WOODSTOCK, Ill. (AP) — Still trying to solve the mystery of “Rosebud?” Get your fill of Orson Welles onscreen at Woodstock’s “Orson Welles Film Festival” to celebrate the cinema master’s 100th birthday.
The (Crystal Lake) Northwest Herald reports the festival will show ten Welles films in seven weeks on Wednesdays through May 23. It kicks off the Orson Welles Centennial Festival in May.
Welles spent his formative years in Woodstock at the former Todd School for Boys.
The filmmaker’s masterpiece, “Citizen Kane,” will be at 7 p.m. on his birthday, May 6, at the Woodstock Classic Cinemas Theater.
Most other films will be at 7 p.m. at the VFW hall.
A donation of $5 per film is suggested.
Other movies on the program are “The Third Man,” “Othello” and “The Trial.”
