Citizen Kane

A rich man whom the world knew by Kane, dies and utters the word “Rosebud” as his final remark. The town spends several precious hours investigating in attempts to decipher, what this last word could have meant. Reporters prod through his life speaking to past loves, and people who were closet to him.

Citizen Kane Movie cover 

Kane was known by many things throughout his city. He was called a collector, humanitarian at sorts, newspaper tycoon, but most importantly he was called millionaire. Though, he lived a rich life, he was not rich in the beginning, living with his mother she cautiously signed him over to a wealthy men. When the film visits this flashback it shows a young Kane happily prancing through the snow, and holding a sled, but then he hears the news and is immediately broken. Reporters had no power to investigate this memory, thus no power to know that rosebud was Kane’s childhood sled, which was incinerated inside his mansion.

Kane's childhood sled

The renowned Kane is played by Orson Welles. Jedediah Leland Kane's friend and colleague is portrayed by Joseph Cotten. Susan Alexander who was his mistress help the reporters to shed light onto the case and is played by Dorothy Comingore.