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 Film based on life of William Randolph Hearst  Hearst was furious – Awkward elevator ride  Welles was 25 – directed and starred.  Initially a box-office flop  Ranked by the AFI as the number 1 American film of all time.  “Don’t believe everything you hear on the radio.” Allusion to Oct. 30 th, 1938 Radio Scare

 Mercury Theater Group – members starred in the film – launched their careers.  Highly innovative camera work Low-angled shots, stark lighting contrast, shadowing, close-ups, deep focus shots.  Themes – The American Dream, Wealth, Narcissism, Corruption, Arrogance of the individual  Dying word – “Rosebud”

 Released 1941  Directed by Orson Welles  Cast Orson Welles – Kane Dorothy Comingore – Susan Kane Agnes Moorehead – Mary Kane Ruth Warrick – Emily Kane Everett Sloane – Mr. Bernstein Joseph Cotten – Jedediah Leland

Name the Kane!

Orson Welles

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