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September 15, 2015 (XXXI:3) Orson Welles, CITIZEN KANE (1941, 119 Min) September 15, 2015 (XXXI:3) Orson Welles, CITIZEN KANE (1941, 119 min) (The version of this handout on the website has color images and hot urls.) Winner of one Academy Award in 1942 for Best Writing, Original Screenplay for Herman J. Mankiewicz and Orson Welles. Citizen Kane also received seven 1942 Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Actor in a Leading Role (Orson Welles), Best Director (Orson Welles), Best Cinematography, Black-and-While (Gregg Toland), Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black- and-White (Perry Ferguson, Van Nest Polglase, A. Roland Fields, Darrell Silvera), Best Sound, Recording (John Aalberg, RKO Radio SSD) and Best Film Editing (Robert Wise). In 1941 the film won both National Board of Review for Best Film and New York Film Critics Circle Awards for Best Film. National Film Registry—1989 Directed by Orson Welles Written by Herman J. Mankiewicz & Orson Welles ... (original screen play), John Houseman (contributing writer) (uncredited) 1984 he won the Lifetime Achievement Award from Directors Produced by Orson Welles Guild of America. Welles directed 47 films and TV shows Music by Bernard Herrmann including, 1955-2000 Around the World with Orson Welles (TV Cinematography by Gregg Toland Series documentary, 7 episodes), 1993 It's All True Film Editing by Robert Wise (Documentary), 1992 Don Quixote (original footage), 1981 Filming 'The Trial' (Documentary), 1978 Filming 'Othello' Cast (Documentary), 1973 F for Fake (Documentary), 1970 The Deep, Orson Welles … Kane 1965 Chimes at Midnight, 1962 The Trial, 1958 Touch of Evil, Joseph Cotten ... Jedediah Leland 1955 Confidential Report, 1952 Othello, 1948 Macbeth, 1947 The Dorothy Comingore ... Susan Alexander Kane Lady from Shanghai (uncredited), 1946 The Stranger, 1943 Agnes Moorehead... Mary Kane Journey Into Fear (uncredited), 1942 The Magnificent Ambersons, Ruth Warrick ... Emily Monroe Norton Kane 1941 Citizen Kane, 1938 Too Much Johnson. Additionally, he Ray Collins ... James W. Gettys acted in 121 films and TV shows: 1987 Someone to Love, 1986 Everett Sloane …Mr. Bernstein The Transformers: The Movie, 1981-1983 Magnum, P.I. (TV William Alland ... Jerry Thompson Series), 1981 The Man Who Saw Tomorrow, 1980 Shogun (TV Paul Stewart ... Raymond Movie), 1979 The Muppet Movie, 1972 Treasure Island, 1971 George Coulouris ... Walter Parks Thatcher Malpertuis, 1970 The Deep, 1970 Waterloo, 1970 Catch-22, 1970 Start the Revolution Without Me, 1970 The Kremlin Letter, 1969 Orson Welles (director, writer, actor) (b. May 6, 1915 in The Southern Star, 1968 House of Cards, 1968 Oedipus the King, Kenosha, WI—d. October 10, 1985, age 70, Hollywood, CA) won 1967 I'll Never Forget What's'isname, 1967 Casino Royale, 1966 A the 1942 Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay, Man for All Seasons, 1966 Is Paris Burning?, 1965 Chimes at Citizen Kane (1941); shared with: Herman J. Mankiewicz. That Midnight, 1963 The V.I.P.s, 1962 The Trial, 1961 King of Kings, same year, he was also nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role 1960 The Battle of Austerlitz, 1960 Crack in the Mirror, 1960 (Citizen Kane, 1941) and Best Director (Citizen Kane, 1941). In David and Goliath, 1959 Compulsion, 1958 The Roots of Heaven, Welles—CITIZEN KANE-—2 1958 Touch of Evil, 1958 The Long, Hot Summer, 1956 Moby Man (TV Series), 1975 Three Days of the Condor, 1975 Dick, 1955 Confidential Report, 1955 Napoleon, 1952 Trent's Last Rollerball, 1973 The Paper Chase, 1964 Seven Days in May, 1938 Case, 1952 Othello, 1950 The Black Rose, 1949 Prince of Foxes, Too Much Johnson. Houseman produced 29 films including 1980 1949 The Third Man, 1949 Black Magic, 1948 Macbeth, 1947 The Gideon's Trumpet (TV Movie, executive producer), 1966 This Lady from Shanghai, 1946 Duel in the Sun, 1946 The Stranger, Property Is Condemned, 1962 Two Weeks in Another Town, 1956 1946 Tomorrow Is Forever, 1943 Jane Eyre, 1943 Journey Into Lust for Life, 1953 Julius Caesar, 1952 The Bad and the Beautiful, Fear, 1942 The Magnificent Ambersons, 1941 Citizen Kane, 1940 1946 The Blue Dahlia, 1938 Too Much Johnson. Swiss Family Robinson, 1938 Too Much Johnson. He also has 53 writer’s credits, Bernard Herrmann (music) (b. among them 1970 The Deep, June 29, 1911 in New York City, 1965 Chimes at Midnight, 1962 NY—d. December 24, 1975, age The Trial (written by), 1958 64, in Hollywood, CA) won two Touch of Evil (screenplay), Academy Awards in 1977 for Best 1955 Confidential Report Music, Original Score (Taxi Driver, (screenplay) / (story), The War 1976) and in 1942 for Best Music, of the Worlds (1955, Scoring of a Dramatic Picture (All uncredited), 1952 Othello That Money Can Buy, 1941). He (uncredited), 1949 The Third was also nominated for 3 Academy Man (uncredited), 1948 Awards including, 1977’s Best Macbeth (adaptation - Music—Original Score (Obsession, uncredited), 1947 The Lady 1976), 