Orson Welles Declaims
2. AMERICAN Tradition" from 4ZB, "™ proves to be a collection of speeches by famous Presidents of the United States, admirably declaimed by Orson "Welles. Whether Jefferson and Lincoln actually sounded like that is something we are unable to vouch for, but there would be many who could compare Welles’s imitation of Wilson with remembered .speeches by Wilson himself, and as far‘as New Zealand listeners are concerned there are thousands of us to whom the memory of Franklin D, Roosevelt’s voice is immediately present. Welles does not, in these recordings, make the mistake of over-simulating resemblance to the original style of Roosevelt’s oratory, but nevertheless vividly suggests the manner of the great man; and without over-acting, his presentations of addresses by Jefferson, Lincoln, Wilson, and Roosevelt sounded like addresse@ by four different speakers. This broadcast lasted a full half-hour, and in none of the speeches was there any lightening of the sombre mood; I wonder how many of the ZB stations’ regular listeners would continue to listen after the first ten minutes or so?
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 372, 9 August 1946, Page 15
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176Orson Welles Declaims New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 372, 9 August 1946, Page 15
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