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Welles's Words: "You'll Never Make It" - How a Star Fell from the Top
Hollywood's most sought-after actor performed free magic tricks for 48,000 soldiers in 1943. He was a star, yet the Academy never nominated him.
Welles's Words: "You'll Never Make It" - How a Star Fell from the Top
This episode explores the career of Joseph Cotton, an actor who achieved immense popularity and critical acclaim in cinema's Golden Age but was consistently overlooked by the Academy Awards. It questions why a man so visible never received the industry's highest recognition.
Person: Joseph Cotton
Date: August 3, 1943
Location: Cahuenga Boulevard, Hollywood
Status: Seventeenth most…
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