The Count of Monte Cristo - August 29, 1938 - 00:58:59 - 13.5 MB

On August 29, 1938, Orson Welles and The Mercury Theater On The Air present
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas on the CBS radio network,
starring Welles as Edmond Dantès. Cast: Ray Collins (Abbé Faria), George
Coulouris (Monsieur Morrel), Edgar Barrier (de Villefort), Eustace Wyatt
(Caderousse), Paul Stewart (Paul Dantés) Sidney Smith (Mondego), Richard
Wilson (the Officer), Virginia Welles as Anna Stafford (Mercédès), William
Alland (Merchant). Music by Bernard Herrmann. Adapted for radio by John
Houseman and Howard Koch.


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Dungeon scenes for "The Count of Monte Cristo" were famously broadcast from
the floor of a CBS restroom. According to Welles' Mercury Theater partner
and producer John Houseman, "a faithful rendering of the waves breaking
against the walls of the Chateau D'If" was achived by placing a microphone
inside a toilet bowl.