15 Reasons Orson Welles Should Be Your Old Hollywood Crush

    In honor of Orson Welles' 100th birthday.

    1. Because he founded his own theater company when he was 22 years old.

    2. Because he was a quadruple threat.

    3. Because he could direct the shit out of a movie.

    4. Because he could narrate the shit out of a movie.

    5. Because he could write the shit out of a script.

    6. Because he directed/acted/wrote/produced the shit out of one of the best movies of all time.

    7. Because he could scare the shit out of radio listeners with his "War of the Worlds" broadcast.

    8. Because he could get it in Citizen Kane.

    9. Not this part though.

    10. Because he could rock the shit out of a moustache.

    11. And a beard.

    12. Because he could do magic tricks and shit.

    13. Because he created one of the longest running opening shots in film.

    14. Because he composed the shit out of scenes like this.

    15. Because even as a villain, he could be charming AF.

    Let's hear it for Orson Welles.