![]() Orson Welles starred in Black Magic, filmed between late 1947 and early 1948 in Rome, Italy. It seems that Welles fired it big, just to impress the author of a well-paid biography. We know of a vague interest of Welles in the story of outlaw Salvatore Giuliano, and even of a couple of cinematic hypotheses on the subject, but very little about a film commissioned by Mafia boss “Lucky” Luciano. A mysterious episode, so fictional as to make one suspect that it was totally invented. ![]() Welles hints at an unproduced film project with a legendary gangster. I could elevate him to the proper position historically” - Orson Welles to biographer Barbara Leaming a few months before his death. I should write it and direct it and act it. “I was chased all over Italy by Charles Luciano - known as ‘Lucky’ by ignorant newspaper readers - in order to persuade me to make the true story of his life. ![]() Reworked and integrated, it is presented here in English for the first time.) ![]() The following article on Welles and mobster Charles Luciano was first published in 2015 in the film magazine Cabiria n☁80 and in the newspaper La Repubblica. ![]() He is the author of several books, including Orson Welles in Italy. ( Editor’s note: Alberto Anile is an Italian film critic, historian and journalist, and currently directs Cineteca Nazionale, the Italian national film library, in Rome. ![]()
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