1 00:01:58,230 --> 00:01:59,925 Rosebud. 2 00:02:38,070 --> 00:02:40,231 News on the March. 3 00:02:59,759 --> 00:03:01,818 Legendary was the Xanadu... 4 00:03:01,894 --> 00:03:05,489 ...where Kubla Khan decreed his stately pleasure dome. 5 00:03:05,564 --> 00:03:09,056 Today almost as legendary as Florida's Xanadu... 6 00:03:09,168 --> 00:03:11,500 ...the world's largest private pleasure ground. 7 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:17,539 Here on the deserts of the Gulf Coast, a private mountain... 8 00:03:17,610 --> 00:03:19,601 ...was commissioned and successfully built. 9 00:03:19,678 --> 00:03:23,239 One hundred thousand trees, twenty thousand tons of marble... 10 00:03:23,315 --> 00:03:25,909 ...are the ingredients of Xanadu's mountain. 11 00:03:26,986 --> 00:03:29,420 Contents of Xanadu's palace: 12 00:03:29,488 --> 00:03:33,652 Paintings, pictures, statues, various stones of other palaces. 13 00:03:34,059 --> 00:03:35,924 A collection of everything. 14 00:03:35,995 --> 00:03:39,260 So big it can never be catalogued or appraised. 15 00:03:39,331 --> 00:03:43,199 Enough for 10 museums, the loot of the world. 16 00:03:46,772 --> 00:03:48,740 Xanadu's livestock... 17 00:03:49,809 --> 00:03:55,304 ...the fowl of the air, the fish of the sea, the beast of the field and jungle... 18 00:03:55,614 --> 00:03:59,880 ...two of each, the biggest private zoo since Noah. 19 00:04:00,553 --> 00:04:02,384 Like the Pharaohs... 20 00:04:02,555 --> 00:04:06,514 ...Xanadu's landlord leaves many stones to mark his grave. 21 00:04:08,060 --> 00:04:09,584 Since the Pyramids... 22 00:04:09,829 --> 00:04:12,525 ...Xanadu is the costliest monument... 23 00:04:12,598 --> 00:04:15,032 ...a man has built to himself. 24 00:04:28,113 --> 00:04:30,741 Here in Xanadu last week... 25 00:04:31,116 --> 00:04:33,983 ...Xanadu's landlord was laid to rest. 26 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:37,050 A potent figure of our century... 27 00:04:37,156 --> 00:04:39,317 ...America's Kubla Khan: 28 00:04:39,792 --> 00:04:41,623 Charles Foster Kane. 29 00:05:09,088 --> 00:05:14,116 Its humble beginnings, in this ramshackle building, a dying daily. 30 00:05:14,226 --> 00:05:16,820 Kane's empire, in its glory... 31 00:05:16,996 --> 00:05:20,955 ...held dominion over 37 newspapers, two syndicates... 32 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:25,728 ...a radio network, an empire upon an empire. 33 00:05:26,071 --> 00:05:29,939 The first of grocery stores, paper mills... 34 00:05:30,075 --> 00:05:35,741 ...apartment buildings, factories, forests, ocean liners. 35 00:05:35,814 --> 00:05:39,181 An empire through which for 50 years... 36 00:05:39,251 --> 00:05:41,685 ...flowed in an unending stream... 37 00:05:41,954 --> 00:05:45,185 ...the wealth of the Earth's third richest gold mine. 38 00:05:46,558 --> 00:05:49,755 Famed in American legend is the origin of the Kane fortune. 39 00:05:49,828 --> 00:05:55,425 How, to boarding housekeeper Mary Kane, by a defaulting boarder, in 1868... 40 00:05:55,501 --> 00:05:59,369 ...was left the supposedly worthless deed to an abandoned mineshaft: 41 00:05:59,438 --> 00:06:02,566 The Colorado Lode. 42 00:06:02,641 --> 00:06:06,805 Fifty-seven years later, before a congressional investigation... 43 00:06:06,879 --> 00:06:10,337 ... Walter P. Thatcher, grand old man of Wall Street... 44 00:06:10,416 --> 00:06:14,147 ...for years chief target of Kane papers' attacks on trusts... 45 00:06:14,219 --> 00:06:16,619 ...recalls a journey he made as a youth. 46 00:06:16,689 --> 00:06:20,125 My firm had been appointed trustee by Mrs.Kane... 47 00:06:20,192 --> 00:06:22,524 ...for a large fortune she recently acquired. 48 00:06:22,594 --> 00:06:26,690 It was her wish that I take charge of this boy, Charles Foster Kane. 49 00:06:26,765 --> 00:06:31,498 Chief, is it not, that on this occasion, Charles Foster Kane... 50 00:06:31,603 --> 00:06:36,438 ...personally attacked you after striking you in the stomach with a sled? 51 00:06:36,976 --> 00:06:39,911 I shall read to the committee a prepared statement... 52 00:06:39,979 --> 00:06:45,440 ...which I have brought with me, and then refuse to answer questions. 53 00:06:45,918 --> 00:06:49,285 Mr.Charles Foster Kane, in every essence of his social beliefs... 54 00:06:49,355 --> 00:06:52,347 ...and by the dangerous manner he has persistently attacked... 55 00:06:52,424 --> 00:06:54,688 ...American traditions of private property... 56 00:06:54,760 --> 00:06:57,126 ...initiative and opportunity for advancement... 57 00:06:57,196 --> 00:07:01,098 ...is, in fact, nothing more or less than a communist. 58 00:07:01,200 --> 00:07:03,691 That same month in Union Square.... 59 00:07:03,769 --> 00:07:06,431 The words "Charles Foster Kane"... 60 00:07:06,505 --> 00:07:10,032 ...are a menace to every workingman in this land. 61 00:07:10,342 --> 00:07:15,712 He is today what he has always been and always will be: a fascist. 62 00:07:16,148 --> 00:07:18,048 And still another opinion.... 63 00:07:35,067 --> 00:07:38,559 Kane urged his country's entry into one war... 64 00:07:38,771 --> 00:07:41,365 ...opposed participation in another. 65 00:07:41,640 --> 00:07:45,440 Won the election to one American president at least. 66 00:07:45,644 --> 00:07:48,272 Spoke for millions of Americans. 67 00:07:49,248 --> 00:07:51,842 Was hated by as many more. 68 00:07:52,184 --> 00:07:55,745 For 40 years appeared in Kane newsprint... 69 00:07:55,988 --> 00:08:00,322 ...no public issue on which Kane papers took no stand. 70 00:08:00,726 --> 00:08:06,096 No public man whom Kane himself did not support or denounce. 71 00:08:06,165 --> 00:08:10,192 Often support, then denounce. 72 00:08:18,510 --> 00:08:21,911 Twice married, twice divorced. 73 00:08:22,247 --> 00:08:24,545 First to a president's niece... 74 00:08:24,616 --> 00:08:27,710 ...Emily Norton, who left him in 1916. 75 00:08:28,287 --> 00:08:31,848 Died 1918 in a motor accident with their son. 76 00:08:34,326 --> 00:08:36,658 Sixteen years after his first marriage... 77 00:08:36,728 --> 00:08:39,060 ...two weeks after his first divorce... 78 00:08:39,264 --> 00:08:41,425 ...Kane married Susan Alexander... 79 00:08:41,500 --> 00:08:44,765 ...singer, at the Town Hall in Trenton, New Jersey. 80 00:08:45,571 --> 00:08:50,838 For wife two, one-time opera-singing Susan Alexander... 81 00:08:51,043 --> 00:08:54,308 ...Kane built Chicago's Municipal Opera House. 82 00:08:54,413 --> 00:08:56,779 Cost: $3 million. 83 00:08:56,915 --> 00:09:03,047 Conceived for Susan Alexander Kane, half-finished before she divorced him... 84 00:09:03,122 --> 00:09:05,113 ...the still unfinished... 85 00:09:05,324 --> 00:09:06,723 ...Xanadu. 86 00:09:06,792 --> 00:09:09,989 Cost: No man can say. 87 00:09:13,332 --> 00:09:16,631 Kane, molder of mass opinion though he was... 88 00:09:16,835 --> 00:09:19,497 ...in all his life was never granted elective office... 89 00:09:19,571 --> 00:09:21,266 ...by the voters of his country. 90 00:09:21,340 --> 00:09:24,104 But Kane papers were once strong indeed... 91 00:09:24,243 --> 00:09:26,734 ...and once the prize seemed almost his. 92 00:09:27,012 --> 00:09:30,470 In 1916, as independent candidate for governor... 93 00:09:30,549 --> 00:09:32,983 ...the best elements of the state behind him... 94 00:09:33,051 --> 00:09:37,920 ...the White House seemingly the next easy step in a lightning political career... 95 00:09:37,990 --> 00:09:41,858 ...then suddenly, less than one week before election... 96 00:09:42,427 --> 00:09:43,894 ...defeat. 97 00:09:43,962 --> 00:09:46,157 Shameful, ignominious. 98 00:09:46,865 --> 00:09:50,392 Defeat that set back for 20 years the cause of reform in the U.S... 99 00:09:50,469 --> 00:09:54,235 ...forever cancelled political chances for Charles Foster Kane. 100 00:09:57,342 --> 00:10:00,368 Then, in the first year of the Great Depression... 101 00:10:00,979 --> 00:10:03,140 ...a Kane paper closes. 102 00:10:03,282 --> 00:10:06,979 For Kane, in four short years, collapse. 103 00:10:07,386 --> 00:10:12,585 Eleven Kane papers merged, more sold, scrapped. 104 00:10:22,234 --> 00:10:23,326 Is that correct? 105 00:10:23,402 --> 00:10:25,734 Don't believe everything you hear on the radio. 