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73-742: Victorville is a city in Victor Valley in San Bernardino County, California . Its population as of the 2020 census was 134,810. Victorville is the principal city of a Victor Valley–based urban area defined by the United States Census Bureau : the Victorville– Hesperia – Apple Valley urban area had a population of 355,816 as of the 2020 census, making it the 117th largest in the United States . The Serrano people were

146-611: A cool arid climate ( Köppen BWk ) with four distinct seasons. Due to the higher elevation and inland location of the High Desert, the climate tends to be more extreme than in the Los Angeles Basin and other Southern California lowland regions. Winter is the region's wet season, when Victorville receives the most storms. Due to the rain shadow effect caused by the San Bernardino Mountains and San Gabriel Mountains ,

219-607: A biopic directed by Minnelli of Vincent van Gogh , although it was extremely well-received critically. Houseman moved into television producing, notably doing The Seven Lively Arts (1957) and episodes of Playhouse 90 . He also returned to theatre, producing revivals of Measure for Measure (1957) and The Duchess of Malfi (1957). Houseman was enticed back to MGM as a producer, and given his own production company, John Houseman Productions. His films were All Fall Down (1962), Two Weeks in Another Town (1962) and In

292-637: A contract with Paramount Pictures to produce movies. His first credit for that studio was The Unseen (1945). He followed it with Miss Susie Slagle's (1945) and The Blue Dahlia (1946), both with Veronica Lake . The latter, starring Alan Ladd and written by Raymond Chandler , has become a classic. He left Paramount and returned to Broadway to direct Lute Song (1946) with Mary Martin . Back in Hollywood he produced Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948) for Max Ophuls at Universal. Houseman went to RKO where he produced They Live by Night (1948)

365-527: A corporate dinner for the Mercury crew, Welles exploded, calling his partner a "bloodsucker" and a "crook". As Houseman attempted to leave, Welles began hurling dish heaters at him, effectively ending both their partnership and friendship. Houseman later, however, played a pivotal role in ushering Citizen Kane (1941), which starred Welles. Welles telephoned Houseman asking him to return to Hollywood to "babysit" screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz while he completed

438-469: A female householder with no husband present, and 24.0% were non-families. 19.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.03 and the average family size was 3.47. In the city, the population was spread out, with 34.2% under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 28.6% from 25 to 44, 17.4% from 45 to 64, and 11.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age

511-584: A huge success with The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), directed by Vincente Minnelli . He followed it with the film adaptation of Julius Caesar (1953) (for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture) Also popular was Executive Suite (1954), a highly creative adaptation by Ernest Lehman of Cameron Hawley 's bestselling novel. However, although Her Twelve Men (1954), Minnelli's The Cobweb (1955) and Fritz Lang 's Moonfleet (1955) all lost money. So did Lust for Life (1956),

584-618: A new career path in the theater, where he took the stage name of John Houseman . He began by translating works in German and French into English for the New York stage. He became a United States citizen in 1943. On Broadway he co-wrote Three and One (1933) and And Be My Love (1934). Composer Virgil Thomson recruited him to direct Four Saints in Three Acts (1934), Thomson's collaboration with Gertrude Stein . He later directed The Lady from

657-544: A script. The Mercury Theatre on the Air featured an impressive array of talents, including Agnes Moorehead , Bernard Herrmann , and George Coulouris . The Mercury Theatre on the Air subsequently became famous for its notorious 1938 radio adaptation of H. G. Wells ' The War of the Worlds , which had put much of the country in a panic. By all accounts, Welles was shocked by the panic that ensued. According to Houseman, "he hadn't

730-643: A vice-president of David O. Selznick Productions. His most notable achievement during that time was helping adapt and produce the adaptation of Jane Eyre (1943) which starred Joan Fontaine and Welles. In the aftermath of the attack on Pearl Harbor , Houseman quit his job and became the head of the overseas radio division of the Office of War Information (OWI), working for the Voice of America whilst also managing its operations in New York City. In 1945 Houseman signed

