The Only ‘Film Conceived for the Box’: Orson Welles’ the Fountain of Youth
In 1958 Welles made a television pilot film, The Fountain of Youth, based on John Collier’s short story Youth from Vienna. It was to…
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The Fountain of Youth (1958)
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Orson Welles on Television: The Fountain of Youth (1958)
The Fountain of Youth is a 1956 TV pilot for a proposed Desilu TV series (with a tentative title, The Orson Welles Show) which…
John Collier: Youth from Vienna
A couple, whose careers (tennis player and actress) depend on youth, are forced to deal with a gift of a single dose of rejuvenating…