106 00:10:25,804 --> 00:10:29,740 - Read the Inquirer. - How were business conditions in Europe? 107 00:10:29,808 --> 00:10:33,744 How did I find business conditions in Europe, Mr.Bones? 108 00:10:33,879 --> 00:10:35,574 With great difficulty. 109 00:10:38,116 --> 00:10:39,777 Are you glad to be back? 110 00:10:39,851 --> 00:10:42,376 I'm always glad to be back. I'm an American. 111 00:10:43,288 --> 00:10:45,813 Always been an American. Anything else? 112 00:10:45,891 --> 00:10:48,985 When I was a reporter, we asked them quicker than that. 113 00:10:49,061 --> 00:10:51,586 What do you think of the chances for war in Europe? 114 00:10:51,663 --> 00:10:55,963 I talked with the responsible leaders of England, France, Germany and Italy. 115 00:10:56,134 --> 00:10:58,568 They're too intelligent to embark on a project... 116 00:10:58,637 --> 00:11:01,128 ...that would mean the end of civilization. 117 00:11:01,306 --> 00:11:04,798 You can take my word for it, there will be no war. 118 00:11:09,214 --> 00:11:11,842 Kane helped to change the world... 119 00:11:11,984 --> 00:11:14,646 ...but Kane's world now is history... 120 00:11:14,720 --> 00:11:18,156 ...and the great yellow journalist himself lived to be history... 121 00:11:18,223 --> 00:11:20,555 ...outlived his power to make it. 122 00:11:21,426 --> 00:11:25,453 Alone in his never-finished, already decaying pleasure palace... 123 00:11:25,697 --> 00:11:29,098 ...aloof, seldom visited, never photographed... 124 00:11:29,401 --> 00:11:33,394 ...an emperor of newsprint continued to direct his failing empire. 125 00:11:34,006 --> 00:11:36,804 Vainly attempted to sway, as he once did... 126 00:11:37,175 --> 00:11:40,576 ...the destinies of a nation that had ceased to listen to him... 127 00:11:40,646 --> 00:11:42,409 ...ceased to trust him. 128 00:11:44,416 --> 00:11:48,477 Then last week, as it must to all men... 129 00:11:49,421 --> 00:11:52,015 ...death came to Charles Foster Kane. 130 00:11:52,958 --> 00:11:54,823 News on the March. 131 00:11:59,998 --> 00:12:01,226 That's it. 132 00:12:01,933 --> 00:12:04,868 Stand by. I'll tell you if we want to run it again. 133 00:12:04,936 --> 00:12:07,598 - How about it, Mr.Rawlston? - How do you like it, boys? 134 00:12:07,673 --> 00:12:11,575 - Seventy years in a man's life. - That's a lot to try to get into a newsreel. 135 00:12:11,643 --> 00:12:14,111 It's a good short, but what it needs is an angle. 136 00:12:14,179 --> 00:12:17,478 All we saw on that screen was that Charles Foster Kane is dead. 137 00:12:17,549 --> 00:12:19,642 I know that. I read the papers. 138 00:12:19,718 --> 00:12:22,209 It isn't enough to tell us what a man did... 139 00:12:22,521 --> 00:12:25,684 ...you've got to tell us who he was. 140 00:12:25,757 --> 00:12:29,056 Wait a minute. What were Kane's last words? 141 00:12:29,127 --> 00:12:31,095 Do you remember, boys? 142 00:12:31,163 --> 00:12:33,631 What were the last words he said on Earth? 143 00:12:33,699 --> 00:12:35,792 Maybe he told us about himself on his deathbed. 144 00:12:35,867 --> 00:12:38,961 - Maybe he didn't. - All we saw was a big American. 145 00:12:39,037 --> 00:12:42,063 How did he differ from Ford, Hearst or John Doe? 146 00:12:42,541 --> 00:12:44,771 I tell you, a man's dying words-- 147 00:12:44,876 --> 00:12:46,810 What were they? You don't read the papers. 148 00:12:46,878 --> 00:12:49,403 When Charles Foster Kane died, he said one word: 149 00:12:49,481 --> 00:12:50,470 "Rosebud." 150 00:12:50,549 --> 00:12:52,312 That's all he said? Tough guy. 151 00:12:52,384 --> 00:12:54,682 Yes, "Rosebud." Just that one word. 152 00:12:55,020 --> 00:12:56,715 - But who is she? - What was it? 153 00:12:56,788 --> 00:12:58,949 Here's a man who could've been president... 154 00:12:59,024 --> 00:13:01,322 ...who was as loved, hated and talked about... 155 00:13:01,393 --> 00:13:03,953 ...as any man in our time, but when he dies... 156 00:13:04,029 --> 00:13:06,293 ...something is on his mind called Rosebud. 157 00:13:06,365 --> 00:13:08,833 - What does that mean? - A racehorse he bet on once. 158 00:13:08,900 --> 00:13:11,266 - That didn't come in. - But what was the race? 159 00:13:11,336 --> 00:13:12,496 Rosebud. 160 00:13:12,571 --> 00:13:13,401 - Thompson. - Yes. 161 00:13:13,472 --> 00:13:15,406 Hold this up a week, two if you must. 162 00:13:15,474 --> 00:13:17,271 Don't you think right after he's dead-- 163 00:13:17,342 --> 00:13:20,470 Find out about Rosebud. Get in touch with anybody who knew him... 164 00:13:20,545 --> 00:13:22,035 ...or knew him well. 165 00:13:22,381 --> 00:13:24,008 That manager of his.... 166 00:13:24,082 --> 00:13:26,573 Bernstein. His second wife. She's still living. 167 00:13:26,651 --> 00:13:27,913 Susan Alexander Kane. 168 00:13:27,986 --> 00:13:30,853 - She runs a nightclub in Atlantic City. - That's right. 169 00:13:30,922 --> 00:13:34,358 See them all. Get in touch with everybody that ever worked for him... 170 00:13:34,426 --> 00:13:37,327 ...whoever loved him, whoever hated his guts. 171 00:13:37,662 --> 00:13:40,654 I don't mean go through the city directory of course. 172 00:13:40,732 --> 00:13:42,324 I'll get on it right away. 173 00:13:42,401 --> 00:13:45,131 Good. Rosebud, dead or alive. 174 00:13:45,937 --> 00:13:48,531 It will probably turn out to be a very simple thing. 175 00:14:27,979 --> 00:14:29,503 Miss Alexander. 176 00:14:30,715 --> 00:14:32,945 This is Mr.Thompson, Miss Alexander. 177 00:14:33,118 --> 00:14:35,416 I want another drink, John. 178 00:14:38,356 --> 00:14:41,291 Right away. Will you have something, Mr.Thompson? 179 00:14:41,359 --> 00:14:44,886 - I'll have a highball, please. - Who told you you could sit down? 180 00:14:46,765 --> 00:14:48,699 I thought maybe we could have a talk. 181 00:14:48,767 --> 00:14:50,234 Think again. 182 00:14:51,503 --> 00:14:53,801 Can't you people leave me alone? 183 00:14:53,905 --> 00:14:56,135 I'm minding my own business, you mind yours. 184 00:14:56,208 --> 00:14:59,143 If I could just have a talk with you, Miss Alexander. I'd-- 185 00:14:59,211 --> 00:15:00,735 Get out of here. 186 00:15:02,547 --> 00:15:03,775 Get out! 187 00:15:05,150 --> 00:15:06,640 - Sorry. - Get out. 188 00:15:06,952 --> 00:15:09,420 - Maybe some other time. - Get out. 189 00:15:20,432 --> 00:15:21,558 Gino. 190 00:15:23,468 --> 00:15:25,197 Get her another highball. 191 00:15:25,670 --> 00:15:28,230 She just won't talk to nobody, Mr.Thompson. 192 00:15:28,306 --> 00:15:29,398 Okay. 193 00:15:31,510 --> 00:15:34,206 - Another double? - Yeah. 194 00:15:35,180 --> 00:15:36,943 Hello, I want New York City. 195 00:15:37,015 --> 00:15:41,509 Courtland 79970. This is Atlantic City 46827. All right. 196 00:15:44,656 --> 00:15:46,180 She's.... 197 00:15:46,925 --> 00:15:48,517 She'll snap out of it. 198 00:15:48,693 --> 00:15:51,992 Why, until he died, she'd just as soon talk about Mr.Kane as any-- 199 00:15:52,063 --> 00:15:53,462 - Hello. - Sooner. 200 00:15:53,598 --> 00:15:56,192 This is Thompson. Let me talk to the chief. 201 00:15:58,003 --> 00:15:59,994 Mr.Rawlston? She won't talk. 202 00:16:00,238 --> 00:16:03,105 The second Mrs.Kane. About Rosebud or anything else. 203 00:16:03,174 --> 00:16:04,937 I'm calling from Atlantic City. 204 00:16:05,010 --> 00:16:08,639 Tomorrow I'll go to Philadelphia, to Thatcher Library, to see his diary. 205 00:16:08,713 --> 00:16:10,078 They're expecting me. 206 00:16:10,148 --> 00:16:13,675 Then I've a meeting with his general manager in New York. Bernstein. 207 00:16:13,785 --> 00:16:15,252 Then I'm coming back here. 208 00:16:15,320 --> 00:16:18,289 Yeah, I'll see everybody that's still alive. Goodbye. 209 00:16:20,258 --> 00:16:21,247 - Hey.... - John. 210 00:16:21,326 --> 00:16:23,157 You just might be able to help me. 211 00:16:23,228 --> 00:16:26,925 When she used to talk about Mr.Kane, did she ever mention Rosebud? 212 00:16:27,499 --> 00:16:28,830 "Rosebud"? 213 00:16:29,200 --> 00:16:31,225 Thank you, Mr.Thompson, thanks. 214 00:16:31,736 --> 00:16:35,729 As a matter of fact, just the other day, when the papers were full of it... 215 00:16:37,208 --> 00:16:39,335 ...I asked her. 216 00:16:39,878 --> 00:16:42,005 She never heard of Rosebud. 