803-568: A waystation halfway to today's Barstow from Victorville, and the Meachams, who ran the stage stop named Fish Ponds or Mormon Grocery. In 1885, the newly established telegraph station at the railroad siding of "Victor", named for the California Southern Railroad 's General Manager Jacob Nash Victor , was the beginning of what developed as today's Old Town Victorville. The village that sprang up around that railroad facility became known by

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876-855: Is a list of Victorville mayors by year. The mayor is appointed in December. In the California State Legislature , Victorville is in the 21st Senate District , represented by Republican Scott Wilk , and in the 33rd Assembly District , represented by Republican Devon Mathis . In the United States House of Representatives , Victorville is in California's 23rd congressional district , represented by Republican Jay Obernolte . The following school districts serve Victorville: Elementary and middle school: High school: Unified : Victor Valley Community College also serves

949-446: Is also the time of year in which Victorville, and Southern California as a whole, receives the least precipitation. The higher elevation prevents the temperatures from matching the extreme heat seen in lower desert cities such as Palm Springs or Needles . However, heat waves can still raise the temperature to 110 °F or 43.3 °C, with the all-time record high being 116 °F or 46.7 °C. Also unlike lower desert communities,

1022-658: Is now vacant. It forms a ghost town used for military training by troops from the U.S. Army 's Fort Irwin Military Reservation . The Victorville Federal Penitentiary has been built on another part of the former air base. The city of Victorville was officially incorporated by the State of California on September 21, 1962. In 2003, the Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Museum was moved from Victorville to Branson, Missouri . It closed before 2015. On November 3, 2007, Victorville hosted

1095-484: Is run by the boss, Mister Mister (played in the original production by Will Geer ). The show was thought to have had left-wing and unionist sympathies (Foreman ends the show with a song about "unions" taking over the town and the country), and became legendary as an example of a "censored" show. Shortly before the show was to open, FTP officials in Washington announced that no productions would open until after July 1, 1937,

1168-546: Is within a 10-mile (16 km) radius surrounding Victorville. The Victor Valley Transportation Center is an intermodal transit center in Victorville, that is served by Amtrak, Greyhound, the Victor Valley Transit Authority and military shuttles to Fort Irwin . The center also serves as a Park and Ride facility for carpooling commuters. Amtrak serves Victorville and Barstow with once-daily trips on

1241-531: The Cajon Pass on Interstate 15 . Victorville is the location of offices of the "Mojave Desert Branch" of the San Bernardino County government. Victorville is bordered by Apple Valley on the east, Hesperia on the south, and Adelanto on the west. The Mojave River flows sporadically through Victorville. The elevation at City Hall is approximately 2,950 feet (900 m) above sea level. According to

1314-843: The DARPA Urban Challenge , a six-hour autonomous robot driving contest through the streets of the Southern California Logistics Airport. The $ 2 million first prize went to the Carnegie Mellon University team. Victorville is located at the southwestern edge of the Mojave Desert , 81 miles (130 km) northeast of Los Angeles , 148 miles (238 km) north of San Diego , 188 miles (303 km) southwest of Las Vegas , 32 miles (51 km) south of Barstow , 48 miles (77 km) east of Palmdale , and 36 miles (58 km) north of San Bernardino through

1387-593: The Lafayette Theatre on April 14, 1936, to enthusiastic reviews and remained sold out for each of its nightly performances. The play was regarded by critics and patrons as an enormous, if controversial, success. After 10 months with the Negro Theater Project, however, Houseman felt he was faced with the dilemma of risking his future: ... on a partnership with a 20-year-old boy in whose talent I had unquestioning faith but with whom I must increasingly play

1460-520: The San Bernardino Mountains , and south of the Barstow area. The Mojave River flows northwards through the Victor Valley, primarily via underground aquifers. The Victor Valley contains four incorporated municipalities . The largest is Victorville . The rural desert valley region also has 15 unincorporated communities . The Victor Valley has an estimated population of 550,000. The densest population

