Video: Jack Black and ‘Drunk History – Making Citizen Kane’
Drunk History features a celebrity recalling a historical event while (supposedly) drunk.
‘Orson Welles: Lost and Found’ to be screened at Toronto International Film Festival Cinematheque
A full year before the 100th anniversary of Orson Welles’ birth, the Toronto International Film Festival Cinematheque has something special planned for fans of the late director. TIFF Cinematheque will feature a special screening of the recently rediscovered silent footage of Too Much Johnson, as part of a mini-retrospective entitled Orson Welles: Lost & Found […]
Orson Welles’ copy of ‘Citizen Kane’ draft script on auction block
Updated on March 7, 2014: The draft Citizen Kane script sold for 98,500 pounds, or $164,797 at auction, according to Sotheby’s. The auction house had estimated it would sell for $25,000 to $33,500. A New York Times report noted that the 229-page second draft script had markings and deletions in pencil and pink crayon. “They […]
Suit worn by Orson Welles in ‘Citizen Kane’ on auction block
Updated on Dec. 24: The suit sold for $132,000 at auction on Saturday – much higher than the pre-auction estimate. ____ A three-piece suit worn by Orson Welles in his landmark 1941 film “Citizen Kane” is up for bid. The suit is said to have been worn by Welles, who starred as Charles Foster Kane, […]
Rosebud sled from ‘Citizen Kane’ called one of film’s most evocative objects in new book
Charles Foster Kane’s childhood sled is right up there with Dorothy’s ruby slippers and Dirty Harry’s .44 Magnum handgun in the pantheon of iconic film objects, according to a new book. In “Rosebud Sleds and Horses’ Heads: 50 of Film’s Most Evocative Objects,” Daily Telegraph critic Scott Jordan Harris looks at items ranging from the […]
‘Citizen Kane’ actress Louise Currie dead at 100
Actress Louise Currie, who had a role in Orson Welles’ landmark film “Citizen Kane,” died on Sept. 8 at the age of 100. Uncredited in the RKO film for her portrayal of a reporter at Xanadu, Currie had been described as the last known surviving cast member of “Citizen Kane.” Sonny Bupp, who played Charles […]
Mankiewicz family continues dispute over ‘Citizen Kane’ authorship
Despite the convincing evidence uncovered by film scholar Robert Carringer 35 years ago, the battle over who wrote “Citizen Kane” is not settled in the minds of Herman Mankiewicz’s family. Mankiewicz’s grandson, Turner Classic Movies host Ben Mankiewicz, talks with his father, Frank, about the “Kane” authorship during a Father’s Day showing of the the […]
‘The Complete Citizen Kane’ documentary is now online
The seldom seen British Arena special “The Complete Citizen Kane” has made its way to YouTube.com, courtesy of online video poster Citizen Welles. The 91-minute documentary opens with a faux, but effective, “Heart of Darkness” and includes BBC interviews with Orson Welles filmed in 1960 and 1982. Also interviewed are Peter Bogdanovich and Pauline Kael. […]
Film critic Roger Ebert dead at 70
Roger Ebert, widely viewed as America’s most influential film critic, has died at the age of 70. The Pulitzer Prize winner had endured multiple health problems since 2002 when he was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. He revealed earlier this week that the cancer had returned. Ebert provided an audio commentary for the “Citizen Kane” Criterion […]
Rosebud meaning in ‘Citizen Kane’ as given by Orson Welles
“What does ‘Rosebud’ mean in ‘Citizen Kane’?” It is perhaps the question most often fielded by Wellesnet. The most detailed answer given by Orson Welles was contained in a press statement released by RKO Radio Pictures prior the film’s release in May 1941.
Orson Welles as a special guest on The David Frost Show, May 12, 1970
By LAWRENCE FRENCH Orson Welles appearance on The David Frost Show recorded on May 12, 1970 came before most of the numerous biographies about Welles had been published, providing us with Welles’ own point of view on some very interesting aspects of his life and work. This interview also took place in the midst of […]
The Battle over the extra discs on the “Ultimate Collector’s Edition” of Orson Welles’s CITIZEN KANE
When Welles didn’t work, he drank, bragged, ran through women, ate like a beast and hated himself. He’d eat supper at his dressing table–two steaks, each with a baked potato; an entire pineapple; triple pistachio ice cream; and a bottle of Scotch. Appetite drove him. Applause wasn’t enough. He wanted amazement, the gasp of a […]