Valdés]]
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 |5
 |December 13, 1942
 |"The Alphabet: C to S"
+|
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 |6
 |December 20, 1942
-|"The Alphabet: Slavery (Abednego) to End of Alphabet", by Orson Welles and John Tucker Battle<br>Cast: Orson Welles (Sir Barnaby Finch), Elliott Reid (Abednego), Norman Field (Toussaint Louverture), [[Gerald Mohr]] (Henri Christophe)
+|"The Alphabet: Slavery (Abednego) to End of Alphabet"
+|Written by Orson Welles and John Tucker Battle<br>Cast: Orson Welles (Sir Barnaby Finch), Elliott Reid (Abednego), Norman Field (Toussaint Louverture), [[Gerald Mohr]] (Henri Christophe)
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 |7
-|December 27, 1942
+|December&nbsp;27,&nbsp;1942
-|"The Bad-Will Ambassador", by [[Richard Brooks]]<br>Cast: Norman Field, [[Pedro de Cordoba]], John Tucker Battle, Hans Conried, Martin Stone, Orson Welles
+|"The Bad-Will Ambassador"
+|Written by [[Richard Brooks]]<br>Cast: Norman Field, [[Pedro de Cordoba]], John Tucker Battle, Hans Conried, Martin Stone, Orson Welles
 |-
 |8
 |January 3, 1943
+|"Ritmos de las Americas"
-|"Ritmos de las Americas"<br>Music for the people of two continents (Orson Welles unable to appear due to illness)<br>Cast: [[Tito Guízar]] (host), [[Dick Joy]] (announcer), Miguelito Valdés, [[Sir Lancelot (singer)|Sir Lancelot]], Lud Gluskin and his Orchestra<ref name="Goldin Hello"/><ref name="Internet Archive"/>
+|Music for the people of two continents (Orson Welles unable to appear due to illness)<br>Cast: [[Tito Guízar]] (host), [[Dick Joy]] (announcer), Miguelito Valdés, [[Sir Lancelot (singer)|Sir Lancelot]], Lud Gluskin and his Orchestra<ref name="Goldin Hello"/><ref name="Internet Archive"/>
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 |9
 |January 10, 1943
-|"Mexico", stories of [[Moctezuma II|Montezuma]] and [[Benito Juárez]]
+|"Mexico"
+|Stories of [[Moctezuma II|Montezuma]] and [[Benito Juárez]]
 |-
 |10
 |January 17, 1943
+|"Feed the World"
-|"Feed the World" by Milton Geiger<br>Cast: Frank Readick (narrator), Eddie Jerome (Gaucho), Orson Welles (Famine), Carl Swenson, [[Joseph Cotten|Joseph Cheshire (Cotten)]], Jack Moss, Louis Solomon
+|Written by Milton Geiger<br>Cast: [[Frank Readick]] (narrator), Eddie Jerome (Gaucho), Orson Welles (Famine), Carl Swenson, [[Joseph Cotten|Joseph Cheshire (Cotten)]], Jack Moss, Louis Solomon
 |-
 |11
 |January 24, 1943
+|"Ritmos de las Americas"
-|"Ritmos de las Americas"<br>Rhythms of the Americas (Orson Welles unable to appear due to illness)<ref>"Orson Welles Sent to Bed By Doctor". ''[[The Port Arthur News]]'' ([[United Press International|United Press]]), January 25, 1943, page 1. "Orson Welles, wonder-boy of the entertainment world, was in bed today for an extended rest on orders of his physician. Welles collapsed early yesterday while writing and rehearsing a network radio show." Welles was back at work January 25 on his penultimate episode of ''[[Ceiling Unlimited]]''.</ref><br>Cast: [[Truman Bradley (actor)|Truman Bradley]] (host), Diana Gayle, Miguelito Valdés, [[Carlos Ramírez (singer)|Carlos Ramírez]], Lud Gluskin and His Orchestra<ref name="Internet Archive"/><ref name="Digital Deli">{{cite web|url=http://www.digitaldeliftp.com/DigitalDeliToo/dd2jb-Mercury-Theatre.html |title=The Definitive Mercury Theatre on the Air |publisher=The Digital Deli |accessdate=2014-04-06}}</ref>
+|Rhythms of the Americas (Orson Welles unable to appear due to illness)<ref>"Orson Welles Sent to Bed By Doctor". ''[[The Port Arthur News]]'' ([[United Press International|United Press]]), January 25, 1943, page 1. "Orson Welles, wonder-boy of the entertainment world, was in bed today for an extended rest on orders of his physician. Welles collapsed early yesterday while writing and rehearsing a network radio show." Welles was back at work January 25 on his penultimate episode of ''[[Ceiling Unlimited]]''.</ref><br>Cast: [[Truman Bradley (actor)|Truman Bradley]] (host), Diana Gayle, Miguelito Valdés, [[Carlos Ramírez (singer)|Carlos Ramírez]], Lud Gluskin and His Orchestra<ref name="Internet Archive"/><ref name="Digital Deli">{{cite web|url=http://www.digitaldeliftp.com/DigitalDeliToo/dd2jb-Mercury-Theatre.html |title=The Definitive Mercury Theatre on the Air |publisher=The Digital Deli |access-date=2014-04-06 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140520010911/http://www.digitaldeliftp.com/digitaldelitoo/dd2jb-mercury-theatre.html |archive-date=2014-05-20 }}</ref>
