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- 1939 weathering heights and wizard of oz were being made
- orson wells had never made a film before Citizen Kane
- Citizen Kane called the greatest talking film ever made
- orson wells was 21 at the time of making Citizen Kane
- Hearst would fabricate stories to put in his newspaper
- wells career was built on controversy
- got his actors like they had been preparing for their whole lives
- wells dread was not bringing out the dread in his audience
- Hearst was able to shape public opinion across the country with his paper
- Hearst ran for multiple political positions including president but lost them all
- .many of wells actors were at risk and often got serious injuries
- wells got his hollywood contract after putting on a fake news report of war of the worlds
- Hearst completely remodeled theater to show a movie for Marian Davies
- wells believes they portrayed Maryann Davis unfairly due to who they had in her role
- wells contract demanded two films
- one of wells best acting performances was one where he never said a word
- Hearst held on to power in hollywood
- Hearst was furious over Citizen Kane and wanted all copies of it destroyed
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- wells called the boy wonder
- Hearst house was half the size of road island
- wells (possibly) had the floor removed to get the right angle of a shot
- Hearst threatened to publish slander about the studio to prevent the release of the film
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