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Orson Welles post-The War of the Worlds broadcast

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Original – Orson Welles meeting with reporters in an effort to explain that no one connected with the War of the Worlds radio broadcast had any idea the show would cause panic.

Reason

The image itself is of high-quality and gives context and EV for how much mass hysteria the broadcast of War of the Worlds caused, to the point Welles had to be interviewed to clarify the intent of the program. Part of an otherwise historical moment in radio.

Articles in which this image appears

Orson Welles, The War of the Worlds (1938 radio drama), Mercury Theatre, 1938 in science fiction

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Entertainment (maybe)

Creator

Acme News Photos

• Support as nominator – GamerPro64 05:45, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
• Support - Documents a momentous, historical occasion. --Janke | Talk 13:40, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
• Comment – Cluttered to say the least. – Sca (talk) 16:28, 9 January 2021 (UTC)

• Doesn't that perfectly convey the situation? According to the article, Welles was overrun by reporters... --Janke | Talk 11:26, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

• Support. MER-C 12:17, 10 January 2021 (UTC)
• Support – Bammesk (talk) 01:49, 11 January 2021 (UTC)
• Support -- mcshadypl ^TC 06:06, 11 January 2021 (UTC)
• Support--Petar Milošević (talk) 15:24, 12 January 2021 (UTC)

Promoted File:Orson Welles War of the Worlds 1938.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 15:37, 19 January 2021 (UTC)