217 00:16:54,192 --> 00:16:58,754 The directors of the Thatcher Memorial Library have asked me to remind you... 218 00:16:58,930 --> 00:17:01,592 ...about the conditions under which you may... 219 00:17:01,666 --> 00:17:04,829 ...inspect certain portions of Mr.Thatcher's unpublished memoirs. 220 00:17:04,903 --> 00:17:07,531 - I remember them. - Yes, Jennings, I'll bring him in. 221 00:17:07,606 --> 00:17:10,166 - All I want is an hour-- - Under no circumstances... 222 00:17:10,241 --> 00:17:14,007 ...are direct quotes from his manuscript to be used by you. You may follow me. 223 00:17:14,079 --> 00:17:16,274 That's all right. I'm just looking for-- 224 00:17:29,027 --> 00:17:30,654 Jennings. 225 00:17:35,667 --> 00:17:37,157 Thank you, Jennings. 226 00:17:37,802 --> 00:17:41,033 You will be required to leave this room at 4:30 promptly. 227 00:17:41,339 --> 00:17:43,899 You will confine yourself, it is our understanding... 228 00:17:43,975 --> 00:17:47,467 ...to the chapters in Mr.Thatcher's manuscript regarding Mr.Kane. 229 00:17:47,545 --> 00:17:49,445 That's all I'm interested in. 230 00:17:50,348 --> 00:17:51,747 Thank you. 231 00:17:53,051 --> 00:17:55,986 Pages 83 to 142. 232 00:18:34,426 --> 00:18:36,189 Come on, boys. 233 00:18:36,361 --> 00:18:37,692 Be careful, Charles. 234 00:18:37,862 --> 00:18:38,692 Mrs.Kane. 235 00:18:38,763 --> 00:18:40,958 Pull your muffler around your neck, Charles. 236 00:18:41,032 --> 00:18:43,296 Mrs.Kane, I think we'll have to tell him now. 237 00:18:43,368 --> 00:18:46,860 Yes, I'll sign those papers now, Mr.Thatcher. 238 00:18:47,505 --> 00:18:50,338 You people seem to forget that I'm the boy's father. 239 00:18:50,408 --> 00:18:53,343 It's going to be done exactly the way I've told Mr.Thatcher. 240 00:18:53,411 --> 00:18:57,142 There's nothing wrong with Colorado. I don't see why we can't raise our son... 241 00:18:57,215 --> 00:18:59,012 ...just 'cause we came into money. 242 00:18:59,084 --> 00:19:02,053 If I want to, I can go to court. A father has a right to. 243 00:19:02,120 --> 00:19:05,419 A boarder that beats his bill and leaves worthless stock behind.... 244 00:19:05,490 --> 00:19:08,425 That property is as much my property as anybody's... 245 00:19:08,493 --> 00:19:11,428 ...now that it's valuable. And if Fred Graves had any idea... 246 00:19:11,496 --> 00:19:15,091 ...this would happen, he'd have made out the certificates in both our names. 247 00:19:15,166 --> 00:19:18,624 - But they're made out to Mrs.Kane. - He owed the money to both of us. 248 00:19:18,703 --> 00:19:23,538 - "The bank's decision in all matters--" - I don't hold with giving Charles to a bank-- 249 00:19:23,608 --> 00:19:25,872 - Stop this nonsense. - We're a bit uneducated-- 250 00:19:25,944 --> 00:19:28,071 "The bank's decision concerning his education... 251 00:19:28,146 --> 00:19:30,637 "...his places of residence, is to be final." 252 00:19:30,715 --> 00:19:34,276 - The idea of a bank being the guardian-- - Stop this nonsense, Jim. 253 00:19:34,352 --> 00:19:37,253 "We will assume full management of the Colorado Lode"... 254 00:19:37,322 --> 00:19:39,984 ...which I repeat, Mrs.Kane, you are the sole owner. 255 00:19:40,058 --> 00:19:42,219 - Where do I sign, Mr.Thatcher? - Right here. 256 00:19:42,293 --> 00:19:44,727 Mary, I'm asking you for the last time. 257 00:19:45,296 --> 00:19:47,992 You'd think I hadn't been a good husband or father-- 258 00:19:48,066 --> 00:19:49,624 The sum of $50,000 a year... 259 00:19:49,701 --> 00:19:52,898 ...is to be paid to you and Mr.Kane as long as you both live... 260 00:19:52,971 --> 00:19:55,098 ...and thereafter to the survivor. 261 00:19:55,707 --> 00:19:58,608 - Let's hope it's all for the best. - It is. 262 00:20:03,748 --> 00:20:07,081 Why I can't raise my own boy is more than I can understand. 263 00:20:07,152 --> 00:20:08,983 Go on, Mr.Thatcher. 264 00:20:09,120 --> 00:20:12,248 Everything else, the principal, as well as all monies earned... 265 00:20:12,323 --> 00:20:16,384 ...is to be administered by the bank in trust for your son, Charles Foster Kane... 266 00:20:16,461 --> 00:20:19,225 ...until he reaches his 25th birthday, at which time... 267 00:20:19,297 --> 00:20:21,561 ...he is to come into complete possession. 268 00:20:21,633 --> 00:20:22,930 Charles! 269 00:20:25,036 --> 00:20:26,594 Go on, Mr.Thatcher. 270 00:20:27,739 --> 00:20:31,368 It's almost 5:00. Don't you think I'd better meet the boy? 271 00:20:32,210 --> 00:20:34,144 I've got his trunk all packed. 272 00:20:35,313 --> 00:20:37,474 I've had it packed for a week now. 273 00:20:40,151 --> 00:20:42,517 I've arranged for a tutor to meet us in Chicago. 274 00:20:42,587 --> 00:20:44,919 I'd have brought him here with me, but.... 275 00:20:45,657 --> 00:20:47,386 - Charles. - Look, Mom. 276 00:20:47,559 --> 00:20:48,992 You'd better come inside. 277 00:20:49,060 --> 00:20:52,029 - That's quite a snowman. - I took the pipe out of his mouth. 278 00:20:52,096 --> 00:20:53,620 Did you make it yourself? 279 00:20:53,698 --> 00:20:56,258 Maybe I'll make some teeth and whiskers. 280 00:20:56,568 --> 00:20:58,593 This is Mr.Thatcher, Charles. 281 00:20:59,003 --> 00:21:01,096 - Hello. - How do you do, Charles? 282 00:21:01,172 --> 00:21:02,730 He comes from the East. 283 00:21:02,807 --> 00:21:04,297 - Pa. - Hello, Charlie. 284 00:21:04,375 --> 00:21:05,603 Charles. 285 00:21:06,377 --> 00:21:07,742 Yes, Mommy. 286 00:21:09,314 --> 00:21:12,374 Mr.Thatcher is going to take you on a trip with him tonight. 287 00:21:12,450 --> 00:21:14,179 You'll be leaving on number 10. 288 00:21:14,252 --> 00:21:16,447 That's the train with all the lights on it. 289 00:21:16,521 --> 00:21:17,545 You going, Mom? 290 00:21:17,622 --> 00:21:20,853 No. Your mother won't be going right away, but she'll.... 291 00:21:21,559 --> 00:21:23,288 Where am I going? 292 00:21:23,361 --> 00:21:27,161 You're going to see Chicago and New York and Washington, maybe. Ain't he? 293 00:21:27,232 --> 00:21:28,392 He certainly is. 294 00:21:28,466 --> 00:21:31,867 I wish I were a boy going on a trip like that for the first time. 295 00:21:31,936 --> 00:21:35,201 - Why aren't you coming with us, Mom? - We have to stay here, Charles. 296 00:21:35,273 --> 00:21:38,174 You're gonna live with Mr.Thatcher from now on, Charlie. 297 00:21:38,243 --> 00:21:41,679 You're gonna be rich. Your ma figures, well, that is... 298 00:21:41,913 --> 00:21:45,076 ...me and her decided this ain't the place for you to grow up in. 299 00:21:45,149 --> 00:21:47,549 You'll probably be the richest man someday... 300 00:21:47,619 --> 00:21:50,110 - ...and you ought to get-- - You won't be lonely. 301 00:21:50,188 --> 00:21:53,646 Lonely, of course not. We're going to have fine times together, we are. 302 00:21:53,725 --> 00:21:56,626 Let's shake hands. Come. I'm not that frightening, am l? 303 00:21:56,895 --> 00:21:59,261 - What do you say? Let's shake. - Why, Charles. 304 00:21:59,330 --> 00:22:01,127 - Why, you almost hurt me. - Charlie! 305 00:22:01,199 --> 00:22:03,690 Sleds aren't to hit people, but to sleigh with. 306 00:22:03,768 --> 00:22:04,757 Mom! 307 00:22:04,936 --> 00:22:07,131 - You got to go. - Jim! 308 00:22:07,839 --> 00:22:09,306 I'm sorry, Mr.Thatcher. 309 00:22:09,374 --> 00:22:11,205 What the kid needs is a good thrashing. 310 00:22:11,276 --> 00:22:13,141 - That's what you think, is it? - Yes. 311 00:22:13,211 --> 00:22:17,511 That's why he's going to be brought up where you can't get at him. 312 00:22:37,268 --> 00:22:39,566 Well, Charles... 313 00:22:41,272 --> 00:22:44,139 - ...Merry Christmas. - Merry Christmas. 314 00:22:44,342 --> 00:22:46,776 And a happy New Year. 315 00:22:46,911 --> 00:22:48,173 In closing... 316 00:22:48,246 --> 00:22:52,080 ...may I remind you your 25th birthday, which is now approaching... 317 00:22:52,150 --> 00:22:54,880 ...marks your complete independence from the firm... 318 00:22:54,953 --> 00:22:58,514 ...of Thatcher & Company, as well as acquiring the full responsibility... 319 00:22:58,589 --> 00:23:01,023 ...for the world's sixth largest private fortune. 320 00:23:01,092 --> 00:23:04,186 - Got that? - "The world's sixth largest private fortune." 321 00:23:04,329 --> 00:23:08,425 I don't think you realize the full importance of the position you are to occupy. 322 00:23:08,499 --> 00:23:10,729 I am therefore enclosing for your consideration... 