1630. ORSON WELLES (1915-1989) American film actor, director and producer most remembered for his monumental "Citizen Kane" and his War of the Worlds radio broadcast. Good content T.L.S. "Orson" on hotel letterhead, Beverly Hills, Jan. 29, 1944, to New York Post columnist Leonard Lyons regarding his recent vacation. In part: "Florida turned out to be the best thing for my liver...The trip west, though...was pretty rough. We're going to stay here on this coast where there's sunshine at least sometimes, and my own doctor, until I'm strong enough to really get around..." We believe this to be a veiled reference to the `nervous breakdown' he suffered at about this time resulting from a strenuous work load, although perhaps the real culprit was alcohol. Welles was then a Hollywood "Golden Boy" and both studio moguls and the media cooperated to keep any scandal out of the public eye. Sold with an unsigned telegraph dated Nov. 15, 1953 from Welles informing Lyons that he is recovering from emergency surgery. $200-300