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"With the approach of the 75th anniversary of Citizen Kane in May 2016, Harlan Lebo has written the full story of Orson Welles' masterpiece film. The book will explore: --Welles' meteoric rise to stardom in New York and the real reason behind his arrival in Hollywood --Welles' unprecedented contract... Full description
Table of Contents:
- Citizen Kane : a recollection
- Asking for the impossible
- The beard and the contract
- The script
- The consequences of his actions
- RKO Production #281
- A great deal of doing
- No visitors, please
- Giggling like schoolboys
- Cryptic notes of bigger hams
- Conflict
- Negotiating and placating
- Mr. Hearst
- Release
- Triumph
- Walking on the edge of a cliff
- Viewer's guide to Citizen Kane
- Cast and production credits
- Gregg Toland : "I broke the rules in 'Citizen Kane'"
- Bernard Herrmann : a conversation at the George Eastman House
- Citizen Kane : scene-by-scene guide
- The budget
- RKO soundstages
- Resources about Orson Welles and Citizen Kane.