323 00:23:10,802 --> 00:23:13,532 ...a list of your holdings, extensively cross-indexed. 324 00:23:13,604 --> 00:23:15,799 - "Dear Mr.Thatcher." - It's from Mr.Kane. 325 00:23:15,873 --> 00:23:18,273 - Go on. - "Sorry, I'm not interested in gold mines... 326 00:23:18,343 --> 00:23:20,402 "...oil wells, shipping or real estate." 327 00:23:20,578 --> 00:23:22,705 Not interested? 328 00:23:22,847 --> 00:23:26,283 "One item on your list intrigues me: The New York Inquirer. 329 00:23:26,351 --> 00:23:29,252 "A little newspaper we acquired in a foreclosure proceeding. 330 00:23:29,320 --> 00:23:31,720 "Don't sell it. I am coming back to take charge. 331 00:23:31,789 --> 00:23:34,257 "I think it would be fun to run a newspaper. 332 00:23:34,325 --> 00:23:38,455 "I think it would be fun to run a newspaper." 333 00:23:46,270 --> 00:23:48,431 "Traction Trust exposed." 334 00:23:48,506 --> 00:23:51,168 "Traction Trust bleeds public white." 335 00:23:51,242 --> 00:23:54,575 "Traction Trust smashed by Inquirer." 336 00:23:54,645 --> 00:23:58,103 "Landlords refuse to clear slums." 337 00:23:58,449 --> 00:24:02,146 "Inquirer wins slum fight." 338 00:24:03,488 --> 00:24:07,424 "Wall Street backs copper swindle." 339 00:24:07,492 --> 00:24:09,619 "Copper robbers indicted." 340 00:24:09,694 --> 00:24:12,629 "Galleons of Spain off Jersey Coast." 341 00:24:12,697 --> 00:24:15,325 Is that really your idea of how to run a newspaper? 342 00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:18,801 I don't know how to run a newspaper. I try everything I can think of. 343 00:24:18,870 --> 00:24:21,839 You know there's not the slightest proof this... 344 00:24:21,906 --> 00:24:24,841 - ...Armada's off the Jersey Coast. - Hello, Mr.Bernstein. 345 00:24:24,909 --> 00:24:26,376 Can you prove it isn't? 346 00:24:26,444 --> 00:24:29,174 Mr.Bernstein, I'd like you to meet Mr.Thatcher. 347 00:24:29,947 --> 00:24:31,107 - Mr.Leland. - Hello. 348 00:24:31,182 --> 00:24:32,877 Mr.Thatcher, my ex-guardian. 349 00:24:32,950 --> 00:24:38,149 We have no secrets from our readers. Thatcher is one of our devoted readers. 350 00:24:38,256 --> 00:24:42,090 He knows what's wrong with every copy of the Inquirer since I took over. Read. 351 00:24:42,160 --> 00:24:45,220 "Girls delightful in Cuba. Stop. Could send you prose poems... 352 00:24:45,296 --> 00:24:49,096 "...about scenery but don't feel right spending your money. Stop. 353 00:24:49,167 --> 00:24:52,000 "There is no war in Cuba." Signed "Wheeler." Any answer? 354 00:24:52,070 --> 00:24:56,598 Yes. Dear Wheeler: You provide the prose poems, I'll provide the war. 355 00:24:56,707 --> 00:24:59,437 - That's fine. - I like it myself. Send it right away. 356 00:24:59,510 --> 00:25:01,876 I came to see you about this campaign of yours. 357 00:25:01,946 --> 00:25:04,813 The Inquirer's campaign against the Public Transit Company. 358 00:25:04,882 --> 00:25:07,112 Do you know anything we can use against them? 359 00:25:07,185 --> 00:25:08,777 You're still the college boy, eh? 360 00:25:08,853 --> 00:25:12,550 I was expelled from college, a lot of colleges, you remember? I remember. 361 00:25:13,658 --> 00:25:16,456 I think I should remind you of a fact you have forgotten. 362 00:25:16,527 --> 00:25:20,395 You're one of the largest stockholders in the Public Transit Company. 363 00:25:20,465 --> 00:25:23,525 The trouble is, you don't realize you're talking to two people. 364 00:25:23,601 --> 00:25:26,764 As Charles Foster Kane who owns 82,364 shares... 365 00:25:26,838 --> 00:25:30,638 ...of Public Transit Preferred. See, I do have a general idea of my holdings. 366 00:25:30,708 --> 00:25:33,199 I sympathize with you. Kane is a scoundrel... 367 00:25:33,478 --> 00:25:36,606 ...his paper should be closed, a committee formed to boycott him. 368 00:25:36,681 --> 00:25:40,481 If you can form such a committee, put me down for a contribution of $1,000. 369 00:25:40,551 --> 00:25:43,418 On the other hand, I am the publisher of the Inquirer. 370 00:25:43,488 --> 00:25:47,584 As such it's my duty, I'll let you in on a little secret. It is also my pleasure... 371 00:25:47,758 --> 00:25:51,956 ...to see that the working people of this community aren't robbed by a pack... 372 00:25:52,029 --> 00:25:54,589 ...of money-mad pirates, just because... 373 00:25:55,032 --> 00:25:58,195 ...they have no one to look after their interests. 374 00:25:58,603 --> 00:26:01,595 I'll let you in on another little secret, Mr.Thatcher: 375 00:26:01,672 --> 00:26:05,540 I think I'm the man to do it. You see, I have money and property. 376 00:26:05,610 --> 00:26:09,603 If I don't look after the interests of the underprivileged, somebody else will. 377 00:26:09,680 --> 00:26:11,739 Maybe somebody without money or property. 378 00:26:11,816 --> 00:26:13,147 That would be too bad. 379 00:26:13,217 --> 00:26:15,344 I saw your financial statement today. 380 00:26:15,419 --> 00:26:18,388 - Oh, did you? - Tell me, honestly... 381 00:26:18,589 --> 00:26:22,855 ...don't you think it's rather unwise to continue this philanthropic enterprise... 382 00:26:22,927 --> 00:26:25,987 ...this Inquirer, that is costing you $1 million a year? 383 00:26:26,063 --> 00:26:30,898 Yes. I did lose $1 million last year. I expect to lose $1 million this year. 384 00:26:30,968 --> 00:26:33,664 I expect to lose $1 million next year. 385 00:26:33,738 --> 00:26:35,968 At the rate of $1 million a year... 386 00:26:36,040 --> 00:26:39,635 ...I'll have to close this place in 60 years. 387 00:26:49,420 --> 00:26:51,820 "With respect to the said newspapers... 388 00:26:51,889 --> 00:26:54,380 "...the said Charles Foster Kane... 389 00:26:54,458 --> 00:26:58,019 "...hereby relinquishes all control thereof... 390 00:26:58,462 --> 00:27:01,226 "...and of the syndicates pertaining thereto... 391 00:27:01,299 --> 00:27:07,363 "...and any and all other newspaper, press and publishing properties of any kind... 392 00:27:07,838 --> 00:27:10,204 "...and agrees to abandon all claim thereto--" 393 00:27:10,274 --> 00:27:13,641 - Which means we're bust all right. - Well, out of cash. 394 00:27:13,711 --> 00:27:15,269 All right, Mr.Bernstein. 395 00:27:15,346 --> 00:27:19,874 I've read it, Mr.Thatcher, just let me sign it and go home. 396 00:27:19,951 --> 00:27:23,318 You're too old to call me Mr.Thatcher, Charles. 397 00:27:23,454 --> 00:27:26,446 You're too old to be called anything else. 398 00:27:26,524 --> 00:27:28,719 You were always too old. 399 00:27:29,360 --> 00:27:33,057 "In consideration thereof, Thatcher & Company agrees... 400 00:27:33,130 --> 00:27:35,963 "...to pay to Charles Foster Kane, as long as he lives--" 401 00:27:36,033 --> 00:27:37,660 My allowance. 402 00:27:37,735 --> 00:27:41,637 "You will continue to maintain over your newspapers a large... 403 00:27:41,706 --> 00:27:46,439 "...measure of control. Measure of control." 404 00:27:46,944 --> 00:27:50,175 And we shall seek your advice. 405 00:27:52,750 --> 00:27:56,618 This depression is temporary. 406 00:27:57,822 --> 00:28:01,622 There's always the chance that you'll die richer than I will. 407 00:28:01,859 --> 00:28:04,327 It's a cinch I'll die richer than I was born. 408 00:28:04,395 --> 00:28:06,863 We never lost as much as we made. 409 00:28:06,931 --> 00:28:11,459 Yes, yes, but your methods. You know, Charles... 410 00:28:11,535 --> 00:28:16,768 ...you never made a single investment. You always used money to.... 411 00:28:17,475 --> 00:28:19,500 To buy things. 412 00:28:22,713 --> 00:28:25,011 To buy things. 413 00:28:25,950 --> 00:28:29,909 My mother should have chosen a less reliable banker. 414 00:28:36,761 --> 00:28:40,527 I always gagged on that silver spoon. 415 00:28:42,033 --> 00:28:44,501 You know, Mr.Bernstein... 416 00:28:46,203 --> 00:28:48,899 ...if I hadn't been very rich... 417 00:28:49,473 --> 00:28:51,805 ...I might have been a really great man. 418 00:28:51,876 --> 00:28:54,071 Don't you think you are? 419 00:28:56,080 --> 00:28:59,277 I think I did pretty well under the circumstances. 