'Citizen Kane' Premiere (1941)

The film is about a megalomaniac newspaper mogul called Charles Foster Kane, played by Welles. The story is told after Kane’s death, in documentary style, through the recollections of those who knew him. The script was by the experienced screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz and it was he and Welles who developed the story together, with Welles making suggestions and some changes in the script. They would share an Academy Award for the screenplay after the film opened at the Palace Theatre in New York City to an ecstatic critical reception.

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