Citizen Kane (1941)
| Release Date | 01 May 1941 |
| Tagline | 365 days in the making - and every minute of it an exciting NEW thrill for you ! |
| Genre | Drama, Mystery |
| Country | USA |
| Filming Locations | New York City, New York, USA |
| Language | English |
| Sound Mix | Mono |
| Color | Black and White |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Film a Clef, Period Film |
| Themes | Rise To Power, Scandals and Cover-ups, Haunted By the Past |
| Tones | Literate, Sweeping, Atmospheric, Enigmatic, Ironic, Poignant, Melancholy |
| Tags | Ambition, Business, Career, Journalist, Loneliness, Marriage, Opera, Politician, Publisher, Rags To Riches, Suicide, Upward Mobility |
Citizen Kane is a 1941 American drama film, directed by and starring Orson Welles. The film is often considered the greatest of all time and is particularly praised for its innovative cinematography, music and narrative structure. Citizen Kane was Welles' first feature film. The film was nominated for Academy Awards in nine categories; it won an Academy Award for Best Writing (Original Screenplay) by Herman Mankiewicz and Welles. It was released by RKO Pictures.
Cast and Crew
Cast
Erskine Sanford
Herbert Carter
William Alland
Jerry Thompson
Gus Schilling
The Headwaiter
Georgia Backus
Bertha Anderson
Harry Shannon
Kane's Father
Sonny Bupp
Charles Foster Kane III
Buddy Swan
Kane, age eight
Don Ackerman
Man at party in Everglades
Loretta Agar
Dancing Girl
Demetrius Alexis
Newsreel extra
Peter Allen
Man in senate investigating committee
William Alston
Man at Xanadu Great Hall
Baudelio Alva
Newsreel extra
T. Lockwood Arbright
Newsreel extra
Sam Ash
Man at boat dock
Michael Audley
Man in projection room
Walter Bacon
City room employee
Richard Baer
Hillman
Harry A. Bailey
Man singing at Inquirer party
Alva Baudena
Extra in Newsreel
Charles Bennett
Entertainer
Joan Blair
Georgia
Danny Borzage
Man singing at Inquirer party
Robert Brent
Man singing at Inquirer party
James Brought
Extra in Newsreel
William Calkins
Man singing at Inquirer party
Porter Chase
Man singing at Inquirer party
Gene Chervow
Extra in Newsreel
J.J. Clark
Man singing at Inquirer party
Dorothy Cleveland
Person in front of 'Chronicle' building
Eddie Coke
Reporter
Tom Coleman
Man singing at Inquirer party
Gene Coogan
Newsreel extra
Gino Corrado
Gino
Herbert Corthell
City Editor
Charles Cross
Man at opera
Thomas A. Curran
Teddy Roosevelt
Jack Curtis
Boss printer
Ed Dahlen
Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall
Ernie Daniels
Hireling, Chicago Inquirer
Coy Danz
Nurse on hospital roof
Margaret Davis
Dancer
Tim Davis
Copy boy
Donna Dax
House maid
Marie Day
Insert bit
Gayle DeCamp
Man singing at Inquirer party
Frances Deets
Dancer
Carl Deloro
Man singing at Inquirer party
George DeNormand
Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall
Petra R. De Silva
Newswoman
Eddie Dew
Man in projection room
John Dilson
Ward Heeler
Robert Dudley
Photographer
Lou Duello
Man at opera
Suzanne Dulier
French maid
Art Dupuis
Newsreel extra
Pauline Easterday
Dancer
John Eckert
Driver of car
Jack Egan
Man singing at Inquirer party
Carl Ekberg
Adolf Hitler
Dick Elmore
Newsreel extra
Carl Faulkner
Hermann Goring
Juanita Fields
Dancer
Ray Flynn
City room employee
Monty Ford
Man singing at Inquirer party
Jean Forward
Opera Singer
Olin Francis
Expressman
Louise Franklin
Maid
Al Frazier
Gorilla man
Guy Gada
Man singing at Inquirer party
Gloria Gale
Dancer
Captain Garcia
General
Jack Gargan
Man at Xanadu Great Hall
Bud Geary
Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall
Rudolph Germaine
Newsreel extra
Bob Gladman
Man singing at Inquirer party
Jerry Gordon
Dancer
Peter Gowland
Guest
Jimmy Grant
Man at party in Everglades
Jesse Graves
Joseph
Ernest Grooney
Man on hospital roof
Bobby Haines
Man singing at Inquirer party
Frank Haney
City room employee
Harry Harris
Man singing at Inquirer party
Sam Harris
Newsreel extra
Lew Harvey
Newspaper man
Edward L. Hemmer
Bit part
Cliff Herd
Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall
Bryan 'Slim' Hightower
Fish driver
Harlan Hoagland
Man singing at Inquirer party
John Huettner
Man at Xanadu Great Hall
Mitchell Ingraham
Politician
Jack Itay
Man at Madison Square Garden
Jack Jahries
Extra in Newsreel
Walter James
Ward Heeler
George W. Jimenez
Waiter at Inquirer party
Clayton Jones
Man singing at Inquirer party
Edna Mae Jones
Dancer
Harry Jones
Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall
Alexander Julian
Man singing at Inquirer party
Bill Kane
Man on hospital roof
Arthur Kay
Orchestra Leader
Ivy Keene
Driver of car, woman in loggia scene
E. Kerry
Person in front of 'Chronicle' building
