Considered one of the most influential storytellers in cinema, Orson Welles’ career took off in the 1930s with his radio broadcast of “The War of the Worlds,” which famously caused a nationwide panic because of its realistic presentation and timing. The broadcast, aired on Halloween night by the Mercury Theatre on the Air, was formatted as a series of news bulletins reporting a Martian invasion of Earth. It interrupted the regular programming in a way that mimicked actual news updates, which mad