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** Ruth Warrick, Kane's first wife, later became famous to soap opera audiences as Phoebe Tyler on ''[[All My Children]]'', a role she played for thirty-five years. |
** Ruth Warrick, Kane's first wife, later became famous to soap opera audiences as Phoebe Tyler on ''[[All My Children]]'', a role she played for thirty-five years. |
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** The great character actor Alan Ladd appears briefly as an extra near the beginning of the film in the projection room and again smoking a pipe near the end. |
** The great character actor Alan Ladd appears briefly as an extra near the beginning of the film in the projection room and again smoking a pipe near the end. |
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* [[Magnum Opus Dissonance]]: Orson Welles saw ''Chimes At Midnight'' as his masterpiece. |
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* [[Throw It In]]: Joseph Cotten stumbling over the word "criticism". It was a genuine flub, but fortunately both he and Welles stayed in character (albeit Welles grins) and Cotten follows up with a brilliant ad-lib "I AM drunk", so it stayed in the film as-is. |
* [[Throw It In]]: Joseph Cotten stumbling over the word "criticism". It was a genuine flub, but fortunately both he and Welles stayed in character (albeit Welles grins) and Cotten follows up with a brilliant ad-lib "I AM drunk", so it stayed in the film as-is. |
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* [[Word of Dante]]: Sort of. People assume Marion Davies had a bad career, as her expy in the film shows. In fact, Marion Davies was widely considered [[Show People|a talented actress and comedienne]], independent of all the publicity Hearst arranged for her. |
* [[Word of Dante]]: Sort of. People assume Marion Davies had a bad career, as her expy in the film shows. In fact, Marion Davies was widely considered [[Show People|a talented actress and comedienne]], independent of all the publicity Hearst arranged for her. |
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Revision as of 15:24, 17 June 2014
- Creator Backlash: Welles wasn't that big on the film. He preferred some of his later work, like his adaptation of Kafka's The Trial. In a 1960 interview, he said, "I'm ashamed of Rosebud. I think it's a rather tawdry device. It's the thing I like least in Kane. It's kind of a dollar-book Freudian gag, you know. It doesn't stand up very well."
- Dyeing for Your Art: To simulate heavy drunkenness, Cotten stayed awake for 24 straight hours, resulting in some unscripted flubbery (that caused Welles to grin despite himself).
- Hey, It's That Guy!:
- Agnes Moorehead, who appears as Kane's mother, became a longtime character actress who later starred as Endora on Bewitched.
- Ruth Warrick, Kane's first wife, later became famous to soap opera audiences as Phoebe Tyler on All My Children, a role she played for thirty-five years.
- The great character actor Alan Ladd appears briefly as an extra near the beginning of the film in the projection room and again smoking a pipe near the end.
- Magnum Opus Dissonance: Orson Welles saw Chimes At Midnight as his masterpiece.
- Throw It In: Joseph Cotten stumbling over the word "criticism". It was a genuine flub, but fortunately both he and Welles stayed in character (albeit Welles grins) and Cotten follows up with a brilliant ad-lib "I AM drunk", so it stayed in the film as-is.
- Word of Dante: Sort of. People assume Marion Davies had a bad career, as her expy in the film shows. In fact, Marion Davies was widely considered a talented actress and comedienne, independent of all the publicity Hearst arranged for her.
- Hearst did push Davies towards melodramatic leading-lady roles. Davies - along with many others - recognized that her real gift was for light comedy.