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 |January 31, 1943
+|"Bolivar's Idea"
-|"Bolivar's Idea"<br>Inter-American democracy and why it is essential in the war<br>Incorporates excerpts of Milton Geiger's poem to human civilization, "I Will Not Go Back" (later the centerpiece of the April 1945 broadcast of ''[[This Is My Best]]'' dedicated to the late President Franklin Roosevelt)<br>Cast: Orson Welles, Ray Collins, Lud Gluskin and His Orchestra<ref name="Internet Archive">{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Hello_Americans_Singles |title=Hello Americans |publisher=[[Internet Archive]] |accessdate=2014-04-06}}</ref>
+|Inter-American democracy and why it is essential in the war<br>Incorporates excerpts of Milton Geiger's poem to human civilization, "I Will Not Go Back" (later the centerpiece of the April 1945 broadcast of ''[[This Is My Best]]'' dedicated to the late President Franklin Roosevelt)<br>Cast: Orson Welles, Ray Collins, Lud Gluskin and His Orchestra<ref name="Internet Archive">{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Hello_Americans_Singles |title=Hello Americans |publisher=[[Internet Archive]] |access-date=2014-04-06}}</ref>
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 ==External links==
-* [http://www.archive.org/details/OTRR_Hello_Americans_Singles Hello Americans] at the [[Internet Archive]]
+* [https://orsonwelles.indiana.edu/collections/show/7 Hello Americans] at [[Indiana University Bloomington]]
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v t e Orson Welles
Filmography Radio credits Theatre credits Discography Bibliography Unrealized projects
Feature films	Citizen Kane (1941) The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) The Stranger (1946) The Lady from Shanghai (1947) Macbeth (1948) Othello (1951) Mr. Arkadin (1955) Touch of Evil (1958) The Trial (1962) Chimes at Midnight (1965) The Immortal Story (1968) F for Fake (1973) Filming Othello (1978) The Other Side of the Wind (2018)
Shorts	Twelfth Night (1933) The Hearts of Age (1934) Citizen Kane trailer (1940) Around the World (1946) The Miracle of St. Anne (1950) Magic Trick (1953) The Dominici Affair (1955) Portrait of Gina (1958) An Evening with Orson Welles (1970) Orson's Bag Vienna (1968) The Merchant of Venice (1969) One Man Band (1968–1971) Moby Dick (1971) Orson Welles' Magic Show (1976–1985) The Spirit of Charles Lindbergh (1984)
Unfinished films	Too Much Johnson (1938) It's All True (1942) Don Quixote (1957–1969) The Heroine (1967) The Deep (1967–1970) Filming 'The Trial' (1981) The Dreamers (1980–1982)
Part directed	Journey into Fear (1943) Follow the Boys (1944) Black Magic (1949) Three Cases of Murder (1955) David and Goliath (1960) The Southern Star (1969)
Adaptations	Monsieur Verdoux (1947) Treasure Island (1972) Cradle Will Rock (1999) The Big Brass Ring (1999)
Television	Orson Welles' Sketch Book (1955) Around the World with Orson Welles (1955) Orson Welles and People (1956) The Fountain of Youth (1958) In the Land of Don Quixote (1964) The Orson Welles Show (1979)
Theatre	Marching Song (1932) Bright Lucifer Voodoo Macbeth (1936) Horse Eats Hat (1936) The Cradle Will Rock (1937) Caesar (1937–1938) Too Much Johnson (1938) Native Son (1941) The Mercury Wonder Show (1943) Around the World (1946) Othello (1951) The Lady in the Ice (1953) Moby Dick—Rehearsed (1955) Rhinoceros (1960)
Radio	Les Misérables (1937) The Shadow (1937–1938) The Mercury Theatre on the Air (1938) "Dracula" (1938) "The War of the Worlds" (1938) The Campbell Playhouse (1938–1940) The Orson Welles Show (1941–1942) Ceiling Unlimited (1942–1943) Hello Americans (1942–1943) The Orson Welles Almanac (1944) This Is My Best (1945) Orson Welles Commentaries (1945–1946) The Mercury Summer Theatre of the Air (1946) The Adventures of Harry Lime (1951–1952) The Black Museum (1951–52)
Spoken-word	The Happy Prince (1946) The Begatting of the President (1970)
Books	This is Orson Welles (1992) Les Bravades (1996)
Related	Mercury Theatre Rita Hayworth (second wife) Paola Mori (third wife) Beatrice Welles (daughter) Oja Kodar Frozen Peas Orson Welles Paul Masson advertisements It's All True: Based on an Unfinished Film by Orson Welles (1993) Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014) They'll Love Me When I'm Dead (2018) Orson Welles (crater)