Citizen Kane: The Fiftieth-anniversary AlbumThe film Citizen Kane smashed all of Hollywood's filmmaking conventions, setting standards for visual style and storytelling that are still unmatched today. Here are rare photographs, letters, production sketches and behind-the-scenes stories from the seminal film by Orson Welles that made Rosebud a household word. 109 photos. |
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