The Struggle to Make Citizen Kane

Michael Phillips is the Film Critic for the Chicago Tribune. He is a frequent guest host on Turner Classic Movies and has hosted a special retrospective showing of the greatest films of Orson Welles. This talk will highlight the intense struggle to make Citizen Kane against long odds. We now know that some of the executives at RKO hoped Welles would fail---and that the crew actually making the film included at least one spy, who reported every mistake Welles made to the front office.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Parkway Central Library, 1901 Vine Street, Philadelphia, United States