1533-486: The Southwest Chief , and connecting Amtrak California Thruway bus service several times daily. The soon to be constructed Brightline West high-speed rail line between Las Vegas and Rancho Cucamonga and eventually Los Angeles via Palmdale will have a stop at the Victor Valley station . Public transportation, provided by the Victor Valley Transit Authority (VVTA), serves most of cities and communities of

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1606-507: The United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 73.7 square miles (191 km). 73.2 square miles (190 km) of it is land and 0.6 square miles (1.6 km) of it is water. The total area is 0.76% water. The city is in the High Desert , an area known for its unique and moderate weather patterns. The National Weather Service has maintained a weather station in Victorville since 1917. Official records show that Victorville has

1679-483: The diurnal temperature variation is greater, allowing substantial relief to occur at night with average low temperatures approaching 60 °F or 15.6 °C. In the later part of the season, the average precipitation amount experiences an uptick due to the North American Monsoon bringing possible thunderstorms to the region. These thunderstorms can cause flash flooding, lightning, hail, and bring relief from

1752-410: The poverty line . Out of the total population, 24.6% of those under the age of 18 and 10.6% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line. According to the city's 2009 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the city are: Victorville is a charter city and operates with a council-manager form of government. The current city council members and city manager are: This

1825-485: The 1973 film The Paper Chase . He reprised the role of Kingsfield in the 1978 television series adaptation . Houseman was born Jacques Haussmann on September 22, 1902, in Bucharest , Romania, the son of May (née Davies) a governess and Georges Haussmann, who ran a grain business. His mother was British, from a Christian family of Welsh and Irish descent. His father was an Alsatian -born Jew . Haussmann

1898-474: The Air . An adaptation of Treasure Island was scheduled for the program's first broadcast, for which Houseman worked feverishly on the script. However, a week before the show was to air, Welles decided that a program far more dramatic was required. To Houseman's horror, Treasure Island was abandoned in favor of Bram Stoker 's Dracula , with Welles playing the infamous vampire. During an all night session at Perkins' Restaurant, Welles and Houseman hashed out

1971-578: The Cajon Pass. It is the primary street through Old Town Victorville. In 1940, Herman J. Mankiewicz and John Houseman wrote the first two drafts of the screenplay for the film Citizen Kane in Victorville. They worked in seclusion for 12 weeks while residing at the North Verde Ranch, now called the Kemper Campbell Ranch. The quiet ranch allowed Mankiewicz to complete his writing without

2044-670: The Federal Theatre Project was headed by Rose McClendon , a well-known black actress, and Houseman, a theatre producer. Houseman describes the experience in one of his memoirs: Within a year of its formation, the Federal Theatre had more than fifteen thousand men and women on its payroll at an average wage of approximately twenty dollars a week. During the four years of its existence its productions played to more than thirty million people in more than two hundred theatres as well as portable stages, school auditoriums and public parks

2117-557: The Mojave River at what is called the Lower Narrows. The Nicholson family moved downriver a few miles and established a way station at "Point of Rocks" in today's Helendale area. In 1867, Lafayette Meacham, a Mormon who ran a way station near today's Barstow area, made a new wagon road from his stage stop to what is now Old Town Victorville. It crossed the Mojave River at today's Sixth Street. This new road, now called Stoddard Wells Road,

2190-579: The Nicholson family, consisting of George, Frances, and their three children aged 9 to 13. Joseph and Mary Highmoor lived in Dwelling No. 704, with a seven-year-old girl named Anna. The Levick, Nicholson and Highmoor families were Mormon pioneers. Highmoor established a way station called Highmoor's Crossing near today's Oro Grande bridge of the National Trails Highway (known as U.S. Route 66 ), over

2263-573: The Sea (1934) and Valley Forge (1934). In 1934, Houseman was looking to cast Panic , a play he was producing based on a drama by Archibald MacLeish concerning a Wall Street financier whose world crumbles about him when consumed by the crash of 1929. Although the central figure is a man in his late fifties, Houseman became obsessed by the notion that a young man named Orson Welles he had seen in Katharine Cornell 's production of Romeo and Juliet

