0:02:29 > 0:02:31Rosebud.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12ANNOUNCER: 'News on the March!
0:03:31 > 0:03:37'Legendary was the Xanadu where Kubla Khan decreed his pleasure dome.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40'Today, almost as legendary, is Florida's Xanadu,
0:03:41 > 0:03:46'the world's largest private pleasure-ground.
0:03:46 > 0:03:53'Here, on the Gulf Coast, a private mountain was commissioned and built.
0:03:53 > 0:03:58'100,000 trees, 20,000 tons of marble make up Xanadu's mountain.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01'Contents of Xanadu's palace:
0:04:01 > 0:04:06'paintings, pictures, statues, the stones from many another palace.
0:04:06 > 0:04:11'A collection so big it can never be appraised.
0:04:11 > 0:04:17'Enough for ten museums, the loot of the world.
0:04:17 > 0:04:22'Xanadu's livestock: the fowl of the air,
0:04:22 > 0:04:26'fish of the sea, beast of the jungle.
0:04:26 > 0:04:31'Two of each - the biggest private zoo since Noah.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34'As with the pharaohs,
0:04:34 > 0:04:38'many stones mark the grave of Xanadu's owner.
0:04:38 > 0:04:46'Since the Pyramids, Xanadu is the costliest monument a man has built to himself.
0:05:00 > 0:05:05'Here in Xanadu last week, Xanadu's landlord was laid to rest.
0:05:05 > 0:05:10'A potent figure of our century, America's Kubla Khan...
0:05:11 > 0:05:14'..Charles Foster Kane.
0:05:40 > 0:05:47'Kane's empire had its humble origin in this ramshackle building - a dying daily.
0:05:47 > 0:05:54'But in its glory it held dominion over 37 newspapers, 2 syndicates, a radio network...
0:05:54 > 0:05:58'..an empire upon an empire.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01'Grocery stores, paper mills,
0:06:01 > 0:06:04'apartments, factories,
0:06:04 > 0:06:07'forests, ocean liners...
0:06:07 > 0:06:13'Through this empire, for 50 years, flowed in an unending stream
0:06:13 > 0:06:16'the wealth of one of the earth's richest goldmines.
0:06:16 > 0:06:21'Legendary is the story of the Kane fortune.
0:06:21 > 0:06:25'Boarding-house keeper, Mary Kane,
0:06:25 > 0:06:30'was given, in 1868, the supposedly worthless deed to a disused mine:
0:06:30 > 0:06:33'the Colorado Lode.
0:06:33 > 0:06:42'57 years later, before a Federal Investigation, Walter Thatcher, grand old man of Wall Street,
0:06:42 > 0:06:48'target of attacks by Kane's papers, recalls a journey he made as a youth.
0:06:48 > 0:06:53My firm were trustees for the large fortune Mrs Kane had acquired.
0:06:53 > 0:06:58She wished me to take charge of the boy...Charles Foster Kane.
0:06:58 > 0:07:03Is it not true that the boy attacked you... Mr Johnson!
0:07:03 > 0:07:06..striking you with a sled?
0:07:06 > 0:07:09LAUGHTER
0:07:09 > 0:07:17I shall read a statement to the Committee. I refuse to answer any more questions.
0:07:17 > 0:07:21Charles Foster Kane, in his social beliefs,
0:07:21 > 0:07:28and by the dangerous manner in which he has attacked American traditions of private property,
0:07:28 > 0:07:32is nothing but a Communist.
0:07:32 > 0:07:37'That same month, in Union Square...'
0:07:37 > 0:07:41Charles Foster Kane is a menace to every working man! >
0:07:41 > 0:07:47He is what he has always been and always will be...a fascist.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50'And still another opinion:
0:07:55 > 0:07:59NEWSREEL MUSIC DROWNS SPEECH
0:08:07 > 0:08:12'Kane urged his country to enter one war...opposed entry in another.
0:08:12 > 0:08:21'He swung the election to one American president, at least, and spoke for millions of Americans.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24'But was hated by as many more.
0:08:24 > 0:08:31'For 40 years Kane newspapers took a stand on EVERY public issue.
0:08:31 > 0:08:40'There was no public man Kane did not support or denounce. Often support...
0:08:40 > 0:08:42'..then denounce.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52'Twice married...twice divorced.
0:08:52 > 0:09:00'First, to a President's niece, Emily Norton, who left him in 1916.
0:09:00 > 0:09:04'She died in 1918, in a car accident with their son.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08'16 years after his first marriage,
0:09:08 > 0:09:10'two weeks after his first divorce,
0:09:10 > 0:09:15'Kane married Susan Alexander, a singer, in New Jersey.
0:09:17 > 0:09:22'For Wife Two, one-time opera singer Susan Alexander,
0:09:22 > 0:09:28'Kane built the Chicago Opera House. Cost: 3 million dollars.
0:09:28 > 0:09:35'Conceived for Susan Alexander Kane, and half-finished before she divorced him:
0:09:35 > 0:09:38'the still-unfinished Xanadu.
0:09:38 > 0:09:42'Cost: no man can say.
0:09:45 > 0:09:53'Kane, moulder of mass opinion though he was, was never granted elected office by his fellow voters.
0:09:53 > 0:09:57'But Kane papers were strong, and once the prize was almost his.
0:09:57 > 0:10:04'In 1916, as independent candidate for Governor, with powerful support,
0:10:04 > 0:10:09'the White House seemed the next step in his career.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12'Then, a week before the election...
0:10:14 > 0:10:17'..defeat, shameful and ignominious.
0:10:17 > 0:10:22'A defeat that set back reform in the US,
0:10:22 > 0:10:26'and cancelled Kane's political chances.
0:10:29 > 0:10:33'In the first year of the Depression, a Kane paper closes.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38'For Kane, in just 4 years: collapse.
0:10:38 > 0:10:44'Eleven Kane papers merge, more are sold, scrapped.'
0:10:52 > 0:10:57- Is that true? - Don't believe everything you hear on the radio.
0:10:57 > 0:11:02- Read the Inquirer!- How did you find business conditions in Europe?
0:11:02 > 0:11:07How did I find them? With great difficulty!
0:11:09 > 0:11:15- Are you glad to be back? - I'm ALWAYS glad to be back - I'm an American.
0:11:15 > 0:11:20What else? When I was a reporter we asked them quicker than that!
0:11:20 > 0:11:25- Is there a chance of war in Europe? - I've talked with the great leaders.
0:11:25 > 0:11:32They're too intelligent to hasten the end of civilisation as we know it.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35Take my word for it - there'll be no war.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41'Kane helped to change the world.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44'But Kane's world now is history.
0:11:44 > 0:11:53'The great yellow journalist himself lived to BE history, outlived his power to make it.
0:11:53 > 0:11:59'Alone in his never finished, already decaying pleasure-palace,
0:11:59 > 0:12:06'aloof, seldom visited, the emperor of newsprint directed his failing empire.
0:12:06 > 0:12:10'He attempted to sway, as he once did,
0:12:10 > 0:12:14'the destiny of a nation that had ceased to listen to him or trust him.
0:12:16 > 0:12:20'Then, last week, as it must to all men,
0:12:20 > 0:12:23'death came to Charles Foster Kane.'
0:12:30 > 0:12:36That's it! > Stand by in case we want to run it again.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39- - How did you like it, Mr Rawlston?
0:12:39 > 0:12:44It's a good short, Thompson, but what it needs is an angle.
0:12:44 > 0:12:49All we learned was that Kane's dead. I KNOW that - I read the papers.
0:12:49 > 0:12:56Don't just tell us what a man DID, Thompson. Tell us who he WAS.
0:12:56 > 0:13:01Wait...! What were Kane's last words? Do you remember, boys?
0:13:02 > 0:13:08- Maybe he told us all about himself on his deathbed! - Maybe he didn't!
0:13:08 > 0:13:11All we saw was a big American,
0:13:11 > 0:13:16but how does he differ from Ford or Hearst? A man's dying words...
0:13:16 > 0:13:20- What were they? > - YOU don't read the papers!
0:13:20 > 0:13:23- Just one word... - Rosebud.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26Just that ONE word!
0:13:26 > 0:13:29But who is she? What was she?
0:13:29 > 0:13:34He could have been President, he was as loved and hated as any man...
0:13:34 > 0:13:39..but, when he dies, Rosebud is on his mind.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41< It's a horse he once bet on!
0:13:41 > 0:13:44All right...but what was the race?
0:13:44 > 0:13:49- Thompson, hold this picture up... - But...- Find out about Rosebud.
0:13:49 > 0:13:56Get in touch with everyone who knew him, that manager of his...Bernstein,
0:13:56 > 0:13:59- and his second wife...- Susan?
0:13:59 > 0:14:02 Runs a nightclub in Atlantic City.
0:14:02 > 0:14:10See them ALL... those who worked for him, who loved him, who hated him.
0:14:10 > 0:14:15- And don't go through the phone book! - I'll start right away, Mr Rawlston.
0:14:15 > 0:14:21Good! Rosebud...dead or alive. It's probably just a simple thing.
0:14:21 > 0:14:24THUNDER ROLLS
0:14:44 > 0:14:48JAZZ MUSIC PLAYS IN BACKGROUND
0:14:53 > 0:14:56SHE COUGHS WEAKLY
0:14:58 > 0:15:02Miss Alexander.
0:15:02 > 0:15:06- This is Mr Thompson. - I want another drink, John.
0:15:09 > 0:15:14- Right away. Will you have one, Mr Thompson?- A highball, please.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16Who said you could sit down?
0:15:16 > 0:15:21- I thought maybe we could talk. - Well, think again.
0:15:21 > 0:15:27Can't you people leave me alone? I mind my business, you mind yours.
0:15:27 > 0:15:32- Just a little talk, Miss... - Get out of here.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35GET OUT!
0:15:35 > 0:15:38- Sorry...- (Get out.)
0:15:38 > 0:15:40- Some other time?- (Get out.)
0:15:51 > 0:15:55Gino...get her another highball.
0:15:55 > 0:15:59- She just won't talk to nobody, Mr Thompson.- OK.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04Another double?
0:16:04 > 0:16:06Yeah.
0:16:06 > 0:16:12Hello, I want New York, Courtland 79970. This is Atlantic City 46827.
0:16:12 > 0:16:17- All right... Hey, she's...(?)- Yeah.
0:16:17 > 0:16:25- She'll snap out of it. Until he died she talked about him all the time... - Hello? Thompson. Give me the chief.
0:16:29 > 0:16:34Mr Rawlston? She won't talk... about Rosebud or anything else.
0:16:34 > 0:16:41Tomorrow I'm going to the Thatcher Library in Philadelphia, to see that private diary of his.
0:16:41 > 0:16:46Then back to New York to see Kane's general manager, Bernstein.
0:16:46 > 0:16:50Yeah...everyone who's still alive. Goodbye.
0:16:50 > 0:16:58- Hey, er...- John.- John, when she talked about Mr Kane, did she ever mention Rosebud?