Milton Kibbee
Reporter at Wedding
Laura Knight
Dancer
Mike Lally
Newsreel extra
Carmen Laroux
Maid in corridor in Xanadu
Perc Launders
Man in projection room
Walter Lawrence
Newsreel extra
Bob Lawson
City room employee
Bert LeBaron
Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall
David Ledner
Extra in Newsreel
Adam Linke
Druggist
J.D. Lockhart
Man singing at Inquirer party
Mary Lorraine
Dancer
Ellen Lowe
Miss Townsend
Ludwig Lowry
Man singing at Inquirer party
Buck Mack
Man
Evelyn Mackert
Woman at boat dock
James T. Mack
Prompter
Teddy Mangean
Man on roof
Jack Manolas
Man singing at Inquirer party
Joe Manz
Jennings
Loretta Marsh
Dancer
Mickey Martin
Newsboy
Clyde McAtee
Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall
Major McBride
Shadowgraph man
Lee McCluskey
Newsreel extra
John McCormack
Man singing at Inquirer party
Charles Meakin
Civic leader
Hercules Mendez
Man singing at Inquirer party
Jim Merritt
Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall
Buddy Messinger
Man at boat dock
E.G. Miller
Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall, Neville Chamberlain
Irving Mitchell
Dr. Corey
Bert Moorhouse
Man at Xanadu Great Hall
Philip Morris
Politician
Jack Morton
Butler
Louis Natheaux
Reporter
Lillian Nicholson
Woman at opera
Leda Nicova
Dancer
George Noisom
Copy boy
Joseph North
Male secretary
John Northpole
Newsreel extra
William H. O'Brien
Male secretary
Frank O'Connor
Man at Madison Square Garden
Paddy O'Flynn
Man singing at Inquirer party
Lillian O'Malley
Person in front of 'Chronicle' building
Edward Peil Jr.
Civic leader
Gerald Pierce
Copy boy delivering message in Chicago hotel room
Thomas Pogue
Man
J.R. Ralston
Man singing at Inquirer party
Jack Raymond
Stagehand
Terrance Ray
man at Madison Square Garden, Man at boat dock
William Reed
Man singing at Inquirer party
Guy Repp
Reporter
Jolane Reynolds
Dancer
Sam Rice
Man singing at Inquirer party
Verne Richards
City room employee
Suzanne Ridgeway
Dancer
Myrtle Rishell
Big governess
Jack Robbins
Newsreel extra
Don Roberts
Man singing at Inquirer party
George Rogers
Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall
Victor Romito
Newsreel extra
Edward Ryan
Man in Inquirer city room
Robert Samven
Newsreel extra
Walter Sande
Reporter at Xanadu
Jack Santoro
Man at Xanadu Great Hall
Francis Sayles
Politician
Ruth Seeley
Dancer
George Sherwood
Hireling
Brent Shugar
Newsreel extra
Bruce Sidney
Newsman
Guy Smith
Newsreel extra
Roy Smith
Man singing at Inquirer party
Vince Speaker
Newsreel extra
George Sperry
City room employee
Sam Steele
Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall
Ralph Stein
Hireling, Chicago Inquirer
Bert Stevens
Man at Madison Square Garden
Landers Stevens
Investigator
Dimas Sutteno
Newsreel extra
Jack Taylor
Newsreel extra
Norman Taylor
Man in senate investigating committee
Bob Terry
Extra in Newsreel
Karl Thomas
Jetsam
Robert B. Tobin
Man singing at Inquirer party
Kathryn Trosper
Reporter at Xanadu
Fred Trowbridge
Man singing at Inquirer party
Glen Turnbull
Flotsam
Gohr Van Vleck
Stagehand
Harry J. Vejar
Portugese laborer
Tim Wallace
Newsreel extra
Ken Weaver
Newspaperman at Trenton Town Hall
Charles West
Stage Manager
Larry Wheat
Man singing at Inquirer party
Patrick Whitney
Reporter
Jan Wiley
Reporter at Xanadu
Bill Wilkens
Man on roof
Larry Williams
Man singing at Inquirer party
Tudor Williams
Chorus Master
Richard Wilson
Reporter
Vivian Wilson
Dancer
Vera Winters
Woman in projection room
Arthur Yeoman
Speaker
Louis Young
Newsreel extra
Director
Writer
Producer
George Schaefer
executive producer
Original Music
Cinematographer
Editor
Casting Director
Rufus Le Maire
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Robert Palmer
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Art Director
Van Nest Polglase
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Set Decorator
Darrell Silvera
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Costume Designer
Edward Stevenson
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Makeup Department
Mel Berns
makeup department head
Layne Britton
assistant makeup artist
Maurice Seiderman
makeup artist
Production Manager
Pandro S. Berman
executive in charge of production
J.R. Crone
production manager
Lee S. Marcus
post-production supervisor
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Edward Donahue
first assistant director
Fred Fleck
second assistant director
Art Department
Perry Ferguson
associate art director
Allan Abbott
sketches and graphics
Harold Barry
construction coordinator
Hilyard M. Brown
assistant art director
Ross Dowd
art department assistant
A. Roland Fields
assistant set decorator
Claude Gillingwater Jr.
