Citizen Kane Articles

Orson Welles, Citizen Kane Elizabeth Taylor's jewels have just fetched a record-setting $115 million. Chances are Orson Welles' Oscar for his 1941 classic Citizen Kane won't be sold for even one hundredth of that amount next December 20. Still, Welles' golden statuette is bound to its anonymous seller much more than the $1 price tag stipulated by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences [...]

Orson Welles, Ruth Warrick, Citizen Kane Orson Welles on TCM: THE THIRD MAN, THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI Schedule (ET) and synopses from the TCM website: 6:00 AM THE TARTARS (1961) A barbarian army attacks Viking settlements along the Russian steppes. Dir: Richard Thorpe. Cast: Victor Mature, Orson Welles, Folco Lulli. C-83 mins, Letterbox Format 7:30 AM TOMORROW IS FOREVER (1946) A scarred veteran presumed dead [...]

Claire Trevor, John Wayne in John Ford's Stagecoach (top); Joan Crawford in Michael Curtiz's Mildred Pierce (middle); Orson Welles in his own Citizen Kane Turner Classic Movies will show a rerun of Moguls & Movie Stars, A History of Hollywood: Warriors & Peace Makers this evening at 7 p.m. This segment of the seven-part Moguls & Movie Stars documentary focuses on Hollywood before, during, and [...]

Orson Welles' 1941 masterpiece Citizen Kane, winner of the best original screenplay Academy Award, will hit UK theaters on Nov. 30. In addition to London's bfi Southbank, Citizen Kane will also be screened in Newcastle, Edinburgh, and Glasgow. Written by Welles and Herman J. Mankiewicz, Citizen Kane stars Welles as a newspaper magnate based on William Randolph Hearst. Also in the cast: Joseph Cotten, Dorothy [...]