Orson Welles, already an institution at the age of 25, arrives at the 1941 premiere of his masterpiece. United Archives GMBH / Alamy When Citizen Kane premiered on May 1, 1941, it wasn’t at some ...
As Charles Kane (Orson Welles) lies on his deathbed in the opening scene of “Citizen Kane,” a snow globe falls from his hand and shatters on the ground. “Rosebud,” he says, setting in motion one of ...