sketches and graphics
Holt D. Lindslay
paint foreman
John B. Mansbridge
draftsman
Charles Ohmann
principal sketch artist
Tom Peer
drapery
Van Nest Polglase
art department coordinator
Albert Pyke
sketches and graphics
Charles Sayers
property master
F.T. Thompson
propmaker foreman
W.A. Wilde
production buyer
D.E. Wise
greensman
J.B. Zokovich
plasterer
Maurice Zuberano
sketches and graphics
Sound Department
Bailey Fesler
sound recordist
James G. Stewart
sound recordist
John Aalberg
sound supervisor
Harry Essman
special sound effects
Terry Kellum
sound recordist
James Thompson
boom operator
Edward Ullman
sound recordist
T.K. Wood
sound effects editor
Special Effects
Vernon L. Walker
special effects
Visual Effects
Russell A. Cully
visual effects cinematographer
Linwood G. Dunn
optical effects
Fitch Fulton
matte painter
Mario Larrinaga
matte painter
Bill Leeds
optical printer
Pete Love
optical printer
Douglas Travers
montage effects
Camera and Electrical Department
William Eglinton
camera department head
Eddie Garvin
assistant camera
Ralph Hoge
grip
Alexander Kahle
still photographer
Bill McLellan
gaffer
Earl Miller
electrician
Bert Shipman
camera operator
Harry J. Wild
additional photographer
Harry L. Wolf
camera department
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Claire Cramer
wardrobe
Earl Leas
wardrobe
Margaret Van Horn
wardrobe
Editorial Department
I.J. Wilkinson
negative cutter
Music Department
Ralph Bekher
music editor
Anthony Collins
composer: stock music
Dave Dreyer
music supervisor
Frank Tours
composer: stock music
Mischa Violin
music copyist
Roy Webb
composer: stock music
Transportation Department
Elroy G. Cline
transportation coordinator
Jack Rubens
picture vehicles coordinator
Other Crew
Rita Alexander
secretary
William Alland
assistant: Mr. Welles
Vicki Anderson
stand-in: Dorothy Comingore
Arthur Appell
choreographer
John Barada
stage manager
Leda Bauer
script reader: New York
Howard Benedict
unit publicist
L. Bessinger
script reader: Hollywood
Elmore Draper Blake
layout man: newspapers
Phoebe Campbell
stand-in
Bob Crosby
dance double: Orson Welles
H.G. Cunningham
machine shop foreman
Alex Davidoff
translator: Russian newspapers
Sid Davis
photo double: Orson Welles
Herbert Drake
publicist: Mercury Theatre
H. Emolieff
film export manager
Jean Forward
adr voice
Miriam Geiger
production advisor
Winifred Hablam
production secretary
John Hamilton
production insurance
Ross Hastings
legal advisor
George Havens
stand-in
Charles Hayes
stand-in: Orson Welles
Molly Herman
pre-production assistant
G.B. Hobe
production accountant
John Huettner
stand-in: Orson Welles
Roberta Johnson
stand-in
Ivy Keene
stand-in
Amalia Kent
script supervisor
William Knutson
stand-in
Perc Launders
stand-in
Rufus Le Maire
talent coordinator: Los Angeles
C. Margotis
translator: Greek newspapers
S. Barret McCormick
press representative
J.B. McDonough
business manager
Elizabeth McGaffey
researcher
Ivy R. McLean
public relations: RKO Radio Pictures
James Moore
talent coordinator
Howard Nelson
maintenance
J.J. Nolan
production coordinator
Roy S. Otto
projectionist
Fleta Preston
secretary
Ernest Reyer
opera designer
Sid Rogell
production executive, backlot manager
Ann Rogers
secretary: Mr. Welles
Ed Ryan
stand-in
H. Schilling
production accountant
Louis Shapiro
location manager
Ed Sojin Jr.
translator: Chinese newspapers
Katherine Stanley
stand-in
Ralph Stein
stand-in
Jack Swain
laboratory technician
Kathryn Trosper
secretary
Blanche Walters
pre-production secretary
Arthur Willy
talent director: New York
Richard Wilson
assistant: Mr. Welles
H. Winnicar
studio teacher
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