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Mr. Welles's problem was that he wanted it both ways.

The Snare of Perfectionism: When Artists Aim Too High Terry Teachout 2011

Mr. Welles's longstanding difficulties with Hollywood are the stuff of legend.

The Snare of Perfectionism: When Artists Aim Too High Terry Teachout 2011

In 1942, he demanded his name be removed from the credits to Welles's "The Magnificent Ambersons" after RKO famously re-edited and butchered the film.

'Psycho' Maestro at 100 Jim Fusilli 2011

The director was Robert Stevenson, who wrote the screenplay with no less a literary light than Aldous Huxley, along with John Houseman of Orson Welles's Mercury Theater and an uncredited Henry Koster.

See Jane Blossom: An Enthralling 'Eyre' Joe Morgenstern 2011

Nonetheless, Herrmann's lasting legacy remains his work in the entertainment industry: the music for 48 feature films; for television shows such as "The Twilight Zone" his music for the episode "Walking Distance" is one of his most poignant works; and for countless radio dramas, including Orson Welles's "The Mercury Theater on the Air."

'Psycho' Maestro at 100 Jim Fusilli 2011

In 1939, at Welles's insistence, RKO Studios hired Herrmann, who then composed the score for "Citizen Kane."

'Psycho' Maestro at 100 Jim Fusilli 2011

In 1942, he demanded his name be removed from the credits to Welles's "The Magnificent Ambersons" after RKO famously re-edited and butchered the film.

'Psycho' Maestro at 100 Jim Fusilli 2011

In 1939, at Welles's insistence, RKO Studios hired Herrmann, who then composed the score for "Citizen Kane."

'Psycho' Maestro at 100 Jim Fusilli 2011

Nonetheless, Herrmann's lasting legacy remains his work in the entertainment industry: the music for 48 feature films; for television shows such as "The Twilight Zone" his music for the episode "Walking Distance" is one of his most poignant works; and for countless radio dramas, including Orson Welles's "The Mercury Theater on the Air."

'Psycho' Maestro at 100 Jim Fusilli 2011

Though a new annotated edition is sorely needed, Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles's diary is the best insider's account of the workings of the Lincoln administration.

Civil War Diaries, Blue and Gray Harold Holzer 2011