I know that I have written about director/producer/writer/actor Orson Welles before, but this month, July, happens to be the 85th anniversary of him coming to Hollywood and signing his extraordinary contract with RKO studios, which produced the greatest American film of all time… “Citizen Kane.”
And the time leading up to ‘Kane’ was one of the most whirlwind pieces of creative history you can ever imagine. Those five years before ‘Kane’ are the ones that most scholars and film students might know about, that is IF they do hardcore studying at all.
But let me refresh your memories if I may.