The Mercury show their variety by adapting three short stories. Problem is none of them are very interesting. The first one at least has the fascination of listening to Orson Welles play an aw-shucks-gee-whiz country hick who gets in over his head – he’s not very good at all, but it is a novelty to hear him in such an untypical role. The third one has him play a father raising a young son; it touches on the subject of anti-Semitism. During a later Mercury double bill – the one with Heart of Darkenss – the announcer says that double bill came about out of popular response to these three short stories; it’s hard to understand why they were so well received but I guess short stories were bigger back then or something.
Friday, August 28, 2009
Radio review – MT – “Three Short Stories” (1938) **
The Mercury show their variety by adapting three short stories. Problem is none of them are very interesting. The first one at least has the fascination of listening to Orson Welles play an aw-shucks-gee-whiz country hick who gets in over his head – he’s not very good at all, but it is a novelty to hear him in such an untypical role. The third one has him play a father raising a young son; it touches on the subject of anti-Semitism. During a later Mercury double bill – the one with Heart of Darkenss – the announcer says that double bill came about out of popular response to these three short stories; it’s hard to understand why they were so well received but I guess short stories were bigger back then or something.
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