The Beginning of Radio Entertainment
A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism was presented in 1873 by a man who
had long been intrigued by the mystery of electricity, James Clerk Maxwell. This book
revealed the connection between electricity and radio. Six years later a young
professor by the name Heinrich Hertz proved Maxwell's theory. Radio still took many
years before catching on with the public. For some time it was used on ships and
during the wars. It wasn't until the early 1900's before it worked its way into American
George Orson Welles, better known as just Orson Welles, was born on May 6,
1915 in Kenosha, Wisconsin. He passed away in Hollywood California on October 10,
1985. His father was a well-to-do inventor and his mother was a beautiful concert
pianist. He was an extremely talented young man in many different arts such as;
magic, piano, and painting. He graduated from Todd School in Woodstock, Ill in 1931.
He traveled around the world after his mother passed-away and became the ward of
Chicago's Dr. Maurice Berstein. Unfortunately both his parents dies before he was
twelve years old. Leaving him with an inheritance and not too many family obligations.
He was well- versed at an early age leading him with a passion for literature and its
power, particularly Shakespeare. He attempted to enter the London and Broadway
stages, traveling more in Morocco and Spain where he actually faught in the bullring. A
couple recommendations got him into Katherine Cornell's road company, thanks to
Thornton Wilder and Alexander Woollcott. This is with whom he made his first New
York debut as Tybalt in 1934. His first radio appearance came in 1934. At this time
having no idea that he would become one of the most famous men of his time.
Between 1936 and 1941 he actively participated in hundreds of radio drama