Mr Bernstein Citizen Kane Girl in White Dress Parasol

Citizen Kane (1941)

In one of filmdom's most celebrated films with many landmark cinematic techniques (including dramatic lighting and deep-focus), from co-writer/actor/director Orson Welles:

  • the opening prologue including the shot of media tycoon Charles Foster Kane's (Orson Welles) estate of Xanadu and the uttering of the mysterious word "R-o-s-e-b-u-d" (the film's first line) by the giant rubbery lips of a dying, mustached man as a crystal globe/ball of a snowy scene (of a snow-covered house) fell from his hand and shattered
  • the "March of Time" newsreel sequence
  • the scene in the smoky projection room where shafts of light came from the projection booth and the reporters were told to investigate the enigmatic meaning of Kane's last word
  • the deep-focus scene as young Kane played in the snow outside and his future guardian talked to his parents inside
  • the clever transition when a picture of a newspaper staff came to life
  • the Walter P. Thatcher library flashback sequence
  • the famous breakfast montage scene that symbolized the deterioration of Kane's marriage
  • the dolly shot/dissolve into the skylight of Susan Alexander's (Dorothy Comingore) nightclub
  • Kane's explanation to his accountant: "You're right, I did lose a million dollars last year. I expect to lose a million dollars this year. I expect to lose a million dollars next year. You know, Mr. Thatcher, at the rate of a million dollars a year, I'll have to close this place in 60 years"
  • Bernstein's (Everett Sloane) speech about his memory of a girl with a white dress and a parasol ("A fellow will remember a lot of things you wouldn't think he'd remember. You take me. One day, back in 1896, I was crossing over to Jersey on the ferry. And as we pulled out, there was another ferry pulling in. And on it there was a girl waiting to get off. A white dress she had on. She was carrying a white parasol. I only saw her for one second. She didn't see me at all. But I'll bet a month hasn't gone by since that I hadn't thought of that girl")
  • Kane's memorable political speech
  • the memorable boom shot upward to two stage hands who commented on Susan's disastrous operatic debut
  • Kane's firing of Jedediah Leland (Joseph Cotten) and his finishing of the negative review of his wife's performance
  • the images of Xanadu's huge fireplace and Susan hunched over a crossword puzzle
  • the startling jump cut to a screaming bird
  • the scene of Kane's angry furniture-destroying rage after Susan's departure
  • his stumbling walk through the mirrored hall
  • the panoramic view of Kane's basement warehouse and its many discarded mementos, and butler Raymond's command: "Throw that junk"
  • the final fadeout scene from the time the reporters started up the stairs to a shot that closed in on the incineration of a sled in the furnace -- (revealing the meaning of "Rosebud" as Charles Kane's childhood playtoy) - and the smoke rising toward the sky
  • the end credits sequence - including clips from the film highlighting or underscoring the footage, with each actor's name (from the Mercury Company) - ending with the film's actual last line of dialogue from Walter Parks Thatcher (George Coulouris): ("I think it would be fun to run a newspaper"), accompanied by the sounds of a jaunty, march version of The Charlie Kane Song; after the clips, the remainder of the cast was listed on a single card (white letters on black), with Orson Welles' credit listed last as simply "Kane"

Kane's Parents


Kane's Firing of Jedediah Leland (Joseph Cotten)


Kane's Break-up with Susan Alexander
(Dorothy Comingore)


Kane's Image in Mirrored Hall


Kane's "Rosebud" Sled in Furnace


Closing Credits

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