Editing Orson Welles (section)

=== ''Around the World'' ===
{{Main|Around the World (musical)}}
In the summer of 1946, Welles moved to New York to direct the Broadway musical ''[[Around the World (musical)|Around the World]]'', a stage adaptation of [[Jules Verne]]'s novel ''[[Around the World in Eighty Days]]'' with a book by Welles and music by [[Cole Porter]]. Producer [[Mike Todd]], who would produce the successful [[Around the World in 80 Days (1956 film)|1956 film adaptation]], pulled out from the lavish and expensive production, leaving Welles to support the finances. When Welles ran out of money he convinced [[Columbia Pictures]] president [[Harry Cohn]] to send enough to continue the show, and in exchange Welles promised to write, produce, direct and star in a film for Cohn for no further fee. The stage show soon failed due to poor box-office, with Welles unable to claim the losses on his taxes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wellesnet.com/around-the-world-musical-opened-on-broadway-70-years-ago/ |title=Around the World Musical Opened on Broadway 70 years ago |date=May 27, 2016 |website=Wellesnet |access-date=April 8, 2018 |archive-date=October 4, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171004141900/http://www.wellesnet.com/around-the-world-musical-opened-on-broadway-70-years-ago/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Inspired by magician and cinema pioneer [[Georges Méliès]], the show required 55 stagehands and used films to bridge scenes. Welles said it was his favorite of his stage productions. Regarding its extravagance, critic Robert Garland said it had "everything but the kitchen sink." The next night, Welles brought out a kitchen sink.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bogdanovich |first=Peter |title=[[This is Orson Welles]] |publisher=[[Da Capo Press]] |year=1998 |edition=Revised |page=395}}</ref>