Because Gary Graver is out of the country, the program will be introduced by Larry Jackson, a friend of Mr. Graver's and an associate of the Orson Welles Theater, Cambridge. Cinematographer Gary Graver worked closely with Orson Welles from 1970 on. He photographed the features F for Fake, Filming Othello and the unfinished The Other Side of the Wind. Among his many directorial and photographic credits are films which he photographed for Roger Corman. "...Welles fed on failure, like a Shakespearean actor thriving on tragedy." (David Thomson, The Boston Phoenix 10/22/85) For some people, Citizen Kane was the beginning and the end of Hollywood's affair with Art in cinema; in any case, Orson Welles held a precarious position on the "outskirts" of Hollywood for the rest of his career. Hardly a film escaped front-office interference, films were written, prepared and never made, others partially made and left unfinished on Welles' death in 1985. Gary Graver, who brought Othello and The Filming of Othello to PFA in 1985, has compiled this program of "The Unseen Welles": new chapters in the ever-unfolding bio-filmography of an American genius. Tonight's program is presented in two parts: Part One includes clips from unfinished films, including The Other Side of the Wind (begun in 1972); scenes from The Merchant of Venice; the F for Fake trailer that is a brilliant little (12-minute) film in its own right; the trailer for The Deep (1970); and, in its entirety, The Fountain of Youth (1958), a witty half-hour t.v. pilot constructed largely of stills. Graver also presents, from his collection, home movies of Welles, clips of Welles performing magic acts in films and on t.v., and a Welles screentest. Filming Othello Part Two of tonight's program, following an intermission, will be, in its entirety, Filming Othello, in which Welles tells, with dry wit and a wink in the eye, the incredible story of the making of Othello (1952). Welles began working on Othello in 1948 with no money or production crew. Three Desdemonas, four Iagos, three Cassios and four years later, the film won the Golden Palm at Cannes. That this "film without a country" was made at all is a tribute to the perseverance of Welles and the various actors who, as money became available, reassembled in new locations-Rome, Venice, Morocco, Viterbo, Torcello, Paris, London-with up to two years lapsing before a scene was completed. Made for German television-and Welles' last completed film-Filming Othello provides a view into Welles' creative process, documenting the extemporization that results in poetry.