420 00:29:01,118 --> 00:29:03,518 What would you like to have been? 421 00:29:06,324 --> 00:29:08,656 Everything you hate. 422 00:29:17,168 --> 00:29:20,331 I beg your pardon, sir? What did you say? 423 00:29:20,404 --> 00:29:24,204 - It's 4:30. Isn't it, Jennings? - Yes, ma'am. 424 00:29:24,342 --> 00:29:26,902 You have enjoyed a very rare privilege, young man. 425 00:29:26,977 --> 00:29:30,003 - Did you find what you were looking for? - No. 426 00:29:32,483 --> 00:29:34,508 - You're not Rosebud, are you? - What? 427 00:29:34,585 --> 00:29:37,577 Rosebud, and your name is Jennings, isn't it? 428 00:29:37,722 --> 00:29:42,159 Goodbye, everybody. Thanks for the use of the hall. 429 00:29:42,893 --> 00:29:46,454 Who's a busy man, me? I'm chairman of the board. 430 00:29:46,530 --> 00:29:48,964 I got nothing but time. What do you want to know? 431 00:29:49,033 --> 00:29:53,265 We thought maybe.... If we could find out what he meant by his last words... 432 00:29:53,337 --> 00:29:55,862 - ...as he was dying. - That "Rosebud"? 433 00:29:55,940 --> 00:29:58,431 Maybe some girl? 434 00:29:58,509 --> 00:30:00,739 There were a lot of them in the early days. 435 00:30:00,811 --> 00:30:04,042 It's hardly likely that Mr.Kane could have met someone casually... 436 00:30:04,115 --> 00:30:06,379 ...and then 50 years later, on his deathbed-- 437 00:30:06,450 --> 00:30:11,251 Well, you're pretty young, Mr.Thompson. 438 00:30:11,455 --> 00:30:15,084 A fellow will remember a lot of things you wouldn't think he'd remember. 439 00:30:15,159 --> 00:30:16,888 You take me. 440 00:30:16,961 --> 00:30:22,024 One day, back in 1896, I was crossing over to Jersey on the ferry... 441 00:30:22,233 --> 00:30:25,430 ...and as we pulled out, there was another ferry pulling in... 442 00:30:25,503 --> 00:30:28,301 ...and on it there was a girl waiting to get off. 443 00:30:29,106 --> 00:30:30,903 A white dress she had on. 444 00:30:30,975 --> 00:30:33,466 She was carrying a white parasol. 445 00:30:33,778 --> 00:30:36,269 I only saw her for one second. 446 00:30:36,347 --> 00:30:41,808 She didn't see me at all, but I'll bet a month hasn't gone by since... 447 00:30:42,686 --> 00:30:45,246 ...that I haven't thought of that girl. 448 00:30:45,756 --> 00:30:49,954 - Who else have you been to see? - Well, I went down to Atlantic City. 449 00:30:50,027 --> 00:30:51,961 Susie? 450 00:30:52,096 --> 00:30:53,427 Thank you. 451 00:30:53,998 --> 00:30:56,865 I called her myself the day after he died. 452 00:30:57,201 --> 00:30:59,601 I thought maybe somebody ought to. 453 00:31:00,905 --> 00:31:05,205 - She couldn't even come to the phone. - I'll be seeing her again in a couple of days. 454 00:31:05,276 --> 00:31:07,267 About Rosebud, Mr.Bernstein. 455 00:31:07,511 --> 00:31:11,140 If you'd talk about anything connected with Mr.Kane that you can remember. 456 00:31:11,215 --> 00:31:13,149 You were with him from the beginning. 457 00:31:13,217 --> 00:31:18,621 From before the beginning, young fellow. And now it's after the end. 458 00:31:19,657 --> 00:31:22,023 Have you tried to see anybody except Susie? 459 00:31:22,092 --> 00:31:26,426 I haven't seen anybody else, but I've been through Walter Thatcher's journal. 460 00:31:26,497 --> 00:31:30,991 - That man was the biggest fool I ever met. - He made an awful lot of money. 461 00:31:31,068 --> 00:31:33,866 Well, it's no trick to make a lot of money... 462 00:31:34,371 --> 00:31:39,604 ...if all you want is to make a lot of money. 463 00:31:42,179 --> 00:31:47,515 You take Mr.Kane. It wasn't money he wanted. 464 00:31:49,753 --> 00:31:53,951 Thatcher never did figure him out. Sometimes even I couldn't. 465 00:31:54,124 --> 00:31:57,525 You know who you ought to see? Mr.Leland. 466 00:31:57,728 --> 00:32:00,788 He was Mr.Kane's closest friend. They went to school together. 467 00:32:00,865 --> 00:32:02,059 Harvard? 468 00:32:02,132 --> 00:32:05,795 Oh, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Cornell, Switzerland. 469 00:32:05,870 --> 00:32:08,498 He was thrown out of a lot of colleges. 470 00:32:08,739 --> 00:32:11,367 Mr.Leland never had a nickel. 471 00:32:11,675 --> 00:32:14,701 One of those families where the father is worth $10 million... 472 00:32:14,778 --> 00:32:19,078 ...then one day he shoots himself, and it turns out there's nothing but debts. 473 00:32:20,751 --> 00:32:22,981 He was with Mr.Kane and me... 474 00:32:23,988 --> 00:32:26,923 ...the first day Mr.Kane took over the Inquirer. 475 00:32:34,598 --> 00:32:37,066 Take a good look at it, Jedediah. 476 00:32:37,334 --> 00:32:41,202 It's going to look a lot different one of these days. Come on. 477 00:32:49,980 --> 00:32:53,279 There ain't no bedrooms in this joint. That's a newspaper building. 478 00:32:53,350 --> 00:32:58,151 You're getting paid, mister, for opinions or for hauling? 479 00:33:00,958 --> 00:33:03,859 - Jedediah. - After you, Mr.Kane. 480 00:33:16,073 --> 00:33:18,303 Excuse me, sir, but I.... 481 00:33:21,245 --> 00:33:23,611 Welcome, Mr.Kane. 482 00:33:25,716 --> 00:33:28,446 Welcome to the Inquirer, Mr.Kane. 483 00:33:28,519 --> 00:33:30,817 I am Herbert Carter, the editor-in-chief. 484 00:33:30,888 --> 00:33:34,790 - Thank you, Mr.Carter. This is Mr.Leland-- - How do you do, Mr.Leland? 485 00:33:34,858 --> 00:33:37,793 Our new dramatic critic. I hope I haven't made a mistake. 486 00:33:37,861 --> 00:33:40,091 - It is dramatic critic, right? - That's right. 487 00:33:40,164 --> 00:33:43,759 - Are they standing for me? - You? Oh, Mr.Kane. 488 00:33:44,268 --> 00:33:45,132 Standing? 489 00:33:45,202 --> 00:33:46,829 - How do you do? - How do you do? 490 00:33:46,904 --> 00:33:49,270 I thought it would be a nice little gesture. 491 00:33:49,340 --> 00:33:52,468 - Ask them to sit down, will you, please. - The new publisher. 492 00:33:53,043 --> 00:33:56,911 - You may resume your duties, gentlemen. - Thank you. 493 00:33:56,981 --> 00:34:00,348 - I didn't know your plans. - I don't know my plans myself. 494 00:34:00,651 --> 00:34:02,983 - Matter of fact, I haven't got any plans. - No? 495 00:34:03,053 --> 00:34:06,079 Except to get out a newspaper. 496 00:34:10,327 --> 00:34:12,693 - Mr.Bernstein. - Yes, Mr.Kane. 497 00:34:12,763 --> 00:34:15,129 Mr.Carter, this is Mr.Bernstein. 498 00:34:15,232 --> 00:34:20,226 - Mr.Bernstein is my general manager. - How do you do, Mr.Carter? 499 00:34:20,304 --> 00:34:22,204 - Mr.Carter. - How do you do? 500 00:34:23,207 --> 00:34:25,539 - Yes, Mr.Bernstein. - Stein. 501 00:34:25,609 --> 00:34:29,272 - Kane. - Mr.Carter, is this your office? 502 00:34:29,346 --> 00:34:33,510 My little private sanctum is at your disposal. 503 00:34:33,584 --> 00:34:36,985 - Excuse me. - But I don't think I understand. 504 00:34:37,388 --> 00:34:41,381 Mr.Carter, I'm going to live right here in your office as long as I have to. 505 00:34:42,493 --> 00:34:44,461 Live here? Yes? 506 00:34:44,528 --> 00:34:47,520 - Excuse me. - But a morning newspaper, after all-- 507 00:34:47,598 --> 00:34:48,428 Excuse me. 508 00:34:48,499 --> 00:34:52,367 We're practically closed for 12 hours a day. 509 00:34:52,670 --> 00:34:55,798 That's one of the things that's going to have to be changed here. 510 00:34:55,873 --> 00:34:59,434 - The news goes on for 24 hours a day. - 24? 511 00:34:59,576 --> 00:35:02,909 - That's right. - Excuse me. 512 00:35:02,980 --> 00:35:04,675 It's impossible.... 513 00:35:04,748 --> 00:35:09,776 I've drawn that cartoon. I'm no good as a cartoonist. 514 00:35:09,853 --> 00:35:11,445 You certainly aren't. 515 00:35:11,522 --> 00:35:13,353 You're the dramatic critic, Leland. 516 00:35:13,424 --> 00:35:15,392 - You still eating? - I'm still hungry. 517 00:35:15,459 --> 00:35:17,950 Here's a front-page story in the Chronicle... 518 00:35:18,028 --> 00:35:21,156 ...about a Mrs.Harry Silverstone in Brooklyn who's missing. 519 00:35:21,231 --> 00:35:25,861 She's probably murdered. Why isn't there something about it in the Inquirer? 520 00:35:25,936 --> 00:35:27,733 We're running a newspaper... 521 00:35:27,805 --> 00:35:30,740 - I'm absolutely starving to death. - ...not a scandal sheet. 522 00:35:31,642 --> 00:35:32,870 That's all right. 523 00:35:32,943 --> 00:35:36,936 Mr.Carter, here is a three-column headline in the Chronicle. 524 00:35:37,014 --> 00:35:39,574 Why hasn't the Inquirer a three-column headline? 525 00:35:39,650 --> 00:35:41,117 The news wasn't big enough. 526 00:35:41,185 --> 00:35:45,918 Mr.Carter, if the headline is big enough, it makes the news big enough. 