Orson Welles

I was inspired to write this online journal by a line from Citizen Kane , arguably the best film ever made, or is it just the best American film ever made these days?  Anyway, the young Charles Foster Kane writes to his guardian Walter Parks Thatcher, that he “thinks it would be fun to run a newspaper” and whilst most of us couldn’t dream to able to afford to run an actual newspaper like Kane’s New York Daily Inquirer  we can, in effect, do exactly that courtesy of Word Press and the World...Read Full Story

  The Oscar awarded to Orson Welles for Best Original Screenplay for his 1941 film … (Reuters) – Orson Welles’s Oscar for writing “ Citizen Kane ” — regarded as one of the best films ever made — sold for $ 861,542 on Tuesday as a hot market for Hollywood memorabilia helped erase memories of an unsuccessful auction four years ago. The best screenplay statuette awarded in 1942 — the only Oscar given to Citizen Kane — failed to meet its undisclosed reserve price when it...Read Full Story

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Charlie Rose - 'Me and Orson Welles' / Jimmie Johnson (December 7, 2009) Amazon Instant Video ~ Inc Charlie Rose Download: $1.99 (Visit the Best Sellers in TV News Programming list for authoritative information on this product's current rank.) Click Check Price and More ReviewsRead Full Story

( Reuters ) - Orson Welles 's Oscar for writing "Citizen Kane" -- regarded as one of the best films ever made -- sold for $861,542 on Tuesday as a hot market for Hollywood memorabilia helped erase memories of an unsuccessful auction four years ago. The best screenplay statuette awarded in 1942 -- the only Oscar given to Citizen Kane -- failed to meet its undisclosed reserve price when it was last up for auction at Sotheby's New York in 2007. At that time it was expected to sell for around $1...Read Full Story

LOS ANGELES ( Reuters ) - Orson Welles' Oscar for writing "Citizen Kane" -- regarded as one of the best films ever made -- is going up for auction again later this month in a hot market for Hollywood memorabilia. Los Angeles auction house Nate D. Sanders said on Monday it was selling the best screenplay Academy Award statuette won by Welles in 1942. Although tarnished by age, the Oscar will carry a reserve price of between $600,000 and $1 million when it goes under the hammer on December 20...Read Full Story

Read More:- Citizen Kane Oscar Citizen Kane Oscar, The Oscar statuette given to Orson Welles 70 years ago for his critically acclaimed movie “Citizen Kane” has sold at auction for nearly $900,000, organizers said. Magician David Copperfield was among those clamoring for the golden trophy, but he was the runner-up bidder for the Oscar, which sold to an undisclosed buyer for $861,542, Los Angeles auctioneer Nate D Sanders said. The slightly tarnished Oscar for 1941 best screenplay is one of...Read Full Story

Telegraph.co.uk Orson Welles' Oscar for 'Citizen Kane' sells for $861000 Grand Forks Herald The 1942 Oscar was thought to be lost for decades. It surfaced in 1994 when cinematographer Gary Graver tried to sell it. The sale was stopped by Beatrice Welles, Orson's youngest daughter and sole heir. This 1942 file photo shows Orson Welles. ... Orson Welles' 'Citizen Kane' Oscar sells for over $861000 at auction TheCelebrityCafe.com Welles' Oscar for 'Citizen Kane' sells for $861K KRNV My News 4...Read Full Story

The Oscar awarded to Orson Welles for his movie “Citizen Kane” sold at auction on Tuesday for $861,542!!!! This Academy Award was, surprisingly, the only Oscar that Welles received during his career. Welles died in Hollywood in 1985 of a heart attack; however during his life he was the director behind “The Magnificient Ambersons”, “Jane Eyre”, “MacBeth”, “Othello”, and the musical stage version of “Around the World in Eighty Days”. He also did a ton of voiceover work like in “Magnum P.I...Read Full Story

msnbc.com Orson Welles' 'Citizen Kane' Oscar sells for $861542 msnbc.com Orson Welles' Best Original Screenplay Oscar was set to be auctioned off by Sotheby's in 2007, but it failed to reach a reserve price of $1 million; on Tuesday a new seller had better success, though still didn't hit the million-dollar mark. ... Orson Welles's Citizen Kane Oscar sells for $860000 The Guardian Orson Welles' Oscar for 'Citizen Kane' sells for $861K Entertainment Weekly (blog) Orson Welles' Oscar Sells For...Read Full Story