1947’s Best Music, Scoring from Shanghai (screenplay), of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture 1946 The Stranger (Anna and the King of Siam, 1946), (uncredited), 1942 The and 1942’s Best Music, Scoring of Magnificent Ambersons (script a Dramatic Picture (Citizen Kane, writer), 1941 Citizen Kane 1941). He was also nominated for (original screenplay), 1938 Too a Grammy in 1977 for Best Album Much Johnson (writer). of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special (Taxi Driver, 1976). Hermann composed for 85 films and Herman J. Mankiewicz (writer) (b. November, 7, 1897 in New TV shows including, 2013 The Audition (Short), 2012 The Man in York City, NY—d. March 5, 1953 at the age of 55 from uremic the Silo, 1998 Psycho, 1976 Obsession, 1976 Taxi Driver, 1974 It's poisoning in Hollywood, CA) won one Academy Award in 1942, Alive, 1973 Sisters, 1968 The Bride Wore Black, 1966 Fahrenheit which he shared with Orson Welles, for Best Writing, Original 451, 1965 Convoy (TV Series), 1964 Marnie, 1959-1963 The Screenplay for Citizen Kane (1941). Mankiewicz was also Twilight Zone, 1963 Jason and the Argonauts, 1962 Cape Fear, nominated in 1943 with Jo Swerling for Best Writing, Screenplay 1962 Tender Is the Night, 1961 Gunsmoke (TV Series), 1960 for The Pride of the Yankees (1942). He has written for 93 films Psycho, 1959 Journey to the Center of the Earth, 1959 North by including, 1952 The Pride of St. Louis (screenplay), 1942 The Northwest, 1958 The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, 1958 The Naked and Pride of the Yankees (screenplay), 1941 Citizen Kane (original the Dead, 1958 Vertigo, 1957 A Hatful of Rain, 1956 The Man screenplay), 1941 The Wild Man of Borneo (based on the play), Who Knew Too Much, 1956 The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, 1932 Dancers in the Dark, 1931 Ladies' Man, 1930 The Vagabond 1955 Prince of Players, 1954 The Egyptian, 1953 King of the King (screenplay, story), 1929 The Man I Love (story), 1928 Abie's Khyber Rifles, 1953 Beneath the 12-Mile Reef, 1952 The Snows of Irish Rose (titles), 1926 The Road to Mandalay. Kilimanjaro, 1952 5 Fingers, 1951 On Dangerous Ground, 1951 The Day the Earth Stood Still, 1947 The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, John Houseman (writer) (b. September 22, 1902 in Bucharest, 1946 Anna and the King of Siam,1943 Jane Eyre, 1942 The Romania—d. October 31, 1988, age 86, in Malibu, CA) won the Magnificent Ambersons, 1941 The Devil and Daniel Webster, 1941 1974 Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for The Citizen Kane. Paper Chase (1973). He was also nominated in 1954 for Best Picture for Julius Caesar (1953). Houseman wrote, acted and Gregg Toland (cinematography) (b. May 29, 1904, Charleston, produced in over 80 films including writing for 1964 Journey to Illinois—d. September 26, 1948, age 44, in Hollywood, California) America (Documentary), 1954 Your Favorite Story (TV Series, won one Academy Award in 1940 for Best Cinematography, “Inside Out: The Story of Bunder-Runger the Jailbird” episode), Black-and-White for Wuthering Heights (1939). He was nominated 1943 Jane Eyre (screenplay) and 1941 Citizen Kane (contributing for five Academy Awards including 1942’s Best Cinematography, writer, uncredited). He has acted in 1988 The Naked Gun: From Black-and-White for Citizen Kane (1941), 1941’s Best the Files of Police Squad!, 1988 Another Woman, 1988 Bright Cinematography, Black-and-White for The Long Voyage Home Lights, Big City, 1988 Lincoln (TV Mini-Series), 1988 Noble (1940), 1940’s Best Cinematography, Black-and-White for House (TV Mini-Series), 1982-1987 Silver Spoons (TV Series), Intermezzo: A Love Story (1939), 1938’s Best Cinematography for 1978-1986 The Paper Chase (TV Series),1985 A.D. (TV Mini- Dead End (1937) and 1936’s Best Cinematography Les Series), 1983 A Rose for Emily (Short),1983 The Winds of War Misérables (1935). Toland was cinematographer for 66 films, (TV Mini-Series),1983 American Playhouse (TV Series), 1981 some of which were 1948 Enchantment, 1948 A Song Is Born Ghost Story, 1947 The Bishop's Wife, 1946 The Best Years of Our Lives, 1946 1980 Gideon's Trumpet (TV Movie), 1978 The Cheap Detective, Song of the South,1946 The Kid from Brooklyn, 1943 December 1976 The Bionic Woman (TV Series), 1976 The Six Million Dollar 7th, 1943 The Outlaw, 1941 The Little Foxes, 1941 Citizen Kane, Welles—CITIZEN KANE-—3 1940 The Long Voyage Home, 1940 The Westerner, 1940 The December 30, 1971, age 58, in Stonington, CT) acted in 28 films Grapes of Wrath, 1939 Raffles, 1939 Intermezzo: A Love Story, and TV shows among them, 1952 The Doctor (TV Series), 1951 1939 Wuthering Heights, 1938 Kidnapped, 1936 Come and Get It, The Big Night, 1949 Any Number Can Play, 1944 The Hairy Ape, 1935 The Dark Angel, 1935 Les Misérables, 1934 Nana, 1933 1941 Citizen Kane, 1940 Convicted Woman, 1940 Cafe Hostess, Tugboat Annie, 1932 The Tenderfoot, 1931 Street Scene 1939 Mr.
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