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2336-718: The Victor Valley area. VVTA offers subsidized tickets for Greyhound Line busses to Barstow and San Bernardino. The Barstow Area Transit serves Barstow and its surrounding communities to the north. The two transit systems connect via the B-V Link service. Amtrak also serves the Valley at Victorville station. Greyhound Lines buses stop at the Victor Valley Transportation Center . Political representation includes: John Houseman John Houseman (born Jacques Haussmann ; September 22, 1902 – October 31, 1988)

2409-587: The acclaimed New York drama company, the Mercury Theatre . Houseman wrote of their collaboration at this time: On the broad wings of the Federal eagle, we had risen to success and fame beyond ourselves as America's youngest, cleverest, most creative and audacious producers to whom none of the ordinary rules of the theater applied. Armed with a manifesto written by Houseman declaring their intention to foster new talent, experiment with new types of plays, and appeal to

2482-441: The age of 18 living in them, 17,036 (52.3%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 6,487 (19.9%) had a female householder with no husband present, 2,397 (7.4%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 2,478 (7.6%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships , and 258 (0.8%) same-sex married couples or partnerships . 5,081 households (15.6%) were made up of individuals, and 1,954 (6.0%) had someone living alone who

2555-539: The beginning of the new fiscal year. In his memoir, Run-Through , Houseman wrote about the circumstances surrounding the opening night at the Maxine Elliott Theatre . All the performers had been enjoined not to perform on stage for the production when it opened on July 14, 1937. The cast and crew left their government-owned theatre and walked 20 blocks to another theatre, with the audience following. No one knew what to expect; when they got there Blitzstein himself

2628-714: The city. The Victor Valley Daily Press is published in Victorville. Victor Valley The Victor Valley is a valley in the Mojave Desert and subregion of the Inland Empire , in San Bernardino County in Southern California . It is located east of the Mojave's Antelope Valley , north of the Cajon Pass and the San Bernardino Valley , northeast of the San Gabriel Mountains , and northwest of

2701-526: The combined and tricky roles of producer, censor, adviser, impresario, father, older brother and bosom friend. Houseman later produced for the Negro Theatre Unit Turpentine (1936) without Welles. In 1936, Houseman and Welles were running a WPA unit in midtown Manhattan for classic productions called Project No. 891. Their first production was Christopher Marlowe 's Tragical History of Dr. Faustus which Welles directed while also playing

2774-527: The country over. Houseman immediately hired Welles and assigned him to direct Macbeth for the FTP's Negro Theater Unit, a production that became known as the " Voodoo Macbeth ", as it was set in the Haitian court of King Henri Christophe (and with voodoo witch doctors for the three Weird Sisters ) and starred Jack Carter in the title role. The incidental music was composed by Virgil Thomson . The play premiered at

2847-526: The directorial debut of Nicholas Ray . He also did The Company She Keeps (1949) and On Dangerous Ground (1951). He returned to Broadway to produce Joy to the World (1949) and King Lear (1950-51), the latter with Louis Calhern . RKO's head of production had been Dore Schary . When Schary moved to MGM he offered Houseman a contract at the studio, which the producer accepted. Houseman's stint at MGM began with Holiday for Sinners (1952); then he had

2920-400: The faintest idea what the effect would be". CBS was inundated with calls; newspaper switchboards were jammed. Without Welles, Houseman staged Douglas Moore 's The Devil and Daniel Webster (1939). While Houseman was teaching at Vassar College , he produced Welles' never-completed second short film, Too Much Johnson (1938). The film was never publicly screened and no print of the film

2993-456: The first Native Americans to inhabit the area. In 1858, Aaron G. Lane came to what is now known as Victorville and founded a waystation called "Lane's Crossing." For many years it provided shelter and supplies for people journeying across the desert from the east to San Bernardino . Lane's Crossing was on the Mojave River on today's Turner Road, two miles north of where Interstate 15 crosses

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3066-500: The issue: "The argument is Orson's own fault. He wanted to be given all the credit because he's a hog. Actually, it is his film. So it's a ridiculous argument." After he and Welles went their separate ways, Houseman went on to direct The Devil and Daniel Webster (1939) and Liberty Jones (1941) and produced the Mercury Theatre's stage production of Native Son (1941) on Broadway, directed by Welles. In Hollywood he became

