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725:. Thatcher is still alive, presumably at least in his nineties, after the Crash of 1929, and takes control of Kane's failing business empire, although allowing Kane to retain "a considerable measure of control" over his newspapers and reassuring Kane that the Depression is merely temporary and that he might yet die richer than him. When Thatcher asks Kane what he would have liked to have been, Kane replies "Everything you hate". He is dead by 1941, his unpublished memoirs kept in a vault. 100: 1215: 680:) was a close friend of Kane, having met him in college. According to Mr. Bernstein, he came from a wealthy family that lost all their money. He is generally acknowledged to represent the morality and idealism Kane himself loses as the film progresses. During Kane's campaign for Governor, he is seen addressing a small audience in the street shortly before Kane's speech. In disgust at Kane's throwing away of the election, he moves to Chicago to work as drama critic for the 1203: 745:, Bernstein proved the most loyal to the man. He is on good enough terms to visit and leave a present for Kane's infant son, to Mrs Kane's irritation. Bernstein willingly participated in indulging Kane's obsession in his wife's operatic career even though it was ill-considered by everyone else. However, he has scruples such as advising his employer not to make promises he cannot keep in his Declaration of Principles. 554:—as well as Kane's excessive spending habits on the crumbling and unfinished Xanadu—forces him to downsize his media empire. He is also forced to hand over financial management of his businesses, although not operational control of his newspapers, to the aged Thatcher. Susan is unable to stand the monotonous routine inside the cavernous mansion and Kane's increasingly domineering nature, and eventually leaves him. 25: 928:
We are not told exactly when. Years clearly pass with them living at Xanadu, and when she leaves him Kane is an elderly man who walks stiffly, similar to his appearance in the balcony scene with Hitler. When she is interviewed in 1941 the reporter tells her "the last ten years have been hard on a lot
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on a debt, thinking that "it would be fun to run a newspaper". He takes up full-time residence in the newspaper office (the sitting editor resigning in protest) and in the first edition publishes a "declaration of principles" stating his duty to be truthful to his readers and to campaign on behalf of
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We are not told whether Thatcher takes an ownership stake or makes a large loan with stringent conditions, although he tells Kane that he might yet die richer than him (ie. Kane must still have considerable assets). Bernstein insists that they simply have cashflow problems rather than being formally
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and is in charge of the sheet music at a shop. Kane was attracted to her because she liked him for himself, despite not knowing he was a public figure. Kane sets her up in a larger and more comfortable apartment with an African American maid, which Gettys describes as a "Love nest" to implicate her
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Kane's parents gave him as a young boy, and left behind at his mother's boarding house when he was sent away to live with Thatcher. It is implied earlier in the film that Kane found the sled in a warehouse, where he had been looking over his late mother's possessions, around the time he first met
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The night of Kane's loss, a drunk and disillusioned Leland asks him for a transfer to the Chicago paper. He accuses Kane of treating "the working man" he claims to fight for as a possession, and says that, for all his talk of helping the less fortunate, the only person Kane really cares about is
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Some biographies of Welles posit that Welles himself was a source of inspiration for the character. Some of the character's dialogue on how to run a newspaper are direct quotes from Welles's comments on how to make a motion picture (though this was his first). Mankiewicz included dialogue about
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at Xanadu, living alone and estranged from all his friends and no longer wielding much influence over politics. Most of his giant estate is now overgrown, with most of the animals gone from its zoos. He dies alone in his bedroom one night in 1941, after uttering his last word, "Rosebud."
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Kane refers to the President as his wife's "Uncle John" and describes him as "a well-meaning fathead who is letting a gang of high-pressure crooks run his administration", and mentions that there is an "oil scandal" taking place. In reality there was not a President of that name at the
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to harass him. Thatcher, clearly getting on in years by the 1890s, initially regards Kane as mentally "still the college boy" and urges him to greater financial prudence. In a scene in the newsreel in 1925, Thatcher, described as the "grand old man of
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Kane continues to travel and meet with world leaders. He returns from an aeroplane trip to Europe in 1935, declaring that he has met with the leaders of "England, France, Germany and Italy" and that "there will be no war". He initially supports
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banker Walter Parks Thatcher, who raises Kane in luxury. Kane resents Thatcher for ripping him away from his family, and spends most of his early adult life rebelling against him. He attends prestigious colleges such as
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Reporter Jerry Thompson is assigned to find out what "Rosebud" means. Despite interviewing all of Kane's living acquaintances, he never finds out what it is. After the reporters depart, his staff start burning in an
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At their first meeting, she plays the piano and sings for Kane in the parlour of her boarding house; when Kane applauds her at the end, she is more expensively dressed and in a more luxurious room than when she
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a serious dramatic movie actress despite critics' complaints that she was miscast and better in light comedy roles. The connection with Hearst is strengthened by the fact that Welles's co-writer,
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Kane, meeting with him and his wife at Susan's apartment, but Kane refuses to drop out of the race despite Gettys' leverage. The scandal goes public and Kane loses the election decisively.
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Susan was an aspiring opera singer when she and Kane first met, but is not particularly talented. Despite this, Kane tried to force her into a career as an opera singer, even building an
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The mansion contains Kane's vast collection of classical sculptures and art, and the newsreel states that portions of Xanadu were taken from other famous palaces overseas.
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in that city; by the time he writes his bad review of Susan Alexander's operatic debut, he and Kane have not spoken in a number of years. In 1941 Jedediah lives in a
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he drops after saying "rosebud". As of 1941, she is still living, but is an alcoholic. Despite having "lost all her money" she is running a run-down
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At the age of 25 Kane acquires control of the money, the world's sixth-largest private fortune. He returns from a trip abroad to take control of the
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chain devotes the entire front page to him, praising him for his "lifetime of service" and stating that the "entire nation mourns". The rival
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also mentions his "stormy career" and denounces him as "US Fascist No 1"; the last two papers run unflattering photographs of him. The
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As his popularity increases, Kane, who regards himself and is widely seen as a future President, runs as a "fighting liberal" for
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In addition, Kane's unsuccessful attempt to make his second wife an opera star parallels Hearst's effort to make his mistress
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and mails back the torn-up check with the original copy of Kane's "declaration of principles", which Kane angrily destroys.
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of Directors of Kane's business interests. Having served as Kane's personal assistant since at least when he took over the
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accuses him of having "Instigated War for Profit". His death is also covered in the French, Japanese and Russian press.
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The death of the "Great Yellow Journalist" is a national news event and is the lead story in many newspapers. His own
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newsreel, with some parts then shown in more detail through the flashback recollections of those who knew him.
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s drama critic - asks to keep the text of the declaration, feeling it might one day be an important document.
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those of his possessions which they see as trash. The viewer sees that the word "Rosebud" was written on the
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given to his mother in 1868—to settle a bill for room and board by Fred Graves — is discovered to be rich in
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explores the life of the titular character. We are given an overview of his public career in the pastiche
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in 1871. Kane resents him and, when he comes into control of his fortune in the late 1880s, uses the
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is less complimentary, recalling his "stormy career" and stating that "few … will mourn" him. The
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which he has acquired over the decades, and built on an artificial mountain on his vast estate in
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singer, building an opera house in Chicago specially for her. Leland, now a drama critic for the
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Two weeks after his first divorce, Kane marries Susan in a small ceremony at the City Hall in
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Kane shortly afterward, and dies two years later, along with their son, in a car accident.
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Kane, whose party affiliation is never explicitly specified, is shown to be a supporter of
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playing Kane as a child. Welles also produced, co-wrote and directed the film, winning an
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himself. Kane allows him to transfer to Chicago, effectively ending their friendship.
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The closing credits state that Kane is aged eight at his first appearance in 1871.
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specifically for her, in which she performs the leading role in a fictional opera
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of people" - so presumably she left him some time in the early to mid 1930s.
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Kane is born of humble origins in the fictional settlement of Little Salem,
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and a college in Switzerland—and gets himself expelled from all of them.
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the poor and underprivileged. His best friend Jedediah Leland - the
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at the beginning of the film also states that Kane controls two
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Kane eventually marries Emily Monroe Norton, the niece of a
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newspaper, regarding them as collectibles. However, he uses
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Identified in a newspaper headline in the opening newsreel.
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We are not told whether this is Roosevelt's re-election in
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as "Leader of News World" and a "Man of Destiny", but the
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Some reviewers refer to the name of Kane's newspaper as
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tactics to blow stories out of proportion and encourage
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Kane's voracious appetite, also a reference to Welles.
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is the primary inspiration behind Charles Foster Kane.
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James "Jim" W. Gettys. He addresses a packed rally at
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In the film, Kane is given the line "You provide the
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acquired on his behalf by Thatcher as a result of a
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Citizen Kane

Citizen Kane
Herman J. Mankiewicz
Orson Welles
Buddy Swan
Christian
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Orson Welles
1941 film
Citizen Kane
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Buddy Swan
Oscar
William Randolph Hearst
prose poems
Marion Davies
Herman J. Mankiewicz
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Sumner Murray Redstone
Rupert Murdoch
Ted Turner
Elon Musk
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