Simon Callow

Orson Welles, Vol. 2: Hello Americans (2006)

Volume Two of Simon Callow's planned 3-part biography of Orson Welles is just as meticulously researched and engagingly written as the first volume. Unlike previous Welles biographers, Callow neither elevates his subject to a godlike status nor denigrates him as a talentless egomaniacal bully. ...

Orson Welles, Vol. 1: The Road to Xanadu (1997)

I am a voracious reader of biographies, the most recent being the fantastic BOGART, by Ann Sperber. That one really made you feel that you were a fly on the wall, with visceral language and enough emotion to allow the reader to relate. This one, however, does not. Callow has a stilted, very co...

Charles Laughton: A Difficult Actor (1997)