3139-501: The name of Lane's Crossing to Pioneer Station. Miller was a rancher and became involved in Mojave Valley politics, setting up the first polling place in the area at his home. That first year, ten citizens cast their votes at Lane's residence rather than making the long trip to San Bernardino. Census records show that ten people lived in two residences on the river by 1860. Listed in Dwelling No. 703 were Aaron Lane, William R. Levick, and

3212-479: The only serious job he ever did in a lifetime of film writing. But Orson turned Kane into a film: the dynamics and the tensions are his and the brilliant cinematic effects—all those visual and aural inventions that add up to make Citizen Kane one of the world's great movies—those were pure Orson Welles. In 1975, during an interview with Kate McCauley, Houseman stated that film critic Pauline Kael in her essay " Raising Kane ", had caused an "idiotic controversy" over

3285-479: The play as a political melodrama with clear contemporary parallels." Houseman and Welles later presented The Shoemaker's Holiday (1938), Heartbreak House (1938) and Danton's Death (1938). Beginning in the summer of 1938, the Mercury Theatre was featured in a weekly dramatic radio program on the CBS network, initially promoted as First Person Singular before gaining the official title The Mercury Theatre on

3358-601: The play opened to indifferent notices and ran for a mere three performances, it nevertheless led to the forging of a theatrical team, a fruitful but stormy partnership in which Houseman said Welles "was the teacher, I, the apprentice." He supervised the direction of Walk Together Chillun in 1936. In 1936, the Federal Theatre Project of the Works Progress Administration put unemployed theatre performers and employees to work. The Negro Theatre Unit of

3431-401: The population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 44,200 people (38.1%) lived in rental housing units. During 2009–13, Victorville had a median household income of $ 50,034, with 25.3% of the population living below the federal poverty line. In 2000, the city was estimated to contain 64,029 people, 20,893 households, and 15,883 families residing in the city. The racial makeup of the city

3504-627: The rainfall received is less than in the Los Angeles basin or even the San Bernardino Valley. Temperatures tend to be cool, with overnight low temperatures dropping to or below freezing on average. While the high temperatures average around a pleasant 60 °F or 15.6 °C, there are periods in which the high temperature fails to reach 50 °F (10 °C) or even 45 °F (7.2 °C). Low temperatures can dip below 25 °F (−3.9 °C) on occasion, with very cold temperatures possible;

3577-524: The record lowest temperature was −1 °F or −18.3 °C. Snowfall and other wintry precipitation is also possible, although any snowfall tends to be very light and melt quickly; significant snowstorms as seen in the San Bernardino Mountains and San Gabriel Mountains are very rare. Black ice is also possible during the winter. Summer days are generally hot to sweltering, with average high temperatures approaching 100 °F or 37.8 °C. It

3650-614: The river. Lane was a veteran of the Mexican–American War who had had malaria during that war. Originally he migrated west to join the California gold rush , but he learned that he could make a better living selling supplies to the miners. Lane settled in Ione , near Sutter's Mill in northern California, during those years, but migrated to San Bernardino in 1857. He settled on the Mojave River in 1858, where he established his waystation. He later sold out to Texan John Fry Miller, who changed

3723-537: The same audiences that frequented the Federal Theater the company was designed largely to offer plays of the past, preferably those that "...seem to have emotion or factual bearing on contemporary life." The company mounted several notable productions, the most remarkable being its first commercial production of Julius Caesar . Houseman called the decision to use modern dress "an essential element in Orson's conception of

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3796-408: The same name of Victor. In 1901, at the suggestion of local postmistress Abbey Turner, the U.S. Post Office Department changed that name to Victorville to stop the postal confusion with the town of Victor, Colorado . In 1926, U.S. Route 66 was begun, being marked in many areas on existing roads. In Victorville, US 66 is marked on D and Seventh streets, with a section of Interstate 15 going towards

