The not-so-finest hours of Orson Welles

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With the passing of Dungeons & Dragons co-founder Gary Gygax the other day, we linked to a retro TV commercial for the role-playing game. Thanks to the magic of “related videos,” we also stumbled across this baffling ad for the board game Dark Tower. Starring Orson Welles. Board game. Orson Welles. To be fair, this kind of commercial work was one of the only sources of financing for Welles’ independent film work late in his career.

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