[78-L] Orson's swell

[Julian Vein]

On 12/01/13 00:16, David Lennick wrote:
> I don't know if this cut is available online anywhere (it will be, at some
> point) but I've just been listening to Orson Welles reading FDR's First War
> Address to Congress, and while Orson could do a lot of voices with credibility,
> his Roosevelt actually sounds like Fred Allen. "Well, Portland, let's see if
> Mr. Hitler is home this evening. I'll knock...."
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> dl
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Try his Oirish accent in "The Lady From Shanghai"! It predates, and is 
arguably worse, than Dick Van Dyke's in "Mary Poppins"...

      Julian Vein