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The elephant in the room
EVER since I started writing this column, often enough I have been humbled to receive numerous pointers, criticisms and requests, many from kind — and some not-so-kind — readers wanting me to address similar and other issues.
Orson Welles on Citizen Kane and Rosebud
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ORSON WELLES FAIR WARNING ORIGINAL MS wi Welles’ Notes $8,500.00 |
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Orson Welles Oversize Vintage Photograph Signed $3,950.00 |
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ORSON WELLES – CONTRACT DOUBLE SIGNED 3/26 $3,500.00 |
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Citizen Kane RARE ORG GIANT 47×63 French Movie Poster Orson Welles 1948R Cult $3,499.99 |
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ORSON WELLES – DOCUMENT DOUBLE SIGNED 07/29/1946 $3,500.00 |
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ORSON WELLES – DOCUMENT SIGNED 03/22/1946 $3,500.00 |
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ORSON WELLES – DOCUMENT SIGNED 04/02/1946 CO-SIGNED BY: ARNOLD M. GRANT $3,500.00 |
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ORSON WELLES – INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED $2,999.00 |
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CITIZEN KANE Original 1960′s Italian Poster Orson Welles $2,500.00 |
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TOUCH OF EVIL Original 1958 One Sheet Poster Orson Welles Heston Leigh $2,500.00 |
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CITIZEN KANE Original Polish Tomaszewski Orson Welles $2,500.00 |
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TYPED LETTER SIGNED by ORSON WELLES Re: HIS FILMMAKING $2,422.50 |
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EVERYBODY’S SHAKESPEARE SIGNED by ORSON WELLES 1st Ed $2,337.50 |
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THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSON’S ’42 Dir. Orson Welles Insert $2,000.00 |
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Citizen Kane, 1941 Original Vintage Lobby Card movie poster Orson Welles RARE ! $1,950.00 |
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TYPED LETTER SIGNED by ORSON WELLES Re: HIS FILMMAKING $1,700.00 |
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Film Kitsch SIGNED BY ORSON WELLES TO PETER BOGDANOVICH $1,572.50 |
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REBECCA WEST – TYPED MANUSCRIPT – SIGNED – ARNOLD WEISSBERGER – ORSON WELLES $1,500.00 |
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ORSON WELLES (1915-1985), excellent SIGNED presskit photo of”Confidental Report” $1,299.99 |
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Original ORSON WELLES Script “The Dreamers” for the Unfinished 1982 Movie $1,200.00 |
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THE THIRD MAN / ORSON WELLES / CAROL REED / 1949 / MOVIE POSTER / 30 $1,120.00 |
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TOUCH OF EVIL 1958 US 22″x28″ poster Exc. Orson Welles $995.00 |
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CITIZEN KANE LOBBY CARD ’41 ~ ORSON WELLES ~ CLASSIC! $959.99 |
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Orson Welles (+) Vintage autograph, signed photograph $937.50 |
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THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI ’47 RITA HAYWORTH, ORSON WELLES VERY SCARCE ORIGINAL WC $900.00 |
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RITA HAYWORTH – SIGNED CLUB MEMBERSHIP – GILDA – GLENN FORD – ORSON WELLES $850.00 |
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SIGNED ORSON WELLES Magic As A Hobby CITIZEN KANE $855.00 |
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LADY FROM SHANGHAI RITA HAYWORTH ORSON WELLES 1947 RARE UNIQUE EXYU MOVIE POSTER $839.99 |
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PROGRAM for ORSON WELLES TRIBUTE SIGNED by WELLES $850.00 |
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ORSON WELLES – Citizen Kane – Original Souvenir Program – 1941 $800.00 |
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CITIZEN KANE ’41 ORSON WELLES’ MASTERPIECE SCENE CARD W/DANCING GIRLS FINE $775.00 |
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JOHN MC CORMACK-VTG-PHOTO-IRISH TENOR-ARNOLD GENTHE-ORSON WELLES-CITIZEN KANE $750.00 |
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CITIZEN KANE Original 1950′s French Poster Orson Welles $750.00 |
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CITIZEN KANE ’41 ORSON WELLES’ CLASSIC, YUCKING IT UP AT PARTY LOBBY CARD $750.00 |