527 00:35:45,989 --> 00:35:48,617 - That's right! - The murder of Mrs.Harry Silverstone-- 528 00:35:48,692 --> 00:35:50,887 There's no proof that she was murdered, or dead. 529 00:35:50,961 --> 00:35:53,828 It says she's missing. The neighbors are getting suspicious. 530 00:35:53,897 --> 00:35:56,798 It's not our function to report the gossip of housewives. 531 00:35:56,867 --> 00:36:01,099 If we were interested in that kind of thing, we could fill the paper twice over, daily. 532 00:36:01,171 --> 00:36:04,538 That's the kind of thing we are going to be interested in from now on. 533 00:36:04,608 --> 00:36:07,600 I want you to send your best man to see Mr.Silverstone. 534 00:36:07,678 --> 00:36:11,546 Have him tell Mr.Silverstone if he doesn't produce his wife, Mrs.Silverstone... 535 00:36:11,615 --> 00:36:13,708 ...the Inquirer will have him arrested. 536 00:36:13,784 --> 00:36:16,275 Tell Mr.Silverstone he's a detective from.... 537 00:36:16,353 --> 00:36:18,821 - Central Office. - The Central Office. 538 00:36:19,123 --> 00:36:23,651 If Mr.Silverstone gets suspicious and asks to see your man's badge... 539 00:36:23,727 --> 00:36:27,561 ...your man is to get indignant and call Mr.Silverstone an anarchist. 540 00:36:27,798 --> 00:36:31,029 Loudly, so the neighbors can hear. You ready for dinner, Jedediah? 541 00:36:31,101 --> 00:36:34,366 I can't see that the function of a respectable newspaper-- 542 00:36:34,505 --> 00:36:37,599 Thank you so much, Mr.Carter. Goodbye. 543 00:36:38,208 --> 00:36:39,436 Goodbye. 544 00:36:40,177 --> 00:36:43,010 Paper! Read all about it! 545 00:36:43,247 --> 00:36:46,182 Read all about it in the early morning Chronicle. 546 00:36:46,250 --> 00:36:48,718 The mystery of the lady that vanished in Brooklyn. 547 00:36:50,120 --> 00:36:52,645 Read all about it in the early morning Chronicle. 548 00:37:06,303 --> 00:37:09,932 We'll be on the street soon, Charlie, another 10 minutes. 549 00:37:10,073 --> 00:37:12,769 Three hours and 50 minutes late, but we did it. 550 00:37:12,843 --> 00:37:14,401 - Tired? - A tough day. 551 00:37:14,478 --> 00:37:16,105 - A wasted day. - Wasted? 552 00:37:16,213 --> 00:37:19,114 You only made the paper over four times tonight, that's all. 553 00:37:19,349 --> 00:37:22,807 I've changed the front page a little, Mr.Bernstein. That's not enough. 554 00:37:22,886 --> 00:37:27,118 There's something I've got to get into this paper besides pictures and print. 555 00:37:27,691 --> 00:37:30,819 I've got to make the New York Inquirer as important to New York... 556 00:37:30,894 --> 00:37:32,794 ...as the gas in that light. 557 00:37:33,430 --> 00:37:35,227 What are you going to do, Charlie? 558 00:37:35,299 --> 00:37:39,463 My Declaration of Principles. Don't smile, Jedediah. 559 00:37:39,870 --> 00:37:42,361 I've got it all written out here. 560 00:37:42,906 --> 00:37:45,932 You don't want to make any promises you don't want to keep. 561 00:37:46,009 --> 00:37:47,704 These'll be kept. 562 00:37:48,579 --> 00:37:51,047 "I'll provide the people of this city... 563 00:37:51,415 --> 00:37:54,976 "...with a daily paper that will tell all the news honestly. 564 00:37:56,220 --> 00:37:59,587 - "I will also provide--" - That's two sentences starting with "I." 565 00:37:59,656 --> 00:38:02,250 People will know who's responsible... 566 00:38:02,326 --> 00:38:06,387 ...and they'll get the truth in the Inquirer, quickly, simply and entertainingly. 567 00:38:06,463 --> 00:38:09,830 No special interests will be allowed to interfere with that truth. 568 00:38:09,900 --> 00:38:13,802 "I will also provide them with a fighting and tireless champion of their rights... 569 00:38:13,871 --> 00:38:16,499 "...as citizens and as human beings." 570 00:38:17,174 --> 00:38:18,471 Signed: 571 00:38:18,842 --> 00:38:21,436 "Charles Foster Kane." 572 00:38:23,380 --> 00:38:26,076 - Can I have that, Charlie? - I'm going to print it. 573 00:38:26,149 --> 00:38:27,582 Solly! 574 00:38:28,585 --> 00:38:29,677 Yes, Mr.Kane? 575 00:38:29,753 --> 00:38:32,620 I want you to run this editorial in a box on the front page. 576 00:38:32,689 --> 00:38:34,179 This morning's front page? 577 00:38:34,258 --> 00:38:37,318 That's right, Solly, that means we'll have to remake again. 578 00:38:37,394 --> 00:38:39,225 - Yes. - Go down and tell them. 579 00:38:39,296 --> 00:38:40,627 All right. 580 00:38:40,898 --> 00:38:44,595 When you're through with that, I'd like to have it back. 581 00:38:46,303 --> 00:38:49,602 I'd like to keep that particular piece of paper myself. 582 00:38:49,673 --> 00:38:53,734 I have a hunch it might turn out to be something pretty important. 583 00:38:54,011 --> 00:38:56,206 - A document... - Sure. 584 00:38:56,280 --> 00:38:59,716 ...like the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution... 585 00:39:00,484 --> 00:39:03,044 ...and my first report card at school. 586 00:39:31,348 --> 00:39:34,647 I know you're tired, gentlemen, but I brought you here for a reason. 587 00:39:34,718 --> 00:39:38,381 - This little pilgrimage will do us good. - The Chronicle's a good newspaper. 588 00:39:38,455 --> 00:39:41,549 Chronicle's a good idea for a newspaper. Notice the circulation. 589 00:39:41,625 --> 00:39:46,528 495,000. But look who's working for the Chronicle. 590 00:39:46,596 --> 00:39:49,793 - With them, it's no trick to get circulation. - You're right. 591 00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:53,299 You know how long it took the Chronicle to get that staff together? 592 00:39:53,370 --> 00:39:56,134 - Twenty years. - Twenty years? 593 00:39:56,673 --> 00:40:01,770 Six years ago, I looked at a picture of the world's greatest newspaper men. 594 00:40:01,845 --> 00:40:04,075 I felt like a kid in front of a candy store. 595 00:40:04,147 --> 00:40:08,140 Tonight, six years later, I got my candy, all of it. 596 00:40:08,685 --> 00:40:10,653 Welcome, gentlemen, to the Inquirer. 597 00:40:10,721 --> 00:40:13,815 Make an extra copy of that picture and mail it to the Chronicle. 598 00:40:15,459 --> 00:40:18,826 It'll make you all happy to learn that our circulation this morning... 599 00:40:18,895 --> 00:40:21,693 ...was the greatest in New York: 684,000. 600 00:40:23,233 --> 00:40:26,225 684,132. 601 00:40:26,470 --> 00:40:27,630 Right. 602 00:40:28,171 --> 00:40:31,868 I hope you'll forgive my rudeness in taking leave of you. 603 00:40:31,942 --> 00:40:34,410 I'm going abroad next week for a vacation. 604 00:40:34,478 --> 00:40:38,039 I've promised my doctor for sometime that I would leave when I could. 605 00:40:38,115 --> 00:40:40,083 I now realize I can't. 606 00:40:40,617 --> 00:40:43,245 Say, Mr.Kane, as long as you're promising... 607 00:40:43,320 --> 00:40:47,256 ...there's a lot of pictures and statues in Europe you ain't bought yet. 608 00:40:47,424 --> 00:40:49,324 You can't blame me, Mr.Bernstein. 609 00:40:49,726 --> 00:40:52,422 They've been making statues for 2,000 years. 610 00:40:52,496 --> 00:40:54,589 And I've only been buying for five. 611 00:40:54,664 --> 00:40:57,224 - Promise me, Mr.Kane. - I promise, Mr.Bernstein. 612 00:40:57,300 --> 00:41:00,133 - Thank you. - Mr.Bernstein? 613 00:41:00,203 --> 00:41:03,468 You don't expect me to keep any of those promises, do you? 614 00:41:05,275 --> 00:41:07,368 And now, gentlemen! 615 00:41:07,444 --> 00:41:10,675 Your complete attention, if you please. 616 00:41:16,586 --> 00:41:19,680 Are we going to declare war on Spain? 617 00:41:27,531 --> 00:41:31,058 Oh, mama, here they come. Shoot me while I'm happy. 618 00:41:39,242 --> 00:41:44,544 I said, "Are we going to declare war on Spain, or are we not?" 619 00:41:44,614 --> 00:41:46,479 The Inquirer already has. 620 00:41:46,783 --> 00:41:50,617 You long-faced, overdressed anarchist. 621 00:41:50,854 --> 00:41:52,617 I'm not overdressed. 622 00:41:52,756 --> 00:41:55,953 You are, too. Mr.Bernstein, look at his necktie. 623 00:41:56,026 --> 00:41:58,187 Let's have the song about Charlie. 