| Description |
1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 119 min.)) : sound, black and white |
| Summary |
The story of Charles Foster Kane, a newspaper tycoon whose life is investigated by a magazine reporter trying to discover the meaning of Kane's dying word: "Rosebud"; This quasi-biographical film examines the life and legacy of Charles Foster Kane, played by Welles, a composite character based in part upon American media barons William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer, Chicago tycoons Samuel Insull and Harold McCormick, as well as aspects of the screenwriters' own lives |
| Notes |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1941 |
| Credits |
Photography, Gregg Toland ; editing, Robert Wise ; music composed and conducted by Bernard Herrmann ; art director, Van Nest Polglase ; costumes, Edward Stevenson |
| Cast |
Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Agnes Moorehead, Ruth Warrick, Ray Collins, Erskine Sanford, Everett Sloane, William Alland, Paul Stewart, George Coulouris, Fortunio Bonanova, Gus Schilling, Philip Van Zandt, Georgia Backus, Harry Shannon, Sonny Bupp, Buddy Swan |
| Notes |
Closed captioning in English |
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MPAA rating: PG |
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In English |
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Online resource; title from title screen (viewed April 24, 2020) |
| Subject |
Welles, Orson, 1915-1985.
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Hearst, William Randolph, 1863-1951.
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Pulitzer, Joseph, 1847-1911.
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Insull, Samuel, 1859-1938.
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McCormick, Harold F. (Harold Fowler), 1872-1941.
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Welles, Orson, 1915-1985 |
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Pulitzer, Joseph, 1847-1911 |
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McCormick, Harold F. (Harold Fowler), 1872-1941 |
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Insull, Samuel, 1859-1938 |
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Hearst, William Randolph, 1863-1951 |
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Publishers and publishing -- United States -- Drama
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Newspaper publishing -- United States -- Drama
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Newspaper publishing
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Publishers and publishing
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
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Drama
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Feature films
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Fiction films
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Films à clef
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Internet videos
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Journalism films
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Films à clef.
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Journalism films.
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Fiction films.
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Feature films.
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Internet videos.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Films de fiction.
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Vidéos sur Internet.
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Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.
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| Form |
Streaming video
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| Author |
Welles, Orson, 1915-1985, film director, film producer, screenwriter, actor.
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Mankiewicz, Herman J. (Herman Jacob), 1897-1953, screenwriter.
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Cotten, Joseph, 1905-1994, actor.
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Comingore, Dorothy, 1913-1971, actor.
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Moorehead, Agnes, 1900-1974, actor
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Warrick, Ruth, actor.
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Collins, Ray, 1889-1965, actor.
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Sanford, Erskine, 1885-1969, actor.
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Sloane, Everett, 1909-1965, actor.
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Alland, William, 1916-1997, actor.
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Stewart, Paul, 1908-1986, actor.
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Coulouris, George, 1903-1989, actor.
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Bonanova, Fortunio, 1895-1969, actor.
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Schilling, Gus, 1908-1957, actor.
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Van Zandt, Philip, actor.
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Backus, Georgia, 1900-1983, actor.
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Shannon, Harry, 1890-1964, actor.
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Bupp, Sonny, 1928-2007, actor.
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Swan, Buddy, 1929-1993, actor.
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Herrmann, Bernard, 1911-1975, composer (expression)
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Toland, Gregg, director of photography.
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Wise, Robert, 1914-2005, editor of moving image work.
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Polglase, Van Nest, 1898-1968, art director.
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Stevenson, Edward, 1906-1968, costume designer.
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RKO Radio Pictures, production company, publisher
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Mercury Films Inc., production company.
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