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TOUCH OF EVIL / MARLENE / ORSON WELLES / 1958 / MOVIE POSTER / 23099 $700.00 |
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E052d CITIZEN KANE ORSON WELLES JOSEPH COTTEN GREAT ORIG 2sh ITALY linen $689.99 |
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Orig Program 1941 Orson Welles Citizen Kane Ruth Warrick Agnes Moorehead Signed $699.99 |
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THE THIRD MAN / ORSON WELLES / CAROL REED / 1949 / MOVIE POSTER / 14781 $630.00 |
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16MM TOUCH OF EVIL ORSON WELLES EXCELLENT 108 MINUTES $600.00 |
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TOUCH OF EVIL ’58 WC ORSON WELLES ~ HESTON ~ DIETRICH! $599.99 |
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THE STRANGER / EDWARD / ORSON WELLES / 1946 / MOVIE POSTER / 2856 $560.00 |
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Touch Of Evil original 1958 half-sheet ORSON WELLES FINE $550.00 |
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Candid Shot of Orson Welles Directing ”Citizen Kane” $500.00 |
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Orson Welles (+) Vintage autograph, signed photograph $487.50 |
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ORSON WELLES ORIGINAL Vintage 1944 Signed Autographed CONTRACT Actor Director $495.00 |
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Orson Welles in BLACK MAGIC rare 1sh from 1950 $450.00 |
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OTHELLO / LAURENCE / ORSON WELLES / 1952 / MOVIE POSTER / 91924 $420.00 |
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TARTAROS, LOS / ORSON WELLES / RICHARD THORPE / 1961 / AUTHOR MOVIE POSTER / 12 $420.00 |
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A Man for All Seasons (OSCAR 1967)-Paul Scofield, Orson Welles, dir. Fred Zinnem $410.00 |
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BLACK MAGIC MOVIE POSTER LB VF INSERT 1949 ORSON WELLES $400.00 |
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Rita Hayworth Orson Welles – 2 1/4″ original negative $400.00 |
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TOUCH OF EVIL 47″x63″ original film poster Orson Welles $395.00 |
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ORSON WELLES~LETTER~1956~MAGICIAN $375.00 |
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OR02 CITIZEN KANE ORSON WELLES JOSEPH COTTEN orig 3sh POSTER SPAIN $365.00 |
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OTHELLO / LAURENCE / ORSON WELLES / 1952 / MOVIE POSTER / 75738 $350.00 |
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BLACK MAGIC / ORSON WELLES / GREGORY RATOFF / 1949 / MOVIE POSTER / 9490 $350.00 |
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TREASURE ISLAND / ORSON WELLES / JOHN HOUGH / 1972 / MOVIE POSTER / 33265 $350.00 |
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THE CITIZEN KANE BOOK RAISING KANE PAULINE KAEL +SCRIPT ORSON WELLES +MANKIEWICZ $314.18 |
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THE IMMORTAL STORY Original 1969 Czech Poster Orson Welles $350.00 |
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OTHELLO SHAKESPEARE ORSON WELLES 1952 MEGA RARE EXYU MOVIE POSTER $331.99 |
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Citizen Kane Orson Welles Ceramic Tile Coaster Great Gift Idea $8.95 SQUARE CERAMIC TILE COASTER of the image shown. White Tile Coaster imprinted in full color with the image shown. Color is imprinted into tile surface using a heat sublimation technique that creates a permanent imprint that won’t rub or wear off. Tile Coaster measures 4 1/4″ x 4 1/4″ x 1/6″…. |
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Citizen Kane Orson Welles Round Rubber Coaster set 4 pack Great Gift Idea $4.95 This 4 pack of 4″ round rubber coasters of the image shown are made of a durable heat-resistant polyester fabric top, backed with a neoprene rubber non-slip backing, keeps things from sliding. The rubber coasters are 1/8″ thick. It will not discolor or fade, machine washable…. |
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Citizen Kane Orson Welles Vintage Movie COFFEE MUG $19.99 “High quality ceramic coffee mug made with only the highest quality materials. Mug is large 15 ounces, 4.75 inches tall, 3 inch diameter. Amazing rich colors and vivid images.”… |
