Article: THE RISE AND FALL OF ORSON WELLES.(L.A. LIFE)(Review)

Byline: Paul Brownfield Knight-Ridder Tribune News Wire

Title: ``Rosebud: The Story of Orson Welles''

Author: David Thomson

Data: 461 pages, Knopf; $30

Our rating: Four Stars

In the end, the great Orson Welles was something like 350 pounds, hawking cheap wine and appearing too often on ``The Merv Griffin Show'' in Los Angeles.

``He got into the habit of lunching at Patrick Terrail's restaurant, Ma Maison, on Melrose,'' David Thomson tells us in his arresting new biography of Welles called ``Rosebud: The Story of Orson Welles.''

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