Orson Wells
September
Hitler occupied the Czechoslovakian Sudetenland in late 1938, after the Munich Pact was organized by France and Great Britain on September 28, 1938.
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You're talking about the Mercury Theater production of H.G.Wells' "War of the Worlds", directed by Orson Welles and broadcast on Halloween night in 1938. The production was formatted as a series of live news reports from correspondents live on the scene, such as you'd expect nowadays from CNN or the Weather Channel when something big is happening. The radio production took regular commercial and station breaks, and each time it resumed, it re-introduced itself as a play, a radio script, based on a popular book of science fiction. But a lot of people were more comfortable being scared.
Orson Welles' radio adaptation of H.G Well's The War of the World causes mass panic as people think Aliens have landed on earth.
October 30, 1938
War of the Worlds. The broadcast was given by Orson Welles.
Which one? There have been several in the last 111 years.* 1898, original book by H.G. Wells.* 1938, radio broadcast by Orson Welles.* 1953, first movie by George Pal.* 1988, television series by Greg Strangis.* 2005, second movie by Steven Spielberg.
On October 30th, 1938 Orson Welles caused a nationwide panic with his broadcast of "War of the Worlds". This was a realistic dramatization of a Martian invasion of Earth.
Robinson Crusoe's Broadcast - 1938 was released on: USA: 15 April 1938
The War of the Worlds radio broadcast played on October 30, 1938. Millions of listeners were shocked from the news of Martians coming to Earth.
The Big Broadcast of 1938 - 1938 is rated/received certificates of: Argentina:Atp USA:Passed (National Board of Review) USA:Approved (PCA #3813)
On October 30, 1938, Orson Welles' radio adaptation of H.G. Wells' "War of the Worlds" was broadcast, causing panic among listeners who believed the simulated news broadcast about a Martian invasion was real. The event highlighted the power of mass media and caused the FCC to investigate the incident.
A Buckaroo Broadcast - 1938 was released on: USA: 22 April 1938 USA: 20 December 1946 (re-release)
It wasn't the book that caused the panic. It was Orson Welles's Mercury Theater radio play adaptation the H.G.Wells's novel War of the Worlds, broadcast 30 October 1938.
H.G. Wells's War of the Worlds was dramatized in a radio broadcast by Orson Welles on October 30, 1938. The broadcast was so realiatic that it caused a major panic among the public who thought Martians were actually invading Earth.
The Big Broadcast of 1938 won the Oscar for Music - Song - in 1938.