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Tales of Mystery & Imagination $2.56 As unlikely as the idea seems today to use the suspense-filled stories of Edgar Allan Poe as the basis for an album of rock tunes, listeners in the 1970s–who were barraged with such high-flown concepts during the heyday of prog-rock–turned the record into a major hit. The Project actually scored a Top 40 hit with “(The System of) Doctor Tarr and Professor Feather.” Thanks to FM radio overplay, h… |
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The Trial $3.91 Director/writer Orson Welles took what was once considered an unfilmable novel by Franz Kafka and created a nightmarish vision of a simple clerk (Anthony Perkins) who is inexplicably abducted and charged with an unknown crime by a labyrinthine bureaucracy. Welles co-stars as Perkins’ defense advocate; with Jeanne Moreau, Romy Schneider. 120 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English; theatrical trailer. P… |
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War of the Worlds-Original Radio Broadcast 30 Octo $5.96 All products are BRAND NEW and factory sealed. Fast shipping and 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed…. |
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Wuthering Heights [VHS] $4.88 One of the most compelling tragic romances ever captured on film, Wuthering Heights is an exquisite tale of doomed love and miscalculated intentions. Though only half of Emily Bronte’s classic tale of Heathcliff and Catherine was filmed by director William Wyler, it lacks for nothing. The story begins when a Yorkshire gentleman farmer brings home a raggedy gypsy boy, Heathcliff, and raises him a… |
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Greatest Adventure, The – The Story of Man’s Voyage to the Moon (1979) [VHS] $14.99 … |
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Me and Orson Welles (DVD) $11.36 Richard Linklater directs this drama about real-life actor/director Orson Welles and his stage production of JULIUS CAESAR. But instead of focusing solely on the auteur, ME AND ORSON WELLES also puts the spotlight on a young man (played by HIGH SCHOOL … |
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This Is Orson Welles $19.9 Orson Welles (1915-1985) was the last true Renaissance man of the twentieth century. From such great radio works as War of the Worlds to his cinematic masterpieces Citizen Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons, Othello, Macbeth, Touch of Evil, and Chime… |
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Orson Welles` Don Quixote (DVD) $14.2 Cervantes` epic novel DON QUIXOTE is notoriously un-filmable–several major directors have tried, only to be left with half of a finished project after a series of disasters. The most mysterious of these incomplete attempts belongs to Orson Welles; the… |
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Orson Welles – The Ultimate Orson Welles [Digipak] $14.35 Description Not Available |
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Orson Welles – The Life Of Jesus $23.55 Description Not Available |
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Making Movies With Orson Welles (Paperback) $24.75 Description not available. |
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Touch of Evil (DVD) $7.53 Orson Welles’s TOUCH OF EVIL is nothing short of a masterpiece |
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The Stranger (DVD) $7.33 Orson Welles directed and stars in THE STRANGER, a tense black-and-white thriller that Welles made for maverick producer Sam Spi |
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The Lady from Shanghai (DVD) $7.76 THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI, an atmospheric film noir based on Sherwood King’s novel IF I DIE BEFORE I WAKE, features Orson Welles as |
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The Trial (DVD) $7.52 THE TRIAL is Orson Welles`s claustrophobic adaptation of Franz Kafka`s surreal tale of fear and paranoia in a nameless society. |
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Sin of Nora Moran, The/Prison Train (DVD) $22.06 This double feature includes two independent films from the 1930s which were reportedly influences on Orson Welles’ CITIZEN KANE |
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The Stranger (DVD) $7.76 Orson Welles directed and stars in THE STRANGER, a tense black-and-white thriller that Welles made for maverick producer Sam Spi |
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F For Fake – Criterion Collection (DVD) $24.24 Special Edition Orson Welles has a ball examining the nature of what is real and what is fake in the funny, bizarr |
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King Lear (DVD) $17.29 Orson Welles stars in the title role in this made-for-television production of the Shakespearean tragedy about an aging king who is betrayed by his daughters. |
