Othello (Mercury; United Artists) has all over it the stamp of Orson Welles's brummagem genius. Is there a file of soldiers with spears or a brave display of banners? Depend on it, the camera will catch them sharply etched against the sky.
Does Wellesplaying Othello, of coursestride on screen to erupt a Shakespearean torrent? Depend on it, the camera will be angled upward from the floor so that Welles looms at least ten feet high while the other actors seem scarcely more than midgets.
Welles is producer and director as well as starring actor. He...
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