Orson Welles – Make It Big
How the genius responsible for Citizen Kane didn’t let a little thing like being bigger than a fridge prevent him from becoming a fashion icon.
This piece originally appeared in The Rake.
Orson Welles – big talent, big man. Thought to weigh 30-odd stone at his peak, the boy genius from Kenosha, Wisconsin, could eat for America. Teased mercilessly about his size by the media and unkind critics, George Orson Welles could have been forgiven had he developed a complex about his girth. Instead, he de…
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