President Welles

This Alternate History is based on a POD in the late 1940s when actor-director Orson Welles decided to quit the movie business and turn to politics as he always wanted. He served as a U.S. Senator of the Democratic Party and later got elected to President of the United States.

1948-1952

 * 1948: After the failure of The Lady from Shanghai Welles leaves Columbia Pictures. He turns down Charles Chaplin's offer to sell his screenplay for a movie based on the life of serial killer Henri Désiré Landru. He also turns down an offer from low-budget studio Republic Pictures for making an adaptation of Macbeth.

Welles published the statement to the press and radio that he retires from making films and doing theatre jobs completely.

Welles also divorces from his wife, actress Rita Hayworth.

Welles befriends with Sheridan Downey from the Democratic Party, then U.S. Senator Class 3 of California.


 * 1950: After the end of Downey's service as a Senator, Welles defeats Republician candidate Richard M. Nixon and wins a seat in the Senate.

To be continued!