3869-506: The screen. A 200-page script was written. Some models were constructed, while the shooting of initial test footage had begun. However, little, if anything, had been done either to whittle down the budgetary difficulties or begin filming. When RKO threatened to eliminate the payment of salaries by December 31 if no progress had been made, Welles announced that he would pay his cast out of his own pocket. Houseman proclaimed that there wasn't enough money in their business account to pay anyone. During

3942-502: The script, and keep him away from alcohol. Still drawn to Welles, as was virtually everyone in his sphere, Houseman agreed. Although Welles took credit for the screenplay of Kane , Houseman stated that the credit belonged to Mankiewicz, an assertion that led to a final break with Welles. Houseman took some credit himself for the general shaping of the story line and for editing the script. In an interview with Penelope Huston for Sight & Sound magazine (Autumn, 1962) Houseman said that

4015-408: The spring; they can down power lines and cause dust storms that reduce visibility. There are an average of 109 days with highs of 90 °F (32.2 °C) or higher and an average of 79 days with lows of 32 °F (0 °C) or lower. The average annual rainfall in Victorville is 6.27 inches (159 mm). There is an average of 28 days annually with measurable rain. The wettest “rain year” recorded

4088-702: The temptation of drinking, as he struggled with alcoholism. The Victorville Army Airfield was constructed beginning in 1941. It was renamed the George Air Force Base when the U.S. Air Force was established in October 1947. After decades of service to the Air Force, in 1992 George Air Force Base was closed. Its land was turned over to other uses. Part of it is now the Southern California Logistics Airport . The former Air Force base housing area

4161-482: The title role. Houseman and Welles put on Horse Eats Hat (1936). Houseman, without Welles, helped in the direction of Leslie Howard 's production of Hamlet (1936). In June 1937, Project No. 891 produced their most controversial work with The Cradle Will Rock . Written by Marc Blitzstein , the musical was about Larry Foreman, a worker in Steeltown (played in the original production by Howard da Silva ), which

4234-678: The very hot summer days. Spring is a transitional season, with warm high temperatures and low temperatures remaining quite cool. Summer-like weather usually begins to appear in May while rainfall tapers off. Autumn also has generally warm to very warm high temperatures on average, with temperatures falling from hot in September to pleasant in November, and rainfall rates increasing. Winter-like weather usually begins to appear by late November. High wind events are common in Victorville year-round and particularly during

4307-481: The writing of Citizen Kane was a delicate subject: I think Welles has always sincerely felt that he, single-handed, wrote Citizen Kane and everything else that he has directed—except, possibly, the plays of Shakespeare . But the script of Kane was essentially Mankiewicz's. The conception and the structure were his, all the dramatic Hearstian mythology and the journalistic and political wisdom he had been carrying around with him for years and which he now poured into

4380-403: Was 29.5 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.1 males. There were 36,655 housing units at an average density of 497.1 per square mile (191.9/km), of which 20,137 (61.8%) were owner-occupied, and 12,421 (38.2%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 4.9%; the rental vacancy rate was 11.1%. 66,600 people (57.5% of

4453-406: Was 30.7 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.2 males. The median income for a household in the city was $ 66,763, and the median income for a family was $ 66,866. Males had a median income of $ 40,149 versus $ 26,138 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 18,731. 19.24% of the population and 16.03% of families were below

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4526-512: Was 38.0 inches (0.97 m) in January 1949, including 31.0 inches (0.79 m) on January 14. 5.3% are German, 4.3% Irish, English 3.0%, Italian 1.7%, French (except Basque) 1.3%, Norwegian 0.8%, Polish 0.7% and Scottish 0.4%. 55.4% were Hispanic or Latino. The 2010 United States Census reported that Victorville had a population of 115,903. The population density was 1,571.8 inhabitants per square mile (606.9/km). The racial makeup of Victorville

