Orson Welles Weekend at Cinematheque

The American Cinematheque this weekend presents “Orson Welles: The Actor,” composed of nine features, three of which Welles also directed.

The retrospective begins tonight at 7 with “The Lady From Shanghai” (1948), to be followed at 9 by the double feature “Jane Eyre” (1944) and “The Stranger” (1946). “Prince of Foxes” (1949) and “The Third Man” (1949) will screen Saturday as a double feature commencing at 6 p.m., with “Touch of Evil” (1958) screening at 9:30. “The Long Hot Summer” (1958) and “Compulsion” (1959) will be the 4 p.m. Sunday double feature, with “F Is for Fake” (1973) screening at 8 p.m.

On Monday at 8, the Cinematheque will present an evening of radio dramas featuring Welles, plus a selection of commercials made for Japanese TV and a 10-minute promotional short Welles shot in his own home in the early ‘80s to raise money for a feature film to be called “The Dreamers” and based on a script by Isak Dinesen. Producers for this special event are Frank Beacham and director Richard Wilson, both colleagues of Welles.

Monday evening’s offerings are the half-hour dramas “The Hitch Hiker” (1946), “The Shadow: The White Legion” (1938), “Heart of Darkness” (1945--Welles had intended to film the Joseph Conrad novel as his first film), preceded by the 10-minute “The Mercury Company Remembers” (1988) narrated by Leonard Maltin.

All screenings are at the Directors Guild, 7920 Sunset Blvd. Information: (213) 466-FILM.