The Look and the Smirk

This street portrait was taken at the Mark Twain Festival and this actor played the part of Orson Welles. He is considered to be among the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time. This photo was taken as he strutted down the road with his cigar to take part in the festivities. As well as smoking cigars personally, Welles also wrote cigar-smoking characters into a number of his movies, intentionally bringing the cigar onto the big screen.

TwainFest is a free celebration of the literature, culture and history of 19th Century America,