624 00:41:58,261 --> 00:42:01,662 - Is there a song about Charlie? - Is there a song about you, Mr.Kane? 625 00:42:01,731 --> 00:42:06,065 You buy a bag of peanuts in this town, you get a song written about you. 626 00:42:15,912 --> 00:42:18,244 I've seen that fellow. He's good. 627 00:42:18,448 --> 00:42:19,847 Good evening, Mr.Kane. 628 00:42:19,916 --> 00:42:22,885 "There is a man, a certain man 629 00:42:23,086 --> 00:42:26,419 "And for the poor you may be sure that he'll do all he can 630 00:42:26,556 --> 00:42:29,992 "Who is this one? This favorite son 631 00:42:30,060 --> 00:42:33,029 "Just by his action has the traction magnates on the run 632 00:42:33,096 --> 00:42:36,395 "Who loves to smoke, enjoys a joke 633 00:42:36,600 --> 00:42:39,660 "Who wouldn't get a bit upset if he were really broke 634 00:42:39,803 --> 00:42:42,966 "With wealth and fame he's still the same 635 00:42:43,039 --> 00:42:46,566 "I'll bet you $5 you're not alive if you don't know his name 636 00:42:52,382 --> 00:42:53,815 "What is his name? 637 00:42:53,884 --> 00:42:56,409 "It's Charlie Kane, it's Mister Kane! 638 00:42:56,486 --> 00:43:00,320 "He doesn't like that Mister He likes good old Charlie Kane" 639 00:43:15,972 --> 00:43:18,998 - Isn't it wonderful? Such a party. - Yes. 640 00:43:19,075 --> 00:43:20,838 What's the matter? 641 00:43:21,011 --> 00:43:24,310 "Who says a miss was made to kiss 642 00:43:24,381 --> 00:43:27,646 "And when he meets one always tries to do exactly this 643 00:43:27,717 --> 00:43:30,777 "Who buys the food, who buys the drinks 644 00:43:30,854 --> 00:43:34,221 "Who thinks that dough was made to spend and acts the way he thinks 645 00:43:34,291 --> 00:43:37,021 "Now is it, Joe, no, no, no" 646 00:43:37,761 --> 00:43:40,423 Bernstein, these men who are now with the Inquirer... 647 00:43:40,497 --> 00:43:43,193 ...who were with the Chronicle until yesterday-- 648 00:43:43,333 --> 00:43:44,925 Oh, mama, please. 649 00:43:45,035 --> 00:43:46,525 - Give me that. - What? The blonde? 650 00:43:46,603 --> 00:43:50,266 - No, the brunette. - Where did you learn that, Charlie? 651 00:43:51,541 --> 00:43:54,738 Bernstein, these men who were with the Chronicle... 652 00:43:54,811 --> 00:43:57,871 ...weren't they just as devoted to the Chronicle policy... 653 00:43:58,014 --> 00:44:00,209 ...as they are now to our policies? 654 00:44:00,317 --> 00:44:03,047 Sure, they're just like anybody else. 655 00:44:03,286 --> 00:44:05,345 They got work to do, they do it. 656 00:44:05,655 --> 00:44:08,624 Only they happen to be the best men in the business. 657 00:44:16,967 --> 00:44:21,267 Do we stand for the same things the Chronicle stands for? 658 00:44:21,471 --> 00:44:23,234 Certainly not. 659 00:44:24,241 --> 00:44:29,304 Listen, Mr.Kane, he'll have them changed to his kind of newspapermen in a week. 660 00:44:29,479 --> 00:44:33,313 There's always a chance, of course, that they'll change Mr.Kane. 661 00:44:33,984 --> 00:44:35,383 Without his knowing it. 662 00:44:38,855 --> 00:44:42,416 Mr.Leland, I got a cable from Mr.Kane! 663 00:44:44,861 --> 00:44:47,557 - I got a cable here from Mr.Kane. - What? 664 00:44:47,631 --> 00:44:49,565 - From Paris, France. - What? 665 00:44:49,666 --> 00:44:52,635 - From Paris, France. - Come on in. 666 00:44:53,570 --> 00:44:58,507 "Who by his action has the traction magnates on the run" 667 00:44:58,808 --> 00:45:03,939 It's a good thing he promised not to send back any more statues. 668 00:45:05,282 --> 00:45:08,012 Look, he wants to buy the world's biggest diamond. 669 00:45:08,084 --> 00:45:11,645 Why didn't you go to Europe with him? He wanted you to. 670 00:45:11,721 --> 00:45:14,451 I wanted Charlie to have fun, with me along.... 671 00:45:14,624 --> 00:45:16,819 Bernstein, am I a stuffed shirt? 672 00:45:16,893 --> 00:45:21,592 Am I a horse-faced hypocrite? Am I a New England schoolmarm? 673 00:45:22,365 --> 00:45:23,662 Yes. 674 00:45:24,934 --> 00:45:29,496 If you thought I'd answer you different from what Mr.Kane tells you, I wouldn't. 675 00:45:29,572 --> 00:45:31,005 "World's biggest diamond." 676 00:45:31,074 --> 00:45:33,440 I didn't know Charlie was collecting diamonds. 677 00:45:33,510 --> 00:45:35,034 He ain't. 678 00:45:35,111 --> 00:45:38,308 He's collecting somebody that's collecting diamonds. 679 00:45:38,782 --> 00:45:41,876 Anyway, he ain't only collecting statues. 680 00:45:43,953 --> 00:45:46,046 "Welcome home, Mr.Kane... 681 00:45:46,122 --> 00:45:49,888 "...from 467 employees of the New York Inquirer." 682 00:45:49,959 --> 00:45:51,483 Here he comes! 683 00:45:55,532 --> 00:45:57,329 Welcome, Mr.Kane. 684 00:45:58,134 --> 00:45:59,965 - I know I've a moustache. - It looks awful. 685 00:46:00,036 --> 00:46:03,631 Have we got a society editor? 686 00:46:03,707 --> 00:46:06,642 - Right here, Mr.Kane. - Miss Townsend is the society editor. 687 00:46:06,710 --> 00:46:09,406 Miss Townsend, this is Mr.Charles Foster Kane. 688 00:46:10,580 --> 00:46:14,710 Miss Townsend, I've been away so long. I don't know your routine. 689 00:46:15,852 --> 00:46:18,980 I got a little social announcement. 690 00:46:19,055 --> 00:46:23,048 I wish you wouldn't treat this any differently than you would any other... 691 00:46:23,259 --> 00:46:24,886 ...social announcement. 692 00:46:25,528 --> 00:46:28,588 Mr.Kane, on behalf of all the employees of the Inquirer-- 693 00:46:28,665 --> 00:46:32,192 Mr.Bernstein, thank you very much, everybody, I.... 694 00:46:33,103 --> 00:46:37,199 I'm sorry, I can't accept it now. 695 00:46:37,374 --> 00:46:38,841 Goodbye. 696 00:46:39,509 --> 00:46:41,704 Say, he was in an awful hurry. 697 00:46:42,679 --> 00:46:44,806 Hey, everybody, look out here. 698 00:46:44,914 --> 00:46:46,882 Let's go to the window. 699 00:46:47,117 --> 00:46:50,018 - Mr.Leland! Mr.Bernstein! - Yes, Ms.Townsend? 700 00:46:50,086 --> 00:46:52,953 This announcement: "Mr.and Mrs.Thomas Monroe Norton... 701 00:46:53,022 --> 00:46:56,583 "...announce the engagement of their daughter, Emily Monroe Norton... 702 00:46:56,659 --> 00:46:58,422 "...to Mr.Charles Foster Kane." 703 00:46:58,495 --> 00:47:00,019 Come on. 704 00:47:02,532 --> 00:47:07,401 Emily Monroe Norton, she's the niece of the President of the United States. 705 00:47:07,604 --> 00:47:09,504 President's niece? 706 00:47:09,806 --> 00:47:13,105 Before he's through, she'll be a president's wife. 707 00:47:21,484 --> 00:47:24,885 The way things turned out, I don't need to tell you. 708 00:47:24,954 --> 00:47:27,684 Miss Emily Norton was no rosebud. 709 00:47:27,791 --> 00:47:29,884 It didn't end very well, did it? 710 00:47:30,326 --> 00:47:31,588 It ended. 711 00:47:32,695 --> 00:47:36,187 Then there was Susie. That ended, too. 712 00:47:38,501 --> 00:47:41,129 You know, Mr.Thompson, I was thinking... 713 00:47:41,938 --> 00:47:44,873 ...this Rosebud you're trying to find out about.... 714 00:47:46,109 --> 00:47:47,440 Yes? 715 00:47:51,848 --> 00:47:54,248 Maybe that was something he lost. 716 00:47:55,084 --> 00:47:58,451 Mr.Kane was a man who lost almost everything he had. 717 00:47:59,122 --> 00:48:01,386 You ought to see Jed Leland. 718 00:48:01,458 --> 00:48:04,655 Of course, he and Mr.Kane didn't exactly see eye to eye. 719 00:48:04,727 --> 00:48:06,718 You take the Spanish-American war. 720 00:48:06,796 --> 00:48:10,163 I guess Mr.Leland was right. That was Mr.Kane's war. 721 00:48:10,233 --> 00:48:13,225 We didn't really have anything to fight about. 722 00:48:14,003 --> 00:48:17,598 Do you think if it hadn't been for that war of Mr.Kane's... 723 00:48:17,907 --> 00:48:20,671 ...we'd have the Panama Canal? 724 00:48:21,311 --> 00:48:23,802 I wish I knew where Mr.Leland was. 725 00:48:24,414 --> 00:48:27,577 A lot of the time now they don't tell me these things. 726 00:48:28,885 --> 00:48:30,716 Maybe even he's dead. 727 00:48:30,820 --> 00:48:32,549 In case you'd like to know... 728 00:48:32,622 --> 00:48:35,591 ...he's at the Huntington Memorial Hospital on 180th Street. 729 00:48:35,658 --> 00:48:37,148 You don't say. I had-- 730 00:48:37,227 --> 00:48:40,128 Nothing particular the matter with him, they tell me, just.... 731 00:48:40,196 --> 00:48:42,790 Just old age. 732 00:48:44,100 --> 00:48:49,003 It's the only disease that you don't look forward to being cured of. 733 00:49:01,117 --> 00:49:03,984 I can remember absolutely everything, young man. 734 00:49:04,053 --> 00:49:05,350 That's my curse. 735 00:49:05,421 --> 00:49:09,983 That's one of the greatest curses ever inflicted on the human race: memory. 736 00:49:10,960 --> 00:49:15,795 I was his oldest friend, and as far as I was concerned, he behaved like a swine. 