Actor Lee Kresel Resemblance To Jerry Orbach? The Cradle Will Rock & Orson Welles

Описание: Black Magic (1949) actor Lee Kresel may bear a resemblance to Jerry Orbach and another actor, actress or group from some movie, TV series, etc. He played French King Louis XVI in the Orson Welles drama about a magician drawn into the royal court for his healing abilities. You can first see him at around the 27 minute 45 second mark in the film & he has some closeups later on around 1 hour 16 minutes.
Connections:
Welles & Orbach are connected through their involvement with separate productions of Marc Blitzstein's musical play The Cradle Will Rock. This story tells of the corruption and corporate greed of a controlling industrial baron Mr. Mister in small town USA. Larry Foreman attempts to unionize Steeltown's workers even as all their social institutions including the factory, press, church, and social organization are used against them. Welles directed a 1937 version for the Federal Theatre 891 project, produced by John Houseman. Reprised in 1938 as part of the first season of The Mercury Theatre, an abridged version released on LP as the first original cast recording ever made.
Revived Off Broadway in 1964, Jerry Orbach led the cast with Leonard Bernstein as music supervisor. Winner of The Obie Award for best musical production.
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