Tag Archives: Citizen Kane
Death of Kane
Today we remember the death of the late, great Orson Welles who exited this stage on October 10, 1985. The date of Welles’ death makes October a great time for looking back at the genius, but an even better reason is his War of the Worlds broadcast from October 30, 1938 — probably the greatest [...]
Orson Welles at 99
I’m not sure why this didn’t get a Google Doodle, but Orson Welles would have been 99 today and I think that’s worth noting. I love covering films and I love talking about magick — Welles knew a bit about both. Welles was a child prodigy who founded the groundbreaking Mercury Theatre company in New [...]
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Tagged 99, African-American, blackface, Citizen Kane, Haiti, Jean Cocteau, Julius Caesar, Luis Bunuel, Macbeth, Orson Welles, Ryan O'Neal, Scotland, The Hearts of Age, William Randolph Hearst
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