By RAY KELLY
The 75th anniversary of Orson Welles’ landmark film Citizen Kane is being celebrated in an exhibit culled from artifacts in the University of Michigan Library’s Special Collections.
It’s Still Terrific! ‘Citizen Kane’ at 75 is located in the Audubon Room of Hatcher Graduate Library in Ann Arbor. It consists of a many photographs, including images from the New York premiere at the RKO Palace Theatre on May 1, 1941.
“For me, the highlight is a group of about 100 photographs we acquired recently,” Philip Hallman, curator for the Screen Arts Mavericks & Makers collections at the University of Michigan, said. “They are continuity photographs taken on the set of Kane ... I don’t believe they have been seen all that often. They do not include any actors and only a couple have crew included in them and generally only seen in shadow. They are familiar to those of us who have seen the film countless times, yet have a mystery to them and seem slightly unfamiliar at the same time.”
Some of the other highlights include a costume worn by Ruth Warrick, who played Kane’s first wife, Emily, and documents related to the film’s premiere, as well as the exhibition strategy following the New York and Los Angeles screenings.
It’s Still Terrific! ‘Citizen Kane’ at 75 will run through February 5 at the University of Michigan. It is open to the public on weekdays, 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Sunday, 1 to 7 p.m.
The University of Michigan Library Special Collections is home to the most extensive international collection of archives on Welles career.
Its holdings includes “The Orson Welles – Chris Welles Feder Collection,” a gift from Welles’ eldest daughter, Chris Welles Feder; “The Alessandro Tasca di Cutò – Orson Welles Collection” from the personal papers of Alessandro Tasca and was purchased at auction in London; and “The Orson Welles – Oja Kodar Collection” and “The Richard Wilson – Orson Welles Collection,” both acquired within the past 12 years.
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— UMich SpColl (@u_mspcoll) September 6, 2016
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