737 00:49:16,032 --> 00:49:20,128 Not that Charlie was ever brutal. He just did brutal things. 738 00:49:20,904 --> 00:49:25,170 Maybe I wasn't his friend, but if I wasn't, he never had one. 739 00:49:25,441 --> 00:49:29,036 Maybe I was what you nowadays call a stooge. 740 00:49:29,112 --> 00:49:31,478 You were about to say something about Rosebud. 741 00:49:31,548 --> 00:49:33,778 Do you happen to have a good cigar? 742 00:49:33,850 --> 00:49:37,718 I've got a young physician here who thinks I'm going to give up smoking. 743 00:49:37,787 --> 00:49:40,085 No, I'm afraid I haven't. Sorry. 744 00:49:40,423 --> 00:49:42,118 I changed the subject, didn't l? 745 00:49:42,191 --> 00:49:44,659 What a disagreeable old man I have become. 746 00:49:45,595 --> 00:49:50,430 You're a reporter and you want to know what I think about Charlie Kane. 747 00:49:53,870 --> 00:49:56,395 I suppose he had some private sort of greatness. 748 00:49:56,472 --> 00:49:58,201 But he kept it to himself. 749 00:49:58,274 --> 00:50:01,243 He never gave himself away. He never gave anything away. 750 00:50:01,311 --> 00:50:04,303 He just left you a tip. 751 00:50:05,782 --> 00:50:07,181 He had a generous mind. 752 00:50:07,250 --> 00:50:10,447 I don't suppose anybody ever had so many opinions. 753 00:50:10,720 --> 00:50:13,450 But he never believed in anything except Charlie Kane. 754 00:50:13,523 --> 00:50:17,152 He never had a conviction except Charlie Kane in his life. 755 00:50:17,427 --> 00:50:19,657 I suppose he died without one. 756 00:50:19,796 --> 00:50:22,390 That must have been pretty unpleasant. 757 00:50:22,732 --> 00:50:27,396 Of course, a lot of us check out without having any special convictions about death. 758 00:50:27,470 --> 00:50:30,735 But we do know what we're leaving. We do believe in something. 759 00:50:31,407 --> 00:50:34,467 Are you absolutely sure you haven't got a cigar? 760 00:50:34,611 --> 00:50:36,602 - Sorry, Mr.Leland. - Never mind. 761 00:50:36,679 --> 00:50:40,308 - What do you know about Rosebud? - "Rosebud"? 762 00:50:41,284 --> 00:50:44,515 His dying words: "Rosebud." 763 00:50:44,854 --> 00:50:46,947 I saw that in the Inquirer. 764 00:50:47,957 --> 00:50:50,949 I never believed anything I saw in the Inquirer. 765 00:50:51,027 --> 00:50:52,460 Anything else? 766 00:50:52,528 --> 00:50:56,225 I can tell you about Emily. I went to dancing school with Emily. 767 00:50:56,633 --> 00:50:58,396 I was very graceful. 768 00:50:59,369 --> 00:51:02,736 - We were talking about the first Mrs.Kane. - What was she like? 769 00:51:02,805 --> 00:51:05,330 She was like all the girls I knew in dancing school. 770 00:51:05,408 --> 00:51:08,434 Very nice girl. Emily was a little nicer. 771 00:51:09,912 --> 00:51:11,971 After the first couple of months... 772 00:51:12,048 --> 00:51:16,348 ...she and Charlie didn't see much of each other except at breakfast. 773 00:51:17,020 --> 00:51:19,682 It was a marriage just like any other marriage. 774 00:51:29,899 --> 00:51:31,594 - You're beautiful. - I can't be. 775 00:51:31,668 --> 00:51:33,431 Yes, you are. You're very beautiful. 776 00:51:33,503 --> 00:51:36,063 I've never been to six parties in one night before. 777 00:51:36,305 --> 00:51:39,069 - I've never been up this late. - It's a matter of habit. 778 00:51:39,142 --> 00:51:42,111 - What will the servants think? - That we enjoyed ourselves. 779 00:51:42,178 --> 00:51:44,703 Why do you have to go straight off to the newspaper? 780 00:51:44,781 --> 00:51:48,478 You never should've married a newspaperman, they're worse than sailors. 781 00:51:49,419 --> 00:51:51,319 I absolutely adore you. 782 00:51:52,155 --> 00:51:55,090 Charles, even newspapermen have to sleep. 783 00:51:56,559 --> 00:51:59,995 I'll call Mr.Bernstein and have him put off my appointments till noon. 784 00:52:01,330 --> 00:52:02,422 What time is it? 785 00:52:03,066 --> 00:52:04,727 I don't know. It's late. 786 00:52:07,070 --> 00:52:09,038 It's early. 787 00:52:09,138 --> 00:52:10,833 Charles.... 788 00:52:11,441 --> 00:52:14,410 Do you know how long you kept me waiting last night... 789 00:52:14,477 --> 00:52:17,310 ...when you went to the newspaper for 10 minutes? 790 00:52:17,547 --> 00:52:20,744 What do you do in a newspaper in the middle of the night? 791 00:52:20,883 --> 00:52:25,877 My dear, your only correspondent is the Inquirer. 792 00:52:25,955 --> 00:52:28,753 Sometimes I think I'd prefer a rival of flesh and blood. 793 00:52:28,825 --> 00:52:31,385 I don't spend that much time on the newspaper. 794 00:52:31,461 --> 00:52:35,557 It isn't just the time. It's what you print, attacking the President. 795 00:52:35,631 --> 00:52:38,862 - You mean Uncle John. - I mean the President of the United States. 796 00:52:38,935 --> 00:52:41,403 He's still Uncle John and a well-meaning fathead... 797 00:52:41,471 --> 00:52:44,872 ...who's letting a pack of high-pressure crooks run his administration. 798 00:52:44,941 --> 00:52:48,741 - This whole oil scandal-- - He happens to be the President, not you. 799 00:52:48,811 --> 00:52:51,644 That's a mistake that will be corrected one of these days. 800 00:52:51,714 --> 00:52:56,981 Your Mr.Bernstein sent Junior the most incredible atrocity yesterday. 801 00:52:57,954 --> 00:53:00,650 I simply can't have it in the nursery. 802 00:53:02,759 --> 00:53:06,058 Mr.Bernstein is apt to pay a visit to the nursery now and then. 803 00:53:06,129 --> 00:53:07,721 Does he have to? 804 00:53:08,765 --> 00:53:09,823 Yes. 805 00:53:09,932 --> 00:53:14,369 - Really, Charles, people will think-- - What I tell them to think. 806 00:53:33,189 --> 00:53:35,214 Wasn't he ever in love with her? 807 00:53:35,391 --> 00:53:37,154 He married for love. 808 00:53:38,060 --> 00:53:39,425 Love. 809 00:53:40,096 --> 00:53:41,825 That is why he did everything. 810 00:53:41,898 --> 00:53:44,867 That's why he went into politics. It seems we weren't enough. 811 00:53:44,934 --> 00:53:47,994 He wanted all the voters to love him, too. 812 00:53:48,671 --> 00:53:51,196 All he wanted out of life was love. 813 00:53:52,008 --> 00:53:55,239 That's Charlie's story. How he lost it. 814 00:53:55,444 --> 00:53:58,641 You see, he just didn't have any to give. 815 00:53:59,649 --> 00:54:02,447 He loved Charlie Kane, of course. 816 00:54:03,052 --> 00:54:04,451 Very dearly. 817 00:54:05,188 --> 00:54:07,418 And his mother, I guess he always loved her. 818 00:54:07,490 --> 00:54:10,550 - How about his second wife? - Susan Alexander? 819 00:54:11,327 --> 00:54:13,488 You know what Charlie called her? 820 00:54:13,696 --> 00:54:16,460 The day after he'd met her, he told me about her. 821 00:54:16,632 --> 00:54:21,535 He said she was "a cross-section of the American public." 822 00:54:23,773 --> 00:54:27,402 I guess he couldn't help it. She must have had something for him. 823 00:54:27,543 --> 00:54:30,307 That first night, according to Charlie... 824 00:54:31,380 --> 00:54:33,746 ...all she had was a toothache. 825 00:55:04,780 --> 00:55:07,305 What are you laughing at, young lady? 826 00:55:09,185 --> 00:55:11,949 - What's the matter with you? - Toothache. 827 00:55:12,021 --> 00:55:13,784 - What? - Toothache. 828 00:55:13,856 --> 00:55:15,187 Toothache? 829 00:55:18,628 --> 00:55:20,653 You mean you've got a toothache. 830 00:55:21,564 --> 00:55:24,465 - What's funny about that? - You're funny, mister. 831 00:55:24,533 --> 00:55:27,127 - You've got dirt on your face. - Not dirt, it's mud. 832 00:55:27,203 --> 00:55:29,501 Do you want some hot water? I live right here. 833 00:55:29,572 --> 00:55:31,540 What's that, young lady? 834 00:55:32,808 --> 00:55:35,242 I said, if you wanted some hot water... 835 00:55:35,544 --> 00:55:39,708 ...I could get you some...hot water. 836 00:55:43,319 --> 00:55:45,617 All right, thank you very much. 837 00:55:59,969 --> 00:56:01,937 Do I look any better now? 838 00:56:02,004 --> 00:56:06,737 - This medicine doesn't do a bit of good. - What you need is to get your mind off it. 839 00:56:11,914 --> 00:56:15,042 Excuse me, but my landlady prefers me to keep this door open... 840 00:56:15,284 --> 00:56:18,276 - ...when I have a gentleman caller. - All right. 841 00:56:18,354 --> 00:56:20,447 You have got a toothache, haven't you? 842 00:56:20,523 --> 00:56:23,583 - I surely have. - Why don't you try laughing at me again? