Kane/Ambersons links and info of interest

[Wellesnet]

"I Remember Mama" is a lot like Ambersons (2006) by Tony

Just saw "I Remember Mama" on TCM; reminded me very much of "Ambersons". Much of the tone was elegiac and nostalgic, as were parts of "Ambersons". Gorgeous B&W cinematography, including some very natural outdoor shots and interiors that show ceilings. All about a family, too, including the relating of different generations and the death of a member (Uncle Chris); but here is where the films part, as the death of the uncle is sad but unltimately soft-pedalled, whereas Welles hits us hard with the death of Isabel. Still, I was thinking as "Mama" was a post-war picture, and a great success, that people were much readier for slower paced and more thoughtful material then than during the early months of the war. It seems to me that if RKO had cut nothing of "Ambersons" but had only changed the ending visually, to simply show Eugene being forgiven by Georgie in the hospital room with Lucy and Fanny looking on, and kept the voice-over of Eugene's letter about what happened, they would have had a hit on their hands if thay had released it after the war. As it was, in 1942 they did modest business and it was nominated for 3 oscars including Best Picture; who knows what it would have done were it released to a more welcoming post-war market?

Oh yes- "I Remember Mama" is an RKO picture, too, was set between 1910 and about 1915, and runs 134 minutes. As Welles said, you really need a couple of hours to establish the depth and breadth of that kind of story.

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During the production of Kane... (2008) by Dhaussie

I have two questions:

1...At what point did the title of the movie get changed from "American" to "Citizen Kane"?

2...While it was being filmed, did people in Hollywood (not connected with the movie) know that it was based on the life of Hearst? Or was it not until the movie was made and previewed that it dawned on people (like Louella Parsons) what Welles had made?

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[Wellesnet]

2011

Ambersons Lobby Card signed by Welles and Robert Wise - by Ray Kelly
On eBay, a lobby card depicting the deleted boarding house scene (supposedly) signed by Welles and Wise, went unsold.
Bidding started at $500. It appears the reserve price was $1,200 when the auction ended on Sept. 5.
I wonder who signed it first and the reaction of the second signer when asked to autograph it.

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2012

Here's an interview with Peter Bogdanovich for the 70th anniversary of CITIZEN KANE:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDiJU1rwGyo

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Video: The Citizen Kane Pitch Meeting
It's pretty funny
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wd9z9Y-q3Is&feature=player_embedded#!

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Herman Mankiewicz Oscar for Citizen Kane to be auctioned -
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/oscars/9097496/Fifteen-Oscars-statuettes-to-be-auctioned.html

The Oscars that will go up for grabs (Feb. 28, 2012) two days after the 2012 Academy Awards ceremony include the one given to writer Herman Mankiewicz for his "Citizen Kane" screenplay with Orson Welles, Los Angeles auctioneers Nate D Sanders said. Welles' own best screenplay Oscar for the 1941 movie – regarded as one of the best films ever made – fetched $861,542 at a Nate D Sanders auction in December.

Note: Other Oscars up for sale include Gregg Toland's 1939 Academy Award for "Wuthering Heights." The auction house said it expects the 15 Oscar statuettes to fetch about $2 million.

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2013

Mank Family introduces Kane on TCM-
http://www.wellesnet.com/?p=6845

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[Wellesnet]

2015

"A Poco No," the basis of "Oh, Mr. Kane!" - by Colmena

Should anyone be curious, here's a contemporary recording of "A Poco No," the basis of "Oh, Mr. Kane!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQsXbh2j7_U

And here's a primitive 1938 version, from a movie. Before CK, that is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssbB-V0ssjA

There are also two instrumental versions on ukelele to be found on Youtube.
But none by Pepe Guizar, the composer.

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1981 Citizen Kane cast interview -

Welles, Paul Stewart, and Ruth Warrick:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1EbBg_zOZQ

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2016

Kane 75th anniversary -

"What critics were saying when ‘Citizen Kane’ opened 75 years ago":
http://www.wellesnet.com/

Simpsons tribute to Kane:
http://uproxx.com/movies/citizen-kane-simpsons-homages/

Variety on Welles's Hell to get the film released:
http://variety.com/2016/film/news/citiz ... 201750801/

The Telegraph on "75 Years of Citizen Kane":
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/desti ... izen-kane/

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AFI Citizen Kane 75th showing with Beatrice & Bogdanovich -
Photos, coverage of AFI Fest 2016 salute to ‘Citizen Kane’:
http://www.wellesnet.com/photos-from-af ... izen-kane/

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Kane 75th roundtable discussion for Digital Bits -
With Welles scholars Joe McBride, Patrick McGiligan and James Naremore:
http://www.thedigitalbits.com/columns/h ... nniversary

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[Wellesnet]

Cinephilia Beyond on Ambersons:
https://cinephiliabeyond.org/magnificen ... sterpiece/

[Wellesnet]

Hardball host Chris Matthews offers his views on "Citizen Kane":
http://www.wellesnet.com/hardball-ancho ... izen-kane/

[Roger Ryan]

Although rife with typographical errors, the information on this site seems to imply that the primitive steam-powered auto shown being driven by Eugene Morgan in the opening scenes of Ambersons was a one-of-a-kind novelty car created by circus showman Achille Philion in the late 1880's. After Philion's death, his steamer car was acquired by a "motion picture entrepreneur" and used in Welles' film and others...

http://www.virtualsteamcarmuseum.org/ma ... _1892.html