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Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (DVD) $8.84 Orson Welles narrates this fine animated feature based on Rudyard Kipling’s story about a brave mongoose who saves his English f |
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Manowar – Battle Hymns [Remaster] $8.91 Disc 1:Death Tone – (studio)Metal Daze – (studio)Fast Taker – (studio)Shell Shock – (studio)Manowar – (studio)Dark Avenger – (studio)William`s Tale – (studio)Battle Hymns – (studio) |
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Touch of Evil – 100th Anniversary includes Digital Copy (DVD) $7.46 Orson Welles`s TOUCH OF EVIL is nothing short of a masterpiece. Beginning with a three-minute-plus tracking crane shot, the film explodes onto the screen, literally–the marvelously expressive opening shot ends with a car blowing up, and that detonatio… |
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Urban Legends: Final Cut (DVD) $6.26 At the prestigious Orson Welles Film School at Alpine University, students are preparing their submissions for the Hitchcock Award, an honor that virtually guarantees the winner a Hollywood career. Amy Mayfield (Jennifer Morrison), daughter of a famous… |
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Prince of Foxes (DVD) $15.77 Sensormatic Swashbuckling star Tyrone Power matches wits with cinematic heavyweight Orson Welles in this adventure set in Renaissance-era Italy. Power (THE BLACK SWAN) stars as Andrea Orsini, also known as the Prince of Foxes. Employed… |
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The Magnificent Ambersons (DVD) $9.89 The story of Orson Welles and his 1942 film THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS is one of Hollywood`s most intriguing and mysterious soap operas. The legendary filmmaker`s completed film was drastically re-edited by its studio, RKO Pictures, prompting a battle w… |
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The Black Rose (DVD) $14.84 Sensormatic East meets west in this medieval epic that reteams Tyrone Power and Orson Welles after they starred in PRINCE OF FOXES. Power (THE MARK OF ZORRO) plays Walter of Gurnie, a man exiled from England. Drawn to the exotic power … |
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Kaffe Fassett (Hardcover) $24.83 Kaffe Fassett has led an extraordinary life and is a captivating storyteller with a vivid memory. Born in 1937, he spent much of his youth in Big Sur, California, where his parents bought a cabin from Orson Welles and transformed it into the world-f… |
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History of the World: Part 1 (Blu-ray Disc) $16.76 In this spoof of great moments in history from the dawn of humanity through the French Revolution, director Mel Brooks delivers a twisted history lesson through his signature satirical, madcap humor. Funny, vulgar, and narrated by the great Orson Welle… |
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Murnau Collection: Tartuffe / The Haunted Castle / Faust / Nosferatu / The Last Laugh (DVD) $58.39 A central figure in German Expressionism, F.W. Murnau was also one of the great innovators in film form. His gliding camera movements and troubled inner landscapes influenced both Orson Welles and Alfred Hitchcock. Murnau`s greatest German films are as… |
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Film Noir (Paperback) $16.33 Noted film noir historians Alain Silver and James Ursini, acting as editors, concentrate in this work on the thirty key directors of the classic noir period. These include well-known luminaries, such as Orson Welles, Billy Wilder, Nicholas Ray, and Jos… |
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Lend Me Your Ears (Hardcover) $23.19 A compendium of more than two hundred classic and modern speeches includes Orson Welles eulogizing Darryl F. Zanuck, George Patton exhorting his D-Day troops, King Edward VIII abdicating his throne, and the never-delivered speech John F. Kennedy was sc… |
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Parsons, Alan Project – Tales Of Mystery & Imagination (Deluxe Edition) [Import] $24.42 255 characters or less! |
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The Alan Parsons Project – Tales Of Mystery And Imagination: Edgar Allan Poe $5.93 Disc 1:Dream Within a Dream, A – (TRUE instrumental)Raven, TheTell-Tale Heart, TheCask of Amontillado, The(The System Of ) Doctor Tarr And Professor Fether / The Fall Of The House Of UsherPrelude – (TRUE ins… |
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