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| Why was the pairing of Orson Welles and Herman Mankiewicz so well suited to write and produce Citizen Kane? |
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| Both had contempt for the Hollywood industry. |
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| What was the original title? |
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| In Citizen Kane, “Rosebud” symbolizes the main character’s loss of youth and innocence. However, according to Welles and Mankiewicz, what was “Rosebud?” |
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| What did Orson Welles do in order to keep studio “Brass” from seeing what he and his crew were up to in the RKO 281 sound stage during the filming of Citizen Kane? |
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| The played baseball, and did other “odd things.” |
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| How did William Randolph Hearst first learn that Citizen Kane was about him? |
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| Marion Davies’ nephew showed him. |
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| How did William Randolph Hearst differ from Charles Foster Kane? |
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| Hearst’s mother didn’t die, and he was generally a happy person. |
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| By the early 1940s, W.R. Hearst’s newspaper chain was losing readers. Why? |
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| They focused too much on selling gossip while larger newspapers distributed “real news.” |
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| What did Louella Parsons promise RKO chief George Schaffer if Citizen Kane was ever shown? |
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| “One of the most beautiful lawsuits.” |
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| What were some of the tactics W.R. Hearst used to persuade RKO and the other studios to block the premier of Citizen Kane? |
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| He would not allow the J-word (Jewish) to print. |
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| What was Orson Welles’ next film after Citizen Kane? |
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| Why did the FBI open a file on Orson Welles? |
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| They were afraid he was a Communist. |
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| How many Academy Awards was Citizen Kane nominated for in 1941? How many was Orson Welles personally nominated for? How many did the film win? |
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Citizen Kane: 9
Orson Welles: 4
Won: 1 |
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| How long was Orson Welles’ “phenomenal” success? What was he known as? |
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| How did Orson Welles spend the remaining years of his career? |
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| Borrowing and not returning money as a recluse; he became massively overweight. |
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