0:16:58 > 0:17:02Rosebud? Why, thank you, Mr Thompson.
0:17:02 > 0:17:09Just the other day, when the papers were full of it,
0:17:09 > 0:17:11I DID ask her.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13She never heard of Rosebud.
0:17:28 > 0:17:33There are conditions, Mr Thompson, under which you may inspect
0:17:33 > 0:17:37- books from Mr Thatcher's unpublished memoirs.- I really...- Yes, Jennings?
0:17:37 > 0:17:40- I'll bring him right in.- I only...
0:17:40 > 0:17:47- You must NOT use direct quotations from the manuscripts.- All I want... - Come with me.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02Jennings...
0:18:06 > 0:18:08Thank you, Jennings.
0:18:08 > 0:18:13Mr Thompson, you are required to leave this room at 4.30, promptly.
0:18:13 > 0:18:18You will confine yourself to the chapters regarding Mr Kane.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21That's all I'm INTERESTED in.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26Pages 83 to 142.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07Come on, boys!
0:19:07 > 0:19:10Be careful, Charles!
0:19:10 > 0:19:15Keep your muffler on! Mrs Kane, I think we should tell him now.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18I'll sign those papers, Mr Thatcher.
0:19:18 > 0:19:23But I'm the boy's FATHER! It's going to be done MY way.
0:19:23 > 0:19:30I don't see why we can't raise our own son, just because we come into some money.
0:19:30 > 0:19:36A boarder that beats his bill and leaves worthless stock behind...
0:19:36 > 0:19:40That's MY property as much as anybody's!
0:19:40 > 0:19:45If Fred knew the stock was valuable, he'd have put it in BOTH our names!
0:19:45 > 0:19:51But it's in MRS Kane's name. He owed us BOTH! The bank must...
0:19:51 > 0:19:56I don't want to sign my boy away! STOP all this nonsense, Jim.
0:19:56 > 0:20:00The bank's decision on his education is to be final...
0:20:00 > 0:20:06A BANK as a guardian(!) Stop this nonsense, Jim.
0:20:06 > 0:20:10We also assume full management of the Colorado Lode.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13Where do I sign? Right here.
0:20:13 > 0:20:18Mary, for the last time! I've been a good husband...
0:20:18 > 0:20:2450,000 a year will be paid to you and Mr Kane as long as you live.
0:20:25 > 0:20:30Well, I hope it's for the best. It is.
0:20:30 > 0:20:37- The Union for ever! I could lick anyone... - Why can't I raise my own boy?
0:20:37 > 0:20:39Go on, Mr Thatcher.
0:20:39 > 0:20:45All other money will be administered by the bank in trust for your son,
0:20:45 > 0:20:50until he reaches his 25th birthday, at which time...
0:20:50 > 0:20:54..he comes into complete possession. Charles!
0:20:56 > 0:20:58Go on, Mr Thatcher.
0:20:58 > 0:21:03It's almost five, Mrs Kane. I'd better meet the boy.
0:21:03 > 0:21:09I've got his trunk packed. I've had it packed for a week now.
0:21:11 > 0:21:13A tutor will meet us in Chicago...
0:21:16 > 0:21:19- Charles!- Look, Mom!- Come here, son.
0:21:19 > 0:21:27- Well, that's quite a snowman! Make it all by yourself, lad? - Maybe I'll add some whiskers...
0:21:27 > 0:21:30- This is Mr Thatcher, Charles.- Hello.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33How do you do? He's from the East.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36- Pa! - Hello, Charlie!
0:21:36 > 0:21:39- Charles! - Yes, Mommy?
0:21:39 > 0:21:46Mr Thatcher's taking you on a trip tonight, on a train. The one with all the lights on it!
0:21:46 > 0:21:50- You going, Mom? - No, Charles, but...
0:21:53 > 0:21:58- Where am I going? - To see Chicago! Ain't he?
0:21:58 > 0:22:02Certainly! I wish it was MY first trip!
0:22:02 > 0:22:05Why ain't you coming with us, Mom?
0:22:05 > 0:22:12We have to stay here... You're gonna live with Mr Thatcher, Charlie, and you're gonna be rich!
0:22:12 > 0:22:19This ain't the place for you. You might be the richest man in America someday...
0:22:19 > 0:22:23You won't be lonely, Charles. Of COURSE not!
0:22:23 > 0:22:28Shall we shake hands, Charles? I'm not THAT frightening, am I?
0:22:30 > 0:22:31Charles!
0:22:31 > 0:22:35Charles! Sleds are to SLEIGH with!
0:22:37 > 0:22:40You little...! JIM!
0:22:40 > 0:22:45That kid needs a good thrashing! You think so?
0:22:45 > 0:22:50That's why he'll be brought up where you can't get at him.
0:22:53 > 0:22:57TRAIN WHISTLES IN THE DISTANCE
0:23:07 > 0:23:10Well, Charles...
0:23:10 > 0:23:16- ..Merry Christmas! - Merry Christmas(!)
0:23:16 > 0:23:18..and a happy New Year.
0:23:18 > 0:23:26In closing, I remind you that your approaching 25th birthday makes you independent of Thatcher & Co,
0:23:26 > 0:23:32and gives you full responsibility for the world's 6th-largest fortune. Got that?
0:23:32 > 0:23:36"..6th-largest fortune." Yes. Charles...
0:23:36 > 0:23:45you do not seem to understand your position, therefore I enclose a list of your holdings, cross indexed...
0:23:45 > 0:23:48It's from Mr Kane. Go on.
0:23:48 > 0:23:55"Sorry, but I'm not interested in gold mines or oil wells..." NOT INTERESTED?!
0:23:55 > 0:24:00"Only one item on the list intrigues me: The New York Inquirer.
0:24:00 > 0:24:06"I am returning to the US as I think it would be fun to run a newspaper."
0:24:06 > 0:24:09FUN to run a NEWSPAPER(!)
0:24:18 > 0:24:20Traction Trust exposed(!)
0:24:22 > 0:24:24Bleeds public white(!)
0:24:27 > 0:24:30Refuse to clear slums(!)
0:24:30 > 0:24:33Inquirer wins slum fight(!)
0:24:43 > 0:24:47Is that really your idea of how to run a newspaper?
0:24:47 > 0:24:51I just try everything I can think of.
0:24:51 > 0:24:57- There's not the slightest proof it's true!- Can you prove it isn't?
0:24:57 > 0:25:02- This just came... - Mr Bernstein, I'd like you to meet Mr Thatcher.
0:25:02 > 0:25:09- Hello.- Mr Leland, meet Mr Thatcher. - Hello. It's from...- He's one of our most devoted readers.
0:25:09 > 0:25:17- He knows what's wrong with every copy of the paper. Read the cable. - "Girls delightful in Cuba stop.
0:25:17 > 0:25:22"I could write poems, but there is no war in Cuba - Wheeler." Answer?
0:25:22 > 0:25:28- Wheeler - you provide the poems, I'll provide the war.- That's good!
0:25:28 > 0:25:36- I like it myself!- Charles! This campaign by the Inquirer against the Public Transit Co...
0:25:36 > 0:25:43- YOU got something to use against them?- Still a college boy, huh? - No...all my colleges expelled me.
0:25:43 > 0:25:52- But Charles...- Mr Thatcher... - ..YOU are one of the biggest stockholders in Public Transit!
0:25:52 > 0:25:56You don't realise, you're talking to two people.
0:25:56 > 0:26:01As the owner of 82,364 shares in Public Transit, I'm on your side.
0:26:01 > 0:26:06Charles Foster Kane is a scoundrel, his paper should be run out of town,
0:26:06 > 0:26:11- a committee should be formed to boycott him...- This is nonsense!
0:26:11 > 0:26:16But I am ALSO the publisher of the Inquirer.
0:26:16 > 0:26:24As such, it is my duty, AND my pleasure, to see that decent people aren't robbed blind by pirates!
0:26:24 > 0:26:29They haven't anybody to look after their interests.
0:26:29 > 0:26:34I'll let you into a secret - I think I'M the man to do it.
0:26:34 > 0:26:37You see, I have money and property.
0:26:37 > 0:26:43If I don't look after the interests of the under-privileged, who else will?
0:26:43 > 0:26:48- Yes, well, I happened to see your financial statement today.- Oh?
0:26:48 > 0:26:55My boy, don't you think this philanthropic enterprise is rather unwise?
0:26:55 > 0:27:00- The Inquirer costs you a million dollars a year!- You're right...
0:27:00 > 0:27:07I lost a million dollars this year and I expect to lose a million NEXT year. And at THAT rate...
0:27:07 > 0:27:11..I'll have to close this paper in 60 years.
0:27:21 > 0:27:28"With respect to the said newspaper, the said Charles Foster Kane hereby relinquishes all control thereof
0:27:28 > 0:27:36"and any and all other newspaper, press, and publishing property of any kind whatsoever,
0:27:36 > 0:27:42- "he agrees to abandon all claim thereto..." - THAT means we're bust.
0:27:42 > 0:27:47- It means we're out of cash... - Charles...- I've READ it!
0:27:47 > 0:27:51Just let me sign it, Mr Thatcher.
0:27:51 > 0:27:58- You're too old to call me Mr Thatcher, Charles.- You're too old to be called anything else.
0:27:58 > 0:28:00You were always too old.
0:28:00 > 0:28:09- "Thatcher & Co agree to pay to Charles Foster Kane as long as he lives..."- My allowance(!)
0:28:09 > 0:28:17- ..the sum of...- You will maintain over your newspapers a large measure of control...a MEASURE of control.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21And we shall seek your advice.
0:28:24 > 0:28:27This Depression is temporary.
0:28:28 > 0:28:36- There's always a chance you'll die richer than I will.- It's a cinch I'll die richer than I was born.
0:28:36 > 0:28:41- We never lost as much as we made. - Yes, yes, but your methods...!
0:28:41 > 0:28:45You know, Charles - you never made a single investment.
0:28:45 > 0:28:50- You always USED money, to...to... - To BUY things.
0:28:54 > 0:28:57To buy things.
0:28:57 > 0:29:01My mother should have chosen a less reliable banker.
0:29:03 > 0:29:05Well...
0:29:08 > 0:29:12I always gagged on that silver spoon.
0:29:13 > 0:29:19You know, Mr Bernstein, if I hadn't been very rich...
0:29:20 > 0:29:23..I might have been a great man.
0:29:23 > 0:29:26Don't you think you are?
0:29:27 > 0:29:31I think I did pretty well under the circumstances.
0:29:31 > 0:29:34What would you LIKE to have been?
0:29:36 > 0:29:39Everything you hate.
0:29:47 > 0:29:51- Oh-h-h-h! - I beg your pardon, sir?
0:29:51 > 0:29:55It's 4.30, isn't it, Jennings? Yes, ma'am.
0:29:55 > 0:30:01- You have enjoyed a rare privilege. Did you find what you wanted? - No.
0:30:03 > 0:30:07- You're not Rosebud, are you? - What?- Rosebud?
0:30:07 > 0:30:12- Your name is Jennings? - Yes, sir, I...- Goodbye. Thanks!
0:30:14 > 0:30:19A busy man? Me? I'm chairman of the board, I got nothing BUT time.
0:30:19 > 0:30:25- What do you want to know?- Well, Mr Bernstein, his last words...
0:30:25 > 0:30:32Rosebud, huh? Maybe...some girl? There were a lot of them back in the early days.
0:30:32 > 0:30:37It's hardly likely, Mr Bernstein, that 50 years later Kane would...
0:30:37 > 0:30:42Well, you're pretty young, Mr...Mr Thompson.
0:30:42 > 0:30:47A fellow will remember things you wouldn't THINK he'd remember.
0:30:47 > 0:30:52You take me... One day back in 1896 I took the ferry to New Jersey.
0:30:52 > 0:30:57As we pulled out, there was another ferry pulling in.
0:30:57 > 0:30:59On it, there was a girl.
0:30:59 > 0:31:04A white dress, she had on. She was carrying a white parasol.
0:31:04 > 0:31:10I only saw her for one second and she didn't see me at all.
0:31:10 > 0:31:15But I'll bet a month hasn't gone by that I haven't thought of her.
0:31:16 > 0:31:19Who else have you been to see?
0:31:19 > 0:31:22- I went to Atlantic City... - Susie?
0:31:23 > 0:31:28I called her myself, the day after he died.
0:31:28 > 0:31:30I thought maybe somebody ought to.
0:31:30 > 0:31:33Couldn't even come to the phone.
0:31:33 > 0:31:36I'll see her again in a few days.
0:31:36 > 0:31:39About Rosebud, Mr Bernstein...?
0:31:39 > 0:31:47- After all, you were with Mr Kane from the beginning.- From BEFORE the beginning, young fellow.
0:31:47 > 0:31:49And now, it's after the end.
0:31:50 > 0:31:55- Have you tried to see anyone besides Susan?- Nobody else.
0:31:55 > 0:32:00- I read Walter Thatcher's journal... - He was the biggest fool I ever met!
0:32:00 > 0:32:05- He made an awful lot of money.- It's no trick to make a lot of money,
0:32:05 > 0:32:08if all you WANT
0:32:08 > 0:32:11is to make a lot of money.
0:32:14 > 0:32:17You take Mr Kane...
0:32:17 > 0:32:20..it wasn't money he wanted.
0:32:21 > 0:32:26- Thatcher never did figure him out. Sometimes, even- I- couldn't.
0:32:26 > 0:32:31You ought to see Mr Leland, Mr Kane's closest friend.
0:32:31 > 0:32:36- They went to school together. - Harvard?- Harvard, Yale, Princeton...
0:32:36 > 0:32:39He was thrown out of a lot of colleges.
0:32:39 > 0:32:43Mr Leland never had a nickel.
0:32:43 > 0:32:51An old family, worth 10 million, then the father shoots himself... Turns out there's only debts left.
0:32:52 > 0:32:56He was with Mr Kane and me when Mr Kane took over the Inquirer.
0:33:06 > 0:33:11Take a good look at it, Jedediah. It'll look a lot different soon.
0:33:21 > 0:33:29- Ain't no bedrooms in this joint, it's a newspaper building!- Are you paid for opinions or for hauling?
0:33:32 > 0:33:34- Jedediah.- After you, Mr Kane.
0:33:47 > 0:33:50Excuse me, sir, but I...
0:33:52 > 0:33:55Welcome, Mr Kane!
0:33:55 > 0:33:57Welcome!
0:33:57 > 0:34:02- Welcome to the Inquirer!- But this... - I'm Mr Carter, editor-in-chief.
0:34:02 > 0:34:07- Thank you, but this is Mr Leland. - Oh, how do you do, Mr Leland?
0:34:07 > 0:34:11- He's our new dramatic critic... - That's right.
0:34:11 > 0:34:15- Are they standing for me?- YOU?! Oh! Mr Kane!
0:34:15 > 0:34:18- How do you do?- Oh, how do you do?
0:34:18 > 0:34:24- As a gesture to our new publisher... - Tell them to sit down, please.
0:34:24 > 0:34:28- You may resume your duties, gentlemen.- Thank you.
0:34:28 > 0:34:35- I didn't know your plans, so... - I haven't GOT any plans, except to get out a newspaper.
0:34:40 > 0:34:41Oops!
0:34:41 > 0:34:47- Mr Bernstein?- Yes?- Mr Carter, meet Mr Bernstein, my general manager.
0:34:47 > 0:34:50- General manager?!- How do you do?
0:34:50 > 0:34:53- Mr Carter?- Yes? Er...how do you do?
0:34:53 > 0:34:57- Mr Carter!- Yes, Mr Bernstein, er...Mr Kane?
0:34:57 > 0:35:04- Is this your office?- Er...my little sanctum is at your disposal, but... Excuse me!
0:35:04 > 0:35:09- I'm glad to hear it!- But I don't understand...- Excuse me!- Mr Carter...
0:35:09 > 0:35:16- I'm going to live in your office. - Mr Carter...- LIVE here?!- Right. - Excuse me.- But...
0:35:16 > 0:35:19But we're closed... Excuse me!
0:35:19 > 0:35:26- ..for 12 hours...- Excuse me! - ..a day!- Excuse me!- Mr Carter...
0:35:26 > 0:35:30- ..the NEWS goes on 24 hours a day! - Excuse me!
0:35:30 > 0:35:36- But Mr Kane...- Excuse me! - And excuse me!- It's IMPOSSIBLE!
0:35:37 > 0:35:42- Look...- Here's what I mean... - I'm no GOOD as a cartoonist!
0:35:42 > 0:35:47- You're the DRAMATIC critic! - You still eating?- I'm still hungry.
0:35:47 > 0:35:54Now look, the Chronicle has a story about a woman who's missing... probably murdered.
0:35:54 > 0:36:02- Why doesn't the Inquirer have it? - Because we're a newspaper...- Joseph! I'm hungry!- ..not a scandal sheet!
0:36:02 > 0:36:06- Sorry, Mr Bernstein.- All right. - Mr Carter...
0:36:06 > 0:36:13- ..the Chronicle has a 3-column headline. Why doesn't the Inquirer? - The news wasn't BIG enough.- Ah...
0:36:13 > 0:36:18- ..if the headline is big, it MAKES the news big.- Right!
0:36:18 > 0:36:24- Now, this murder...- You've no proof she's even DEAD!- Neighbours say...
0:36:24 > 0:36:30If we reported GOSSIP, we could sell the paper twice over, daily!
0:36:30 > 0:36:33Mr Carter...
0:36:33 > 0:36:37that's what we want, from now on.
0:36:37 > 0:36:45Send a man to tell her husband that if he can't produce his wife, the Inquirer will have him arrested.
0:36:45 > 0:36:50- Tell the journalist to say he's a detective... - ..from Central Office.
0:36:50 > 0:36:53If the husband gets suspicious,
0:36:53 > 0:37:00your man must call him an anarchist, loudly, so the neighbours can hear.
0:37:00 > 0:37:06- Mr Kane!- Dinner, Jedediah? - This is a respectable newspaper!
0:37:06 > 0:37:10- Thank you, Mr Carter. Goodbye.- Goodbye!
0:37:11 > 0:37:14< Read all about it!
0:37:14 > 0:37:19Lady might be murdered! Read it in the Chronicle!
0:37:21 > 0:37:26< Early morning Chronicle! Read all about it!
0:37:27 > 0:37:31< Lady might be murdered! Read it in the Chronicle!
0:37:37 > 0:37:44- We'll be on the streets in another ten minutes, Charlie. - Late, but we did it!
0:37:44 > 0:37:51- Tired?- Tough day.- A wasted day. - Wasted? You made the paper over 4 times!
0:37:51 > 0:37:55I changed the front page a little, but that's not enough.
0:37:55 > 0:37:58This paper needs more.
0:37:58 > 0:38:03I must make the New York Inquirer as important as the gas.
0:38:04 > 0:38:09- What are you going to do? - Declaration of principles.
0:38:09 > 0:38:13Don't smile, I've got it written!
0:38:13 > 0:38:18- You don't want to make any promises you can't keep.- They'll be kept.
0:38:19 > 0:38:27"I'll provide the people of this city with a daily paper that tells all the news honestly.
0:38:27 > 0:38:34- "I will also..."- That's the second sentence you've started with "I". - People must know who's responsible.
0:38:34 > 0:38:39And they'll get the truth from the Inquirer, quickly and simply.
0:38:39 > 0:38:47"I'll also provide them with a fighting and tireless champion of their rights as human beings.
0:38:48 > 0:38:51"Signed, Charles Foster Kane."
0:38:54 > 0:39:00- Can I have that, Charlie? - I'm going to print it! Solly!
0:39:00 > 0:39:05- An editorial, for the front page. - This MORNING'S front page?
0:39:05 > 0:39:11- Right. So we have to re-make again. - Yes.- You'd better tell them.- Right.
0:39:11 > 0:39:16Solly, when you're through with it, I'd like to have it back.
0:39:17 > 0:39:21I'd like to keep that piece of paper.
0:39:21 > 0:39:27- I have a hunch it'll turn out to be something pretty important.- Sure!
0:39:27 > 0:39:32Like the Declaration of Independence,
0:39:32 > 0:39:36or my first report card at school.
0:40:03 > 0:40:08This little pilgrimage will do us good.
0:40:08 > 0:40:15- The Chronicle's a good paper. - It's a good IDEA for a paper. - 495,000...
0:40:15 > 0:40:18But look who's working for them!
0:40:18 > 0:40:23It took the Chronicle 20 years to get that staff together!
0:40:26 > 0:40:282O years? Well...
0:40:30 > 0:40:356 years ago I saw a picture of the world's greatest newspapermen.
0:40:35 > 0:40:41I felt like a kid in front of a candy store. 6 years later, I got my candy!
0:40:41 > 0:40:44Welcome to the Inquirer!
0:40:44 > 0:40:48Send a copy of that picture to the Chronicle!
0:40:48 > 0:40:53Our circulation today is the greatest in New York - 684,000.
0:40:54 > 0:40:57684,132!
0:40:57 > 0:41:03Right! Having welcomed you, I hope you'll forgive me taking my leave.
0:41:03 > 0:41:06I'm going abroad for a vacation.
0:41:06 > 0:41:10I promised my doctor I'd leave when I could...and now I can.
0:41:10 > 0:41:18Say, Mr Kane, there's a lot of statues in Europe you ain't bought yet!
0:41:18 > 0:41:21You can't blame me...
0:41:21 > 0:41:27They've made them for 2,000 years. I've only been buying for five!
0:41:27 > 0:41:32- Promise me, Mr Kane!- I promise, Mr Bernstein. By the way...- Yes?
0:41:32 > 0:41:36- ..you don't expect me to KEEP my promises, do you?- No!
0:41:36 > 0:41:42And now, Gentlemen, your COMPLETE ATTENTION, please!
0:41:44 > 0:41:46BAND PLAYS A LOUD MARCH
0:41:46 > 0:41:50Are we declaring war on Spain or not?
0:41:57 > 0:42:01RAUCOUS WHISTLES AND CHEERS
0:42:10 > 0:42:17- I said, are we going to declare war on Spain or are we NOT? - The Inquirer already has.
0:42:17 > 0:42:23You long-faced, over-dressed... ANARCHIST!
0:42:23 > 0:42:27- I am NOT over-dressed! - You are! Look at his necktie!
0:42:27 > 0:42:32Let's have the song about Charlie! Is there one?
0:42:32 > 0:42:37Buy a bag of peanuts in this town and they'll write a song about you!
0:42:49 > 0:42:54SINGER: # There is a man... GIRLS: # There is a man...
0:42:54 > 0:42:59# And for the poor you may be sure that he'll do all he can.
0:42:59 > 0:43:01# Who is this one? # This fav'rite son?
0:43:01 > 0:43:05# His action has the traction magnates on the run.
0:43:05 > 0:43:08# He loves to smoke, # Enjoys a joke,
0:43:08 > 0:43:12# He wouldn't get a bit upset if he were really broke.
0:43:12 > 0:43:14# With wealth and fame # He's still the same,
0:43:14 > 0:43:19# I'll bet you five you're not alive if you don't know his name!
0:43:23 > 0:43:26- # What is his name? #- What is his name?- # Charlie Kane!
0:43:26 > 0:43:33- #- He doesn't like that "Mister", - #- He likes good old Charlie Kane!- #
0:43:47 > 0:43:51- Such a wonderful party! - Yes...- What's the matter?
0:43:51 > 0:43:55# He says a miss # Was made to kiss,
0:43:55 > 0:43:59# And when he meets one always tries to do exactly this!
0:43:59 > 0:44:02- # Who buys the food? #- Who buys the drinks?
0:44:02 > 0:44:06- #- Dough was made to spend, - # He acts the way he thinks! #
0:44:09 > 0:44:14- Bernstein, these men who are with the Inquirer now...- Hey, catch!
0:44:20 > 0:44:22Bernstein...
0:44:22 > 0:44:32..weren't these men just as devoted to the Chronicle's policies as they now are to OUR policies?
0:44:32 > 0:44:35Sure! Just like anybody else.
0:44:35 > 0:44:37They got work to do, they do it.
0:44:37 > 0:44:47But they happen to be the best in the business.
0:44:47 > 0:44:52Do we stand for the same things the Chronicle stands for?
0:44:52 > 0:44:55Certainly not!
0:44:55 > 0:45:01Mr Kane will have them changed to his kind of newspapermen in a week!
0:45:01 > 0:45:07It's possible that they'll change Mr Kane... without his knowing it.
0:45:10 > 0:45:14Mr Leland! Mr Leland! I got a cable from Mr Kane!
0:45:14 > 0:45:21- Mr Leland! Mr Leland! A cable! - What?- From Paris, France! - What?- LOOK!
0:45:21 > 0:45:24Come on in!
0:45:24 > 0:45:30- #- ..and his action has the traction magnates on the run...- #
0:45:30 > 0:45:35It's a good thing he promised not to buy any more statues(!)
0:45:35 > 0:45:40- Oh, Bernstein!- Look. He wants to buy the world's biggest diamond.
0:45:40 > 0:45:45- Why didn't you go to Europe, too? - I wanted Charlie to have FUN...
0:45:45 > 0:45:52Bernstein, am I a stuffed shirt? A horse-faced hypocrite? A New England school-marm?
0:45:52 > 0:45:55Yes.
0:45:55 > 0:46:00- I wouldn't contradict Mr Kane. - All right...
0:46:00 > 0:46:05- World's biggest diamond! Why is he collecting diamonds?- He ain't.
0:46:05 > 0:46:12He's collecting somebody who collects diamonds. At least it isn't JUST statues!
0:46:15 > 0:46:20"Welcome home, Mr Kane, from 467 employees of the Inquirer."
0:46:20 > 0:46:23< Here he comes!
0:46:26 > 0:46:31- You've got a moustache!- I know! - It's AWFUL!- It isn't!
0:46:31 > 0:46:36- Have we got a society editor? - Right here, Mr Kane!
0:46:36 > 0:46:40- This is Miss Townsend. - This is Mr Kane.
0:46:40 > 0:46:46Miss Townsend, er... I've been away so long I don't know the routine...
0:46:46 > 0:46:51I've got a little, er...social notice.
0:46:51 > 0:46:54Treat it like any other.
0:46:54 > 0:46:59- Thank you...- Mr Kane! On behalf of all the Inquirer's employees...
0:46:59 > 0:47:03Mr Bernstein, everyone, thank you very much.
0:47:03 > 0:47:08I'm sorry, I can't accept it now... Goodbye!
0:47:09 > 0:47:14- Say, he was in an awful hurry. - HEY! >
0:47:14 > 0:47:16Look here!
0:47:16 > 0:47:21- What...?- Oh, Mr Leland! Mr Bernstein! This announcement...
0:47:21 > 0:47:29"Mr and Mrs Monroe Norton announce the engagement of their daughter, Emily, to Mr Charles Foster Kane."
0:47:29 > 0:47:31Quick!
0:47:33 > 0:47:39Emily Monroe Norton - the niece of the President of the United States!
0:47:39 > 0:47:43Niece, huh? Before he's through, she'll be a President's wife!
0:47:52 > 0:47:59The way things turned out, Miss Emily Norton was no Rosebud.
0:47:59 > 0:48:02It didn't end very well, did it?
0:48:02 > 0:48:05It ended. And then there was Susie.
0:48:06 > 0:48:09That ended, too.
0:48:09 > 0:48:16You know, Mr Thompson, I was thinking... This Rosebud you're trying to find out about...
0:48:17 > 0:48:19Yes?
0:48:23 > 0:48:26Maybe that was something he lost.
0:48:26 > 0:48:31Mr Kane was a man who lost almost everything he had.
0:48:31 > 0:48:33You ought to see Jed Leland.
0:48:33 > 0:48:38Sure, they didn't always agree... take the Spanish-American war...
0:48:38 > 0:48:45Mr Leland was right - that was Mr Kane's war. WE didn't have any reason to fight.
0:48:45 > 0:48:53But, if it hadn't been for that war of Mr Kane's, would we have the Panama Canal?
0:48:53 > 0:48:55I wish I knew where Mr Leland was.
0:48:55 > 0:49:02A lot of the time they don't tell me these things... Maybe he's dead.
0:49:02 > 0:49:07Well, Mr Bernstein, he's at the Huntington Memorial Hospital.
0:49:07 > 0:49:12- I had no idea...- Nothing particular wrong with him, they said, just...
0:49:12 > 0:49:15Just old age.
0:49:15 > 0:49:21It's the only disease you don't look forward to being cured of.
0:49:32 > 0:49:35I remember EVERYTHING, young man.
0:49:35 > 0:49:42That's the greatest curse inflicted on the human race - memory.
0:49:42 > 0:49:49I was his oldest friend, and, as far as I was concerned, he behaved like a swine.
0:49:49 > 0:49:53Charlie was never brutal - he just did brutal things.
0:49:53 > 0:49:58Maybe I wasn't his friend, but if I wasn't, he never had one.
0:49:58 > 0:50:01Maybe I was just a stooge, hmm?
0:50:01 > 0:50:09- Mr Leland, you were going to talk about Rosebud...- You don't happen to have a good cigar on you, hmm?
0:50:09 > 0:50:16- No, I'm afraid I haven't, sorry... - I changed the subject, didn't I? What a disagreeable old man I am!
0:50:16 > 0:50:21You're a reporter, wanting to know what I think about Charlie Kane.
0:50:24 > 0:50:29I suppose he had some private sort of greatness.
0:50:29 > 0:50:32But he kept it to himself.
0:50:32 > 0:50:37He never gave anything away... he just left you a tip.
0:50:37 > 0:50:42He had a generous mind, always had so many opinions.
0:50:42 > 0:50:48But he never believed in anything in his life except Charlie Kane.
0:50:48 > 0:50:53I suppose he died that way, too. That must have been unpleasant.
0:50:53 > 0:50:59Of course, a lot of us check out without any beliefs about death,
0:50:59 > 0:51:02but we do believe in SOMETHING.
0:51:02 > 0:51:07- Are you absolutely SURE you haven't got a cigar?- Sorry.- Never mind.
0:51:07 > 0:51:12- Mr Leland, what do you know about Rosebud?- Rosebud?
0:51:12 > 0:51:18Oh, his dying words...Rosebud. Yeah, I saw that in the Inquirer.
0:51:18 > 0:51:23Well, I never believed anything I saw in the Inquirer.
0:51:23 > 0:51:29I could tell you about Emily... I went to dancing school with her.
0:51:29 > 0:51:34- Er, the first Mrs Kane... - What was she like?
0:51:34 > 0:51:40All the girls in dancing school were nice, Emily was a little nicer.
0:51:40 > 0:51:47After the first couple of months, she and Charlie didn't see much of each other except at breakfast.
0:51:47 > 0:51:51It was a marriage just like any other.
0:52:01 > 0:52:08- You're beautiful!- Oh, I can't be! I've never been to six parties in one night before!
0:52:08 > 0:52:13- What will the servants think? - They'll think we enjoyed ourselves.
0:52:13 > 0:52:19- Must you go to the newspaper NOW? - Newspapermen are worse than sailors.
0:52:20 > 0:52:23I absolutely adore you.
0:52:24 > 0:52:27Even newspapermen have to sleep.
0:52:27 > 0:52:33I'll call Mr Bernstein and have him put off my appointments till noon.
0:52:33 > 0:52:36- What time is it? - Oh, I don't know... Late.
0:52:38 > 0:52:41- It's early.- Oh, Charles!
0:52:42 > 0:52:49Do you know how long I waited after you went to the paper for "10 minutes"?
0:52:49 > 0:52:52What do you DO there at midnight?
0:52:52 > 0:52:57Emily, your only co-respondent is the Inquirer.
0:52:58 > 0:53:03- I'd prefer a flesh and blood rival. - It's a PAPER!
0:53:03 > 0:53:08- And the stuff you print! Attacking the President...- Uncle John(!)
0:53:08 > 0:53:16- He IS the President.- And he's also a fathead with a bunch of crooks running his Administration.
0:53:16 > 0:53:20He's still the President, Charles, not you.
0:53:20 > 0:53:24That mistake will be corrected one day.
0:53:24 > 0:53:31Mr Bernstein sent Junior the most incredible atrocity yesterday.
0:53:31 > 0:53:33I won't have it in the nursery.
0:53:33 > 0:53:39- But Mr Bernstein is apt to visit the nursery.- Does he HAVE to?
0:53:39 > 0:53:40Yes.
0:53:42 > 0:53:47- But people will think... - What I TELL them to think!
0:54:04 > 0:54:09- Wasn't he ever in love with her? - He married for love.
0:54:09 > 0:54:12Love...that's why he did everything.
0:54:12 > 0:54:18He went into politics because he wanted the voters to love him, too.
0:54:18 > 0:54:22All he really wanted out of life was love.
0:54:22 > 0:54:26That's Charlie's story - how he lost it.
0:54:26 > 0:54:29He just didn't have any to give.
0:54:31 > 0:54:35He loved Charlie Kane, of course, very dearly.
0:54:35 > 0:54:39And his mother, I guess he always loved her.
0:54:39 > 0:54:44- What about his second wife? - Susan Alexander?
0:54:44 > 0:54:48Day after he met her, he told me about her.
0:54:48 > 0:54:53He called her "a cross-section of the American public".
0:54:54 > 0:54:59Guess he couldn't help it. She must have had something for him.
0:54:59 > 0:55:05But that first night, Charlie said, all she had was a toothache.
0:55:10 > 0:55:14HORSE AND CARRIAGE SPLASH THROUGH DEEP PUDDLE
0:55:21 > 0:55:25SHE STARTS TO GIGGLE
0:55:32 > 0:55:35HER LAUGHTER GETS LOUDER
0:55:36 > 0:55:41- What are you laughing at, young lady?- Oh! Ow!
0:55:41 > 0:55:46- What's the matter?- 'oothache. - What?- 'OOTHache!- Toothache?
0:55:47 > 0:55:51Oh, you mean YOU'VE got a toothache.
0:55:52 > 0:55:58- Is that funny?- YOU'RE funny, Mister. You got dirt on your face.- It's mud.
0:55:58 > 0:56:03- You want some hot water? I live right here.- What was that?
0:56:03 > 0:56:08I said if you wanted some hot water I could get you some...
0:56:09 > 0:56:11..hot water.
0:56:14 > 0:56:16All right. Thank you very much.
0:56:29 > 0:56:31- Oh! Ow!- Do I look any better now?
0:56:31 > 0:56:37- This medicine doesn't do ANY good! - You need to take your mind off it.
0:56:37 > 0:56:38Hey!
0:56:42 > 0:56:49- My landlady says to keep the door open if a gentleman calls.- Fine.
0:56:49 > 0:56:54- Ow-w-w!- You HAVE got a toothache, haven't you?- I surely have!
0:56:54 > 0:56:58You could try laughing at me again.
0:56:58 > 0:57:03- But you don't want me to!- I don't want your tooth to hurt, either.
0:57:03 > 0:57:06- Look at me... See that?- What?
0:57:06 > 0:57:09I'm wiggling both my ears at once.
0:57:10 > 0:57:13That's it, smile!
0:57:14 > 0:57:19Took me two solid years in the best boys' school
0:57:19 > 0:57:22to learn that trick!
0:57:24 > 0:57:26That's it!
0:57:29 > 0:57:32- Is it a giraffe?- No, it's NOT!
0:57:32 > 0:57:37- Well, then, I bet it's...- What? - An elephant.
0:57:38 > 0:57:41- It's SUPPOSED to be a rooster. - Never!
0:57:41 > 0:57:48- Gee, all these tricks... are you a professional magician? - No.- I was just joking.
0:57:48 > 0:57:56- You really don't know who I am? - Well, Mr Kane, I'm awful ignorant, but I guess you caught on to that.
0:57:56 > 0:58:01- But you like me, even though you don't know who I am?- I surely do!
0:58:01 > 0:58:04I'm so glad you do.
0:58:04 > 0:58:08Without you, I don't know what I'd have done.
0:58:08 > 0:58:13- I don't know many people. - I know TOO many people.
0:58:15 > 0:58:17I guess we're both lonely.
0:58:17 > 0:58:25- Before I ruined my best clothes... - You probably got LOTS of clothes. - I was just joking.
0:58:28 > 0:58:33I was on my way to a warehouse, in search of my youth.
0:58:33 > 0:58:37You see, my mother died, a long time ago.
0:58:37 > 0:58:41Her things were put in storage out west.
0:58:41 > 0:58:49I sent for them, and tonight I was going to take a look at them. A sort of sentimental journey.
0:58:50 > 0:58:55- I run a couple of newspapers, what do YOU do?- Me?- Ah-huh.
0:58:55 > 0:59:04- How old did you say you were? - I didn't say.- I didn't think so. - Pretty old.- How old?- 22 in August.
0:59:04 > 0:59:09- What do you do?- I'm in charge of the sheet music at Seligman's.
0:59:09 > 0:59:16- Is that what you WANT to do? - No... I wanted to be a singer. Well, my mother...
0:59:16 > 0:59:21- What happened to the singing? - Well, Mother always thought...
0:59:21 > 0:59:25She wanted me to sing Grand Opera.
0:59:25 > 0:59:28You know what mothers are like!
0:59:30 > 0:59:32Yes.
0:59:33 > 0:59:39- Have you got a piano?- A piano? Yes, there's one in the parlour.
0:59:39 > 0:59:43- Will you sing for me? - Oh, you don't want...- I do.
0:59:43 > 0:59:49- Well, I...- Is your toothache still bothering you?- Oh, no, it's gone.
0:59:52 > 0:59:56All right... Let's go to the parlour.
0:59:57 > 1:00:02- SWEETLY BUT NOT BRILLIANTLY: #- Yes, Lindor shall be mine,
1:00:03 > 1:00:12- #- I have sworn it, for weal or woe.
1:00:13 > 1:00:21- #- Yes, Lindor...
1:00:22 > 1:00:32- #- Lo giurai la vincero.- #
1:00:38 > 1:00:45There is only one man who can rid this state of the evil domination of Boss Jim Gettys -
1:00:45 > 1:00:52Charles Foster Kane, the friend of the working man, the next Governor of this state!
1:00:52 > 1:00:57- He entered this campaign... - ..with one purpose only -
1:00:57 > 1:01:06to make public the dishonesty and villainy of Boss Jim Gettys' political machine.
1:01:06 > 1:01:12This is now in complete control of the government of this state!
1:01:12 > 1:01:17I made no campaign promises because, until a few weeks ago,
1:01:17 > 1:01:21- I had no hope of being elected! - LAUGHTER
1:01:21 > 1:01:27- Now, however, I have something more than a hope. - APPLAUSE
1:01:27 > 1:01:33And Jim Gettys has something less than a chance!
1:01:33 > 1:01:37LOUD APPLAUSE
1:01:37 > 1:01:42Every straw vote, every independent poll shows that I'll be elected!
1:01:44 > 1:01:48So now I can AFFORD to make some promises!
1:01:48 > 1:01:54LOUD APPLAUSE AND CHEERS
1:01:56 > 1:02:02The working man and the slum child KNOW they can expect
1:02:02 > 1:02:06my best efforts in their interest.
1:02:06 > 1:02:11The decent, ordinary citizens know that I'll do everything I can
1:02:11 > 1:02:16to protect the underprivileged, the underpaid and the underfed.
1:02:20 > 1:02:24- Mother, is pop Governor yet? - Not yet, Junior.
1:02:25 > 1:02:27Well...
1:02:27 > 1:02:31I'd make my promises now...
1:02:31 > 1:02:35..if I weren't too busy arranging to keep them.
1:02:40 > 1:02:46But here's one promise I'll make, and Boss Jim Gettys knows I'll keep it.
1:02:46 > 1:02:53My first official act as Governor will be to appoint a special district attorney,
1:02:53 > 1:03:01to arrange for the indictment, prosecution and CONVICTION of Boss Jim W Gettys.
1:03:04 > 1:03:08BAND STRIKES UP A LIVELY MARCH
1:03:11 > 1:03:15CONVERSATION DROWNED OUT BY BAND
1:03:27 > 1:03:34- You'll win by 100,000 votes! Gettys knows it. - Hello, son!
1:03:34 > 1:03:38He's realising I mean what I say.
1:03:38 > 1:03:43- Like my speech?- Every word! - Oh, hello, Emily. - < Hold it!
1:03:46 > 1:03:53- Officer, get us a taxi, please. - You're leaving now? - I'm sending Junior home in the car.
1:03:53 > 1:03:56- 'Night, Father!- Goodbye, son.
1:04:04 > 1:04:05Emily...
1:04:09 > 1:04:14- ..why did you send Junior home? - I want you to make a call with me.
1:04:14 > 1:04:18- It can wait.- No.- What's it about?
1:04:18 > 1:04:22I don't know yet. I intend to find out.
1:04:22 > 1:04:27- Where are you going? - 185 West 74th Street.
1:04:27 > 1:04:29If you wish, you may come with me.
1:04:34 > 1:04:36I'll come with you.
1:04:38 > 1:04:41RINGS DOORBELL
1:04:41 > 1:04:44I had no idea you liked melodrama.
1:04:46 > 1:04:49Come right in, Mr Kane!
1:04:58 > 1:05:00Charlie...
1:05:06 > 1:05:11He FORCED me to send your wife the letter. I didn't want to...
1:05:17 > 1:05:22Good evening, Mrs Kane. I don't suppose anyone will introduce us.
1:05:25 > 1:05:28- I'm Jim Gettys.- Yes?
1:05:31 > 1:05:36- Miss Alexander didn't want to send you that note...- I...- But she DID.
1:05:36 > 1:05:40- Charlie, he threatened me... - Gettys!
1:05:40 > 1:05:49- I think I'll start by breaking your neck.- Maybe you can do it, maybe you can't.- Charles!
1:05:49 > 1:05:54Breaking his neck will scarcely explain this note.
1:05:54 > 1:05:59- "..serious consequences for Mr Kane, you and your son..."- He just...
1:05:59 > 1:06:06- What does it mean, Miss...? - I'm Susan Alexander. Mrs Kane... - What does it MEAN?
1:06:06 > 1:06:13- She don't know, she just sent it because I made her.- This gentleman... - I'm not a gentleman.
1:06:13 > 1:06:21Your husband's trying to be funny, calling me one. I don't even know what a "gentleman" is.
1:06:25 > 1:06:30If I owned a newspaper and I didn't like a politician,
1:06:30 > 1:06:32I'd fight him,
1:06:32 > 1:06:40- but would I print a cartoon of him in a convict's suit where his kids could see it?- You cheap...- YOU are!
1:06:41 > 1:06:46- I'm fighting for my life!- Charlie, he said he'd tell...- You mean...?
1:06:46 > 1:06:51I'm giving him one chance... more than he'd give me.
1:06:51 > 1:06:56Unless Mr Kane decides tomorrow that he has to go away for a while,
1:06:56 > 1:07:01on Monday, every paper in the state, except his, will carry the story.
1:07:01 > 1:07:07- What story?- About him and Miss Alexander.- There isn't any!- Shut up!
1:07:07 > 1:07:12- Mr Kane was...- We've got evidence that would look bad in the headlines.
1:07:15 > 1:07:20- I'd rather not have to publish, it'd be better for ME.- But what about...?
1:07:23 > 1:07:25You'd be better off too, Mrs Kane.
1:07:25 > 1:07:28But what about ME?
1:07:29 > 1:07:36- He said my name would be dragged through the mud. - There's only one decision, Charles.
1:07:36 > 1:07:39I'd say it had been made for you.
1:07:40 > 1:07:46- The voters of this state... - I'm not interested in them!
1:07:46 > 1:07:52- I'm interested in our son. - If they publish...- They won't.
1:07:52 > 1:07:55Goodnight, Mr Gettys.
1:08:03 > 1:08:05Are you coming, Charles?
1:08:07 > 1:08:09No.
1:08:13 > 1:08:15I'm staying here.
1:08:17 > 1:08:21- I can fight this all alone. - Charles...
1:08:21 > 1:08:26- ..if you don't listen to reason, it may be too late.- Too late?
1:08:26 > 1:08:29For what?
1:08:29 > 1:08:35For you and this...public thief to take the love of the people away from me?
1:08:35 > 1:08:40Charlie, you don't want your son to read about you in the papers...
1:08:40 > 1:08:45There's only one person who'll decide what I'm going to do...ME.
1:08:47 > 1:08:51You decided what you were going to do some time ago.
1:08:59 > 1:09:04- You're making a fool of yourself. - Get out!- You're licked, admit it!
1:09:04 > 1:09:12- Out! If you want to see me, get the warden to write me a letter. - For anybody else, it'd be a lesson.
1:09:12 > 1:09:18But you need more than ONE lesson. And you'll GET more than one.
1:09:18 > 1:09:20Don't worry about ME, Gettys!
1:09:21 > 1:09:24Don't worry about ME!
1:09:24 > 1:09:27I'm Charles Foster KANE!
1:09:28 > 1:09:34I'm no crooked politician trying to save himself from the consequences of his crimes!
1:09:34 > 1:09:37GETTYS!!
1:09:39 > 1:09:43I'll send you to Sing-Sing, Gettys!
1:09:45 > 1:09:47Have you a car, Mrs Kane?
1:09:47 > 1:09:51- Yes, thank you.- Goodnight. - Goodnight.
1:10:02 > 1:10:05'Extra, extra! Read all about it!'
1:10:11 > 1:10:14- Paper? > - No, thanks.
1:10:29 > 1:10:33There's a million majority already against him.
1:10:34 > 1:10:37I'm afraid we got no choice.
1:10:37 > 1:10:39This one?
1:10:42 > 1:10:44That one.
1:11:06 > 1:11:09Well, goodnight again.
1:11:20 > 1:11:24- Is there anything...? - No, thanks, Mr Bernstein.
1:11:24 > 1:11:27Better go home and get some sleep.
1:11:28 > 1:11:30You, too.
1:11:32 > 1:11:35Goodnight, Mr Kane.
1:12:00 > 1:12:03- Hello, Jedediah.- I'm drunk.
1:12:06 > 1:12:15Well...if you've got drunk to talk to me about...Miss Alexander... don't bother.
1:12:18 > 1:12:20I'm not interested.
1:12:23 > 1:12:29I have set back the sacred cause of reform, is that it?
1:12:29 > 1:12:36All right, if that's the way they want it, the people have made their choice.
1:12:36 > 1:12:39They prefer Gettys to me.
1:12:39 > 1:12:44You talk about "the people" as though you owned them.
1:12:44 > 1:12:51As long as I can remember, you've talked about giving "the people" their rights.
1:12:51 > 1:12:56- As if you could make them a present of liberty, as a reward(!)- Jed!
1:12:56 > 1:12:59Remember "the working man"?
1:12:59 > 1:13:05I'll get drunk, too, Jedediah, if it'll do any good.
1:13:05 > 1:13:10It won't do any good. Besides, you never GET drunk.
1:13:10 > 1:13:17You used to write about "the working man". But he's become something called organised labour.
1:13:17 > 1:13:25You won't like it one bit when you find it means he expects something as his RIGHT, not as your gift!
1:13:25 > 1:13:27Charlie...
1:13:28 > 1:13:33When your precious underprivileged REALLY get together...
1:13:33 > 1:13:35Oh, boy!
1:13:36 > 1:13:43It'll add up to something bigger than YOUR privileges, and THEN what will you do?
1:13:43 > 1:13:48Sail to a desert island and lord it over the monkeys?
1:13:48 > 1:13:51Don't worry about it too much.
1:13:51 > 1:13:56There'll be a few monkeys around to tell me where I'm going wrong.
1:13:56 > 1:13:58You may not always be so lucky.
1:13:58 > 1:14:02- You're not VERY drunk. - What do you care?
1:14:02 > 1:14:06You don't care about anything except YOU.
1:14:06 > 1:14:14You just want to persuade people that you love them so much, they ought to love you right back!
1:14:16 > 1:14:21It's something to be played YOUR way, according to your rules.
1:14:26 > 1:14:30- I want to work on the Chicago paper.- What?
1:14:30 > 1:14:37You said you needed a dramatic crimit...critic. I AM drunk.
1:14:40 > 1:14:45- I want to go to Chicago. - You're too valuable here.
1:14:47 > 1:14:52- Then I must ask you to accept my... - All right, go to Chicago.- Thanks.
1:14:53 > 1:14:57I guess I'd better try to get drunk anyway.
1:14:57 > 1:15:05I warn you, you won't like it in Chicago. They've never heard of Lobster Newburg.
1:15:05 > 1:15:10- Is Saturday after next all right? - Any time you say.- Thank you.
1:15:15 > 1:15:19A toast, Jedediah, to love on my terms.
1:15:19 > 1:15:23The only terms anyone ever knows are his own.
1:15:35 > 1:15:38 Hey, Mr Kane, I'm from the Inquirer!
1:15:39 > 1:15:42All right, fire away, boys!
1:15:42 > 1:15:46THEY ALL TALK AT ONCE
1:15:49 > 1:15:54- Yes, young man?- Are you through with politics?- Through? Vice versa!
1:15:54 > 1:15:59- We're going to be an opera star! - < Will you sing at the Metropolitan?
1:15:59 > 1:16:06- Certainly!- If I don't, Charlie'll build me an opera house! - It won't be necessary!
1:16:10 > 1:16:14- #- La-a-a-a-a-a-a.... - No, no, NO!
1:16:14 > 1:16:20You must wait for the chord! Then one AND two AND three...!
1:16:22 > 1:16:29ALL TALK AT ONCE AS THE ORCHESTRA PLAYS THE OVERTURE
1:16:40 > 1:16:42Places, everybody! >
1:16:46 > 1:16:49Places, please! >
1:16:50 > 1:16:54OPENING CHORDS OF HER ARIA
1:16:58 > 1:17:01- #- Ah, cruel...
1:17:02 > 1:17:07- #- Tu m'as trop entendu...- #
1:17:07 > 1:17:11HER VOICE ECHOES AND BECOMES INDISTINCT
1:17:37 > 1:17:44- BERNSTEIN: - Mr Leland's covered the dramatic angle, and we've done the news end.
1:17:44 > 1:17:50- The social and music notices, are they in? - They're already made up. >
1:17:50 > 1:17:52Mr Mervin wrote a SWELL review.
1:17:53 > 1:17:56- Enthusiastic?- Naturally.
1:17:56 > 1:18:02- Mr Bernstein.- Mr Kane!- You've got a nice plant here, Mr Donovan.
1:18:02 > 1:18:07- We did two spreads of pictures. - Put one on the front page.
1:18:07 > 1:18:12- But we're still waiting for the dramatic notice.- Dramatic?
1:18:14 > 1:18:19- That's Mr Leland, isn't it? - Yes, we're waiting for him.
1:18:21 > 1:18:25- Where is he? - Right in there, Mr Kane.
1:18:33 > 1:18:35Mr Kane...
1:18:36 > 1:18:39Mr Kane...
1:18:50 > 1:18:56Mr Leland and Mr Kane... they haven't spoken together for years.
1:19:00 > 1:19:04- You don't suppose...? - Nothing TO suppose.
1:19:06 > 1:19:08Excuse me.
1:19:24 > 1:19:26(Close the door.)
1:19:30 > 1:19:35He ain't been drinking before, Mr Kane. Never. We would've heard.
1:19:35 > 1:19:41What does it say...the notice? What's he written?
1:19:42 > 1:19:47"Miss Susan Alexander, a pretty but hopelessly incompetent amateur...
1:19:51 > 1:19:58"..last night opened the new Chicago Opera House in a performance of..."
1:20:00 > 1:20:04I still can't pronounce that name, Mr Kane.
1:20:06 > 1:20:11"Her singing, happily, is no concern of this department.
1:20:11 > 1:20:16"Of her acting, it is absolutely impossible to..."
1:20:17 > 1:20:19Go on.
1:20:20 > 1:20:23- Go on.- That's all there is.
1:20:36 > 1:20:44"..impossible to say anything but that in this reviewer's opinion it represents a new low." Got that?
1:20:44 > 1:20:48- I didn't see that. - I'm dictating it.
1:20:48 > 1:20:52- But, Mr Kane...- Get me a typewriter.
1:20:52 > 1:20:55I'm going to finish Mr Leland's notice.
1:21:12 > 1:21:15Hello, Bernstein.
1:21:20 > 1:21:22- Hello!- Hello, Mr Leland.
1:21:25 > 1:21:31- Where's my notice? I've got to finish it.- Mr Kane is finishing it.
1:21:31 > 1:21:33Charlie?
1:21:34 > 1:21:36Charlie?
1:21:38 > 1:21:42Charlie...out THERE?
1:21:42 > 1:21:44I guess he's fixing it up.
1:21:47 > 1:21:50I knew I'd never get that through.
1:21:50 > 1:21:55Mr Kane is finishing your review just the way you started it.
1:21:55 > 1:22:00He's writing a bad notice, like you wanted it to be.
1:22:01 > 1:22:03I guess that'll show you.
1:22:27 > 1:22:30Hello, Jedediah.
1:22:33 > 1:22:36Hello, Charlie.
1:22:36 > 1:22:39I didn't know we were speaking.
1:22:40 > 1:22:42Sure we're speaking, Jedediah.
1:22:42 > 1:22:45You're fired.
1:22:59 > 1:23:05- THOMPSON: - Everybody knows that story, Mr Leland, but why did he do it?
1:23:05 > 1:23:08You just don't know Charlie!
1:23:08 > 1:23:14He thought that by finishing it he could prove he was an honest man.
1:23:14 > 1:23:19Susie being an opera singer... THAT was trying to prove something.
1:23:19 > 1:23:24You know what the headline was the day before the election?
1:23:24 > 1:23:30"Candidate Kane in love nest with quote - singer - unquote."
1:23:30 > 1:23:35He was going to take the quotes off the singer! Hey, nurse!
1:23:35 > 1:23:43Five years ago he wrote to me from that place of his...Shangri La? El Dorado? Sloppy Joe's?
1:23:43 > 1:23:46What WAS the name of that place?
1:23:46 > 1:23:51Oh, all right...Xanadu. I knew it all the time.
1:23:51 > 1:23:55You knew I knew, didn't you?
1:23:55 > 1:24:01Well, I never even answered his letter. Maybe I should have.
1:24:01 > 1:24:05I guess he was pretty lonely down there all those years.
1:24:05 > 1:24:13He hadn't finished it when she left him. He never finished it, never finished anything, except my notice.
1:24:13 > 1:24:20- Of course, he built it for her. - That MUST have been love. - Oh, I don't know.
1:24:20 > 1:24:25He was disappointed in the world so he built his own. Nurse!
1:24:25 > 1:24:30- Oh! (Listen, young fellow, one thing you CAN do.)- Sure.
1:24:30 > 1:24:37(Stop at the cigar store and get me a couple of good ones.)
1:24:37 > 1:24:39- Be glad to.- Thank you.
1:24:39 > 1:24:42One is enough!
1:24:42 > 1:24:47Nurses were NO prettier when I was younger than they are today!
1:24:47 > 1:24:53- I'll take your arm, Mr Leland. - Fine... (Don't forget those cigars.
1:24:53 > 1:24:58(Wrap them like toothpaste so they won't stop them at the desk.)
1:24:58 > 1:25:04That young doctor of mine, he's got an idea he wants to keep me alive!
1:25:34 > 1:25:41I'd rather you just talked... Anything that comes into your mind about yourself and Mr Kane.
1:25:41 > 1:25:48You wouldn't want to know a lot of things in my mind about myself and Charlie Kane.
1:25:48 > 1:25:53Maybe I should never have sung for him the first time I met him.
1:25:53 > 1:25:57I did an awful lot of singing after that!
1:25:57 > 1:26:02To start with, I sang for teachers at a hundred bucks an hour.
1:26:02 > 1:26:09- The TEACHERS got that... - What did YOU get?- Not a thing. - But he married you, didn't he?
1:26:09 > 1:26:17He didn't mention anything about marriage until it got in the papers about us and he lost the election.
1:26:17 > 1:26:20Then that Norton woman divorced him.
1:26:20 > 1:26:28- He was interested in my voice. Why do you think he bought that Opera House?- I- didn't want it.
1:26:28 > 1:26:33It was HIS idea. Everything was...
1:26:33 > 1:26:37Except my leaving him.
1:26:41 > 1:26:46- # Il mio cor... # - # Il mio CO-O-O-OR! #
1:26:46 > 1:26:50Don't forget! Ta-ta-TA! Ta-ta-TA ! Ta-ta-TA!
1:26:50 > 1:26:55Now, don't get nervous! Da capo, huh?
1:26:55 > 1:26:58Please, look at ME, Mrs Kane.
1:26:58 > 1:27:03SHE SINGS IN ITALIAN WHILE HE SINGS ALONG:
1:27:03 > 1:27:08# Get the voice out of the throat, Place the tone right in the mask.
1:27:08 > 1:27:11FOLLOW ! Follow it! Ni-ni-NI!
1:27:11 > 1:27:14Roll the i's, go ahead!
1:27:14 > 1:27:16# Diaphragma! #
1:27:16 > 1:27:18Now!
1:27:18 > 1:27:20SHE MISSES THE NOTE
1:27:20 > 1:27:25HE HITS THE RIGHT NOTE AND SINGS IT VERY LOUDLY
1:27:29 > 1:27:32Some people can sing, some can't.
1:27:32 > 1:27:35Impossible! Impossible!
1:27:35 > 1:27:40It's not your job to give Mrs Kane your opinion of her talents.
1:27:40 > 1:27:45You're supposed to train her voice, Signor Matisti, nothing more.
1:27:45 > 1:27:53- Continue.- But...- Please. - But I will be the laughing stock of the musical world!
1:27:53 > 1:28:01- People will think...- You're worried about that? Well, I'm an authority on what people will think.
1:28:01 > 1:28:08The newspapers, for example. I run several of them between here and San Francisco.
1:28:08 > 1:28:12Don't worry, darling, he'll listen to reason.
1:28:12 > 1:28:15- How can I persuade you...?- You can't.
1:28:16 > 1:28:23HE WHISPERS IN ITALIAN AND THE PIANIST STARTS TO PLAY
1:28:23 > 1:28:28# Il mio cor ferito e gia,
1:28:28 > 1:28:34# E Lindor fuche il piago.
1:28:34 > 1:28:39- # Si, Lindor... - AGAIN SHE HITS THE WRONG NOTE
1:28:39 > 1:28:42It's all right, darling, go ahead.
1:28:42 > 1:28:50# Si, Lindoro mio sara,
1:28:52 > 1:28:59- # Lo giurai.... - I thought you'd see it my way. - # ..la vincero.
1:28:59 > 1:29:07# E Lindo-o-o-o-o-or... #
1:29:07 > 1:29:12- # Ah.... # - No, no, NO!
1:29:12 > 1:29:17You must wait for the chord! One AND two AND three...
1:29:20 > 1:29:22Places, everybody! >
1:29:28 > 1:29:31Places, please! >
1:29:35 > 1:29:40ORCHESTRA PLAYS THE OPENING CHORDS OF HER ARIA
1:29:42 > 1:29:47# Ah, cruel,
1:29:47 > 1:29:51# Tu m'as trop entendu.
1:29:51 > 1:29:55# Les dieux m'en sont temoins.
1:29:55 > 1:30:00# Ces dieux qui dans mon flanc
1:30:00 > 1:30:06# Ont allume le feu fatal
1:30:06 > 1:30:12# A tout mon sang.
1:30:29 > 1:30:35# Dites-moi comment que j'expie
1:30:35 > 1:30:38# Ce peche si fort.
1:30:40 > 1:30:45# Je ne peux pas
1:30:45 > 1:30:50# Je ne peux pas resister encore!
1:30:50 > 1:30:55# Ah, Dieux, arrachez-moi!
1:30:55 > 1:31:01- # Ce feu fatal allume... - This is perfectly DREADFUL! >
1:31:01 > 1:31:06# ..ma mort! #
1:31:08 > 1:31:14LAUGHTER IN THE AUDIENCE
1:31:14 > 1:31:20# Voila mon coeur, voila mon coeur!
1:31:20 > 1:31:25# C'est la que ta main doit frapper.
1:31:25 > 1:31:33# Voila mon coeur, frappez!
1:31:33 > 1:31:40# Prete-moi ton epee.
1:31:40 > 1:31:45# Frappez! #
1:32:01 > 1:32:05APPLAUSE DIES AWAY
1:32:24 > 1:32:28HE IS THE ONLY ONE APPLAUDING
1:32:39 > 1:32:44He can't be your friend, friends don't write that kind of review!
1:32:44 > 1:32:50I expected all the other papers to pan me but not the INQUIRER!
1:32:50 > 1:32:56- KNOCKING ON DOOR - Come in!- I'll go.- Some friend(!)
1:32:56 > 1:33:01- But, of course, I'm not high class like you...- That'll do, Susan.
1:33:01 > 1:33:04- Yes?- From Mr Leland, sir.- Leland?!
1:33:04 > 1:33:06- A message for you, sir.- Thanks, son.
1:33:06 > 1:33:09Is that something from HIM?
1:33:11 > 1:33:13CHARLIE!
1:33:13 > 1:33:17YOU ought to have your head examined!
1:33:17 > 1:33:23You write a letter firing him and put a 25,000 cheque in it(!)
1:33:23 > 1:33:25What kind of firing is THAT?!
1:33:25 > 1:33:29You DID send him a cheque, didn't you?
1:33:31 > 1:33:32Yes...
1:33:34 > 1:33:37I sent him a cheque for 25,000.
1:33:39 > 1:33:42What's that?
1:33:42 > 1:33:46- A Declaration of Principles.- What?
1:33:46 > 1:33:49- Hmmm?- What IS it ?!
1:33:52 > 1:33:55An antique.
1:33:55 > 1:33:58You're awful funny, aren't ya?
1:33:58 > 1:34:04One thing you're NOT going to be funny about is my singing... I'm THROUGH!
1:34:04 > 1:34:09- I never wanted to do it at all! - You'll continue with it, Susan.
1:34:09 > 1:34:12I won't be made to look ridiculous.
1:34:12 > 1:34:16YOU don't want to look ridiculous?!
1:34:16 > 1:34:21What about me? I'M the one who gets the raspberries!
1:34:21 > 1:34:26- Why can't you leave me ALONE?! - My reasons satisfy me, Susan.
1:34:27 > 1:34:30I will not tell them to you AGAIN.
1:34:35 > 1:34:37You'll continue with your singing.
1:34:44 > 1:34:47SUSAN SINGS IN BACKGROUND
1:35:30 > 1:35:33KNOCK ON DOOR
1:35:36 > 1:35:39KNOCKING BECOMES MORE INSISTENT
1:35:44 > 1:35:48THE KNOCKING BECOMES LOUD POUNDING
1:36:09 > 1:36:11Get Doctor Corey.
1:36:14 > 1:36:17(Susan.)
1:36:17 > 1:36:22She'll be perfectly all right in a day or two, Mr Kane.
1:36:22 > 1:36:27I can't imagine how Mrs Kane made such a foolish mistake.
1:36:27 > 1:36:31The sedatives were in a larger bottle.
1:36:31 > 1:36:36I guess the strain of preparing for the new opera has confused her.
1:36:36 > 1:36:38Yes, I'm sure that's it.
1:36:38 > 1:36:45- No objections to my staying here? - No, no, not at all.
1:36:45 > 1:36:47I'd like the nurse to stay, too.
1:36:47 > 1:36:50Goodnight, Mr Kane.
1:37:26 > 1:37:27Charlie...
1:37:30 > 1:37:33I couldn't make you see how I felt, Charlie.
1:37:33 > 1:37:38But I couldn't go through with the singing again.
1:37:38 > 1:37:43You don't know what it means to know that people are...
1:37:43 > 1:37:48that the whole audience just doesn't want you.
1:37:50 > 1:37:54That's when you've got to FIGHT them.
1:38:01 > 1:38:03All right...
1:38:03 > 1:38:07you won't have to fight them any more.
1:38:09 > 1:38:11It's their loss.
1:38:27 > 1:38:32- HIS VOICE ECHOES: - What are you doing?
1:38:32 > 1:38:35Jigsaw puzzles?
1:38:40 > 1:38:43Charlie, what time is it?
1:38:43 > 1:38:47- Eleven thirty.- In New York?
1:38:48 > 1:38:53- Hmm?- I said what time is it in New York?
1:38:53 > 1:38:55Eleven thirty.
1:38:55 > 1:38:59- At night?- Ah-hmm.
1:38:59 > 1:39:05- The Bulldog has just gone to press. - Well, hurray for the Bulldog(!)
1:39:05 > 1:39:09Gee, eleven thirty...
1:39:09 > 1:39:14The shows are just getting out. People are going to nightclubs.
1:39:14 > 1:39:20- But not US. WE live in a palace. - You always said you wanted to.
1:39:20 > 1:39:23But a person could go crazy in this dump!
1:39:23 > 1:39:27- Nobody to talk to, have fun with... - Susan!
1:39:27 > 1:39:3349 thousand acres of nothing but scenery and statues! I'm lonesome!
1:39:33 > 1:39:38Until yesterday we had fifty of your friends here.
1:39:38 > 1:39:43Look carefully in the west wing - there's probably some still there.
1:39:43 > 1:39:46You make a joke out of everything!
1:39:46 > 1:39:49Charlie, I want to go to New York.
1:39:49 > 1:39:54I'm TIRED of being a hostess, I wanna have FUN! PLEASE, Charlie.
1:39:56 > 1:39:59Charlie, PLEASE!
1:39:59 > 1:40:03Our home is here, Susan.
1:40:09 > 1:40:12I don't care to visit New York.
1:40:47 > 1:40:51What are you doing?
1:40:51 > 1:40:53Oh.
1:40:53 > 1:40:58Tell me, Susan...how do you know you haven't done them before?
1:40:58 > 1:41:02It makes a whole lot more sense than collecting statues.
1:41:02 > 1:41:08You may be right. I sometimes wonder...
1:41:08 > 1:41:11but you get into the habit.
1:41:11 > 1:41:14It's not a habit, I LIKE doing it.
1:41:14 > 1:41:19- I thought we'd have a picnic tomorrow.- Huh?
1:41:19 > 1:41:26- A picnic...invite everyone to spend the night at the Everglades. - Invite(!) ORDER them, you mean!
1:41:26 > 1:41:32Who wants to sleep in a tent when they can sleep in a nice room?
1:41:32 > 1:41:35I thought we'd have a picnic tomorrow, Susan.
1:41:38 > 1:41:42You never give me anything I REALLY care about.
1:41:53 > 1:41:58# It can't be love,
1:41:58 > 1:42:02# For there is no true love,
1:42:02 > 1:42:05# I know, I've played at the game,
1:42:05 > 1:42:08# Like a moth in a blue flame,
1:42:08 > 1:42:11# Lost in the end, just the same.
1:42:11 > 1:42:14# All these years,
1:42:14 > 1:42:20# My heart's been floating round in a puddle of tears,
1:42:20 > 1:42:23# I wonder what it is... #
1:42:23 > 1:42:28Oh, sure, you GIVE me things, but that don't mean ANYTHING to you!
1:42:28 > 1:42:32You're in a tent, darling, not at home.
1:42:32 > 1:42:37I'll hear you if you speak in a normal tone.
1:42:37 > 1:42:45You could buy me a bracelet, or pay 100,000 for a statue... It's just MONEY. It doesn't MEAN anything.
1:42:45 > 1:42:51- You NEVER give me ANYTHING that you really CARE about!- Susan, stop it.
1:42:51 > 1:42:58I WON'T stop! You just tried to buy ME, so I'd give YOU something!
1:42:58 > 1:43:00SUSAN!
1:43:00 > 1:43:05# It can't be love,
1:43:05 > 1:43:09# Oh, no, it can't be love... #
1:43:09 > 1:43:12MUSIC CONTINUES FAINTLY
1:43:17 > 1:43:22- Whatever I do, I do because I love you.- You don't love me!
1:43:22 > 1:43:27You want ME to love YOU! "I'm Charles Foster Kane...
1:43:27 > 1:43:32"Have anything you want... but LOVE me"!
1:43:37 > 1:43:41Don't tell me you're sorry.
1:43:41 > 1:43:44I'm not sorry.
1:43:55 > 1:44:00Mr Kane, Mrs Kane would like to see you, sir.
1:44:03 > 1:44:07Maria's been packing her things since morning.
1:44:12 > 1:44:17- Tell Arnold I'm ready, Maria. He can get the bags.- Yes, madam.
1:44:18 > 1:44:21Have you gone completely crazy?
1:44:21 > 1:44:26Our guests, everyone here will know about this.
1:44:26 > 1:44:31That I've left you? Of course they'll know.
1:44:31 > 1:44:37I'm not saying goodbye to them, but I imagine they'll get to know.
1:44:38 > 1:44:42I won't let you go.
1:44:49 > 1:44:51Goodbye, Charlie.
1:44:53 > 1:44:55Susan...
1:45:04 > 1:45:07PLEASE don't go.
1:45:08 > 1:45:10No...
1:45:12 > 1:45:14Please, Susan.
1:45:17 > 1:45:22From now on everything will be exactly the way YOU want it to be,
1:45:22 > 1:45:26not the way I THINK you want it... YOUR way.
1:45:33 > 1:45:35You mustn't go.
1:45:36 > 1:45:39You can't do this to me.
1:45:41 > 1:45:43I see.
1:45:43 > 1:45:47It's YOU this is being done to.
1:45:47 > 1:45:51It's not me, at all, not what it means to ME.
1:45:52 > 1:45:55I can't do this to you?
1:45:55 > 1:45:58Oh, yes, I can.
1:46:18 > 1:46:23- I lost all my money, too.- The last ten years have been tough on people.
1:46:23 > 1:46:29They weren't tough, I just lost all my money. So, you're off to Xanadu?
1:46:29 > 1:46:34Rawlston wants all that art stuff photographed for our magazine.
1:46:34 > 1:46:42If you're smart, you'll speak to Raymond, the butler. He knows where all the bodies are buried.
1:46:42 > 1:46:46You know, I feel kind of sorry for Mr Kane.
1:46:47 > 1:46:50- Don't you think- I- do?
1:46:54 > 1:46:58What do you know? It's morning already!
1:47:01 > 1:47:05Tell me the story of YOUR life sometime.
1:47:12 > 1:47:14Rosebud?
1:47:16 > 1:47:23I'll tell you about Rosebud, Mr Thompson. How much is it worth to you...a thousand dollars?
1:47:28 > 1:47:30Okay.
1:47:33 > 1:47:35Well, I'll tell you, Mr Thompson.
1:47:35 > 1:47:40- He acted kind of funny sometimes, you know?- No, I didn't.
1:47:40 > 1:47:43Yes, he did crazy things sometimes.
1:47:43 > 1:47:48I've been here 11 years, running the place, so I ought to know.
1:47:48 > 1:47:51- Rosebud...- Yes?
1:47:51 > 1:47:55Like I said, the old man acted kind of funny sometimes.
1:47:55 > 1:48:02- Did he need a lot of service? - Yeah...but I knew how to handle him.
1:48:02 > 1:48:04Like the time his wife left him.
1:48:04 > 1:48:06COCKATOO SCREAMS
1:50:20 > 1:50:22(Rosebud.)
1:51:30 > 1:51:34I see. And that's what you know about Rosebud?
1:51:34 > 1:51:39Yeah. I heard him say it that other time, too.
1:51:39 > 1:51:42He just said..."Rosebud".
1:51:42 > 1:51:47Then he dropped the glass ball and it broke on the floor.
1:51:47 > 1:51:52He didn't say anything after that and I knew he was dead.
1:51:52 > 1:51:58- He said lots of meaningless things. - Sentimental, aren't you? - Mmmm...yes and no.
1:51:58 > 1:52:03- Well, THAT isn't worth 1,000. - You can keep on asking questions.
1:52:03 > 1:52:06We're leaving tonight...
1:52:06 > 1:52:08When we've taken enough pictures.
1:52:08 > 1:52:13Allow yourself plenty of time. The trains, they won't wait.
1:52:13 > 1:52:18I can remember when they'd wait all day if Mr Kane told them to.
1:52:18 > 1:52:21Donatello, acquired Italy, 1921. >
1:52:21 > 1:52:24 I've got that one already.
1:52:27 > 1:52:31< Hey, can we come down? Yeah, we're leaving! >
1:52:31 > 1:52:33Okay, here we come!
1:52:33 > 1:52:38- How much do you think all this is worth, Mr Thompson?- Millions.
1:52:38 > 1:52:43- If anybody WANTS it.- At least he brought it all to America.
1:52:43 > 1:52:46ANOTHER Venus! 25,000!
1:52:46 > 1:52:51A lot of money for a dame without a head! >
1:52:51 > 1:52:55- The banks are out of luck, then? - Oh, they'll clear all right.
1:52:55 > 1:53:00< "Welcome home, Mr Kane, from 467 employees of the Inquirer".
1:53:00 > 1:53:08"One stove, from the estate of Mary Kane." We have to photograph the junk, too.
1:53:09 > 1:53:12- He sure liked to collect things! - Everything!
1:53:12 > 1:53:19A regular crow, huh? Look, a jigsaw puzzle. We got a lot of those.
1:53:19 > 1:53:23There's a Burmese temple down the hall.
1:53:23 > 1:53:31Put all this together, palaces, paintings...what would it spell?
1:53:32 > 1:53:39- Charles Foster Kane. - Or Rosebud? Huh, Jerry? < What's Rosebud?
1:53:39 > 1:53:42 That's what he said when he died.
1:53:42 > 1:53:49- Did you find out what it meant?- No. - What DID you find out?- Not much.
1:53:51 > 1:53:53We'd better get started.
1:53:53 > 1:53:56 So what HAVE you been doing?
1:53:58 > 1:54:00Playing with a jigsaw puzzle.
1:54:00 > 1:54:04 Maybe if we knew what Rosebud meant, it would explain everything.
1:54:04 > 1:54:06No, I don't think so.
1:54:06 > 1:54:11Mr Kane got everything he wanted and then lost it.
1:54:11 > 1:54:16Maybe Rosebud was something he couldn't get, or that he lost.
1:54:16 > 1:54:21But I don't think ANY word can explain a man's life.
1:54:21 > 1:54:26I guess Rosebud is just a piece in a jigsaw puzzle...
1:54:26 > 1:54:30A missing piece.
1:54:33 > 1:54:40Well, come on, everybody, or we'll miss the train.
1:55:46 > 1:55:48Throw that junk in, too.
1:57:22 > 1:57:26Maybe I was a stooge, hmm?
1:57:26 > 1:57:29Everything was his idea...
1:57:29 > 1:57:33except my leaving him.
1:57:33 > 1:57:36His trunk's all packed...
1:57:36 > 1:57:39Been packed for a week now.
1:57:39 > 1:57:43I'd prefer a flesh and blood rival.
1:57:45 > 1:57:48You need more than ONE lesson...
1:57:48 > 1:57:50and you'll GET more than one.
1:57:55 > 1:58:01Busy? I'm Chairman of the Board! I got nothing BUT time!
1:58:01 > 1:58:03What do you want to know?
1:58:03 > 1:58:07We want to know what he meant by his last words.
1:58:07 > 1:58:13- Sentimental, aren't you? - Mmmm...yes and no.
1:58:13 > 1:58:16"It would be fun to run a newspaper."
1:58:16 > 1:58:20FUN to run a NEWSPAPER(!)
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