4599-589: Was 56,258 (48.5%) White (28.3% Non-Hispanic White), 19,483 (16.8%) African American , 1,665 (1.4%) Native American , 4,641 (4.0%) Asian , 489 (0.4%) Pacific Islander , 26,036 (22.5%) from other races , and 7,331 (6.3%) from two or more races. There were 55,359 Hispanic or Latino residents of any race (47.8%). The Census reported that 110,800 people (95.6% of the population) lived in households, 341 (0.3%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 4,762 (4.1%) were institutionalized. There were 32,558 households, out of which 17,256 (53.0%) had children under

4672-416: Was 61.1% White (47.5% Non-Hispanic White), 11.9% African American , 1.1% Native American , 3.5% Asian , 0.2% Pacific Islander , 16.3% from other races , and 6.0% from two or more races. 33.5% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 20,893 households, out of which 43.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.3% were married couples living together, 16.1% had

4745-422: Was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.40. There were 25,920 families (79.6% of all households); the average family size was 3.77. The population was spread out, with 38,023 people (32.8%) under the age of 18, 12,136 people (10.5%) aged 18 to 24, 33,479 people (28.9%) aged 25 to 44, 22,853 people (19.7%) aged 45 to 64, and 9,412 people (8.1%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age

4818-544: Was a Romanian-born British-American actor and producer of theatre, film, and television. He became known for his highly publicized collaboration with director Orson Welles from their days in the Federal Theatre Project through to the production of Citizen Kane and his collaboration, as producer of The Blue Dahlia , with writer Raymond Chandler on the screenplay. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Professor Charles W. Kingsfield in

4891-477: Was a shortcut across the desert and became a popular route for muleskinners and freighters. The river crossing was called Mormon Crossing and the surrounding area became known by that name. In the 1870s, Heber "Pete" Huntington established a stage stop, Huntington Station, at Mormon Crossing. Also a Mormon pioneer, Huntington was leader Brigham Young 's nephew. Huntington later bought out the Stoddard brothers, who had

4964-415: Was at the piano and started playing the introduction music. One of the amateur performers, Olive Stanton, who played the part of Moll, the prostitute, stood up in the audience, and began singing her part. All the other performers, in turn, stood up for their parts. Thus the "oratorio" version of the show was born. Apparently, Welles had designed some intricate scenery, which ended up never being used. The event

5037-643: Was educated in England at Clifton College , became a British subject, and worked in the grain trade in London. He moved to Argentina as a speculator in the international grain markets before emigrating to the United States in 1925. He had a successful business career and was on the Chicago Board of Trade. Having just married actress, Zita Johann weeks before the 1929 stock market crash and with international markets in chaos, she encouraged him to reinvent himself with

5110-421: Was from July 1982 to June 1983 with 12.89 inches (327.4 mm) and the driest from July 1960 to June 1961 with 1.26 inches (32.0 mm). The most precipitation in one month was 5.45 inches (138.4 mm) in February 1944. The most precipitation in 24 hours was 3.00 inches (76.2 mm) on February 24, 1998. Snowfall in Victorville averages only 1.4 inches or 0.036 metres annually. The most snowfall in one month

5183-463: Was so successful that it was repeated several times on subsequent nights, with everyone trying to remember and reproduce what had happened spontaneously the first night. The incident, however, led to Houseman being fired and Welles's resignation from Project No. 891. That same year, 1937, after detaching themselves from the Federal Theatre Project , Houseman and Welles did The Cradle Will Rock as an independent production on Broadway. They also founded

5256-584: Was the only person qualified to play the leading role. Welles consented and, after preliminary conversations, agreed to leave the play he was in after a single night to take the lead in Houseman's production. Panic opened at the Imperial Theatre on March 15, 1935. Among the cast was Houseman's ex-wife, Zita Johann , who had co-starred with Boris Karloff three years earlier in Universal's The Mummy . Although

5329-505: Was thought to have survived. Footage was rediscovered in 2013. The Welles-Houseman collaboration continued in Hollywood. In the spring of 1939, Welles began preliminary discussions with RKO's head of production, George Schaefer, with Welles and his Mercury players being given a two-picture deal, in which Welles would produce, direct, perform, and have full creative control of his projects. For his motion picture debut, Welles first considered adapting Joseph Conrad 's Heart of Darkness for

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