The battle over Citizen Kane /
William Randolph Hearst, the powerful newspaper magnate, was portrayed in Citizen Kane, an Orson Welles film. Hearst's reaction upon learning about the film was to work to supress it and destroy Welles. Major movie theater chains refused to show Citizen Kane, and Welles' masterpiece virtua...
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| Format: | Video VHS |
| Language: | English |
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Alexandria, VA :
PBS Video,
[1996]
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| Summary: | William Randolph Hearst, the powerful newspaper magnate, was portrayed in Citizen Kane, an Orson Welles film. Hearst's reaction upon learning about the film was to work to supress it and destroy Welles. Major movie theater chains refused to show Citizen Kane, and Welles' masterpiece virtually disappeared for almost 25 years. Never again would Orson Welles gain control of a major Hollywood production. |
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| Item Description: | Closed captioned for the hearing imapired. "AMEX-807." Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videocassette (114 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 1/2 in. |
| Format: | VHS. |
| Production Credits: | Directors of photography, Greg Andracke and Michael Chin ; editor, Ken Cluto. Narrator, Richard Ben Cramer. |