CITIZEN KANE
Film 1941. Written by Herman J. Mankiewicz and Orson Welles. Directed by Orson Welles. Starring Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Everett Sloane, Ray Collins, George Coulouris, Agnes Moorehead, Paul Stewart, Ruth Warrick, Erskine Sanford and William Alland.
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1El Rancho NightclubBBBNightlifeClubs

El Rancho Nightclub
A seedy Atlantic City cabaret where Susan Alexander Kane sits with her head bowed drunkenly on her arms resting on the table. Thompson makes an attempt to interview her, but she will not talk to him.

2Kane FoodsBBBFood StoresGrocery Stores

Kane Foods


3Mrs Kane's Boarding HouseBBBTravelLodging

Mrs Kane's Boarding House
In 1871, gold was discovered through a mining deed belonging to Kane's mother, Mary Kane. She hired Thatcher to establish a trust that would provide for Kane's education and to assume guardianship of him. While Thatcher and Charles' parents discussed arrangements inside, the young Kane played happily with a sled in the snow outside the boarding-house. When Kane's parents turned him over to Thatcher, the boy struck Thatcher with his sled and attempted to run away.

4New York InquirerBBBPeriodicalsNewspapers

New York Inquirer
Charles Foster Kane's newspaper.

5News on the MarchBBBTelevisionTV News

News on the March
Newsreel that begins the movie, and it includes wily duplications of all the March of Time trademarks, including the white-on-black transitional title cards, the wall-to-wall musical score and the bombastic narration.

6RosebudBBBGoodsSporting Goods

Rosebud
The sled. It's the old man's sled.

7St. Louis Daily InquirerBBBPeriodicalsNewspapers

St. Louis Daily Inquirer
Charles Foster Kane's newspaper that closes in the first year of the Great Depression.

8Thatcher and CompanyBBBCorporationsCompanies

Thatcher and Company
Mrs. Kane appoints the banking firm of Thatcher and Company to manage all her financial interests, to administer her estate, and to act as trustees of the fortune and guardian of her son. Mr. and Mrs. Kane will each be given $50,000 a year - the rest of the fortune will be placed in a trust fund for Charles until he reaches maturity at age 25, at which time he would come into complete possession.

9Walter Parks Thatcher Memorial LibraryBBBEntertainmentLibraries

Walter Parks Thatcher Memorial Library
The first flashback sequence is the one framed by Thompson's visit to the Walter Parks Thatcher Memorial Library, there to peruse the unpublished memoirs of Kane's guardian.

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10XanaduMapStructuresBuildings

Xanadu
Charles Foster Kane's mansion, part of a vast palatial estate in Florida.

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11Charles Foster KaneOtherQuotesQuotes

Charles Foster Kane
Charles Foster Kane: I suppose if I wasn't rich I could have been a great man.

12Charles Foster Kane OtherQuotesQuotes

Charles Foster Kane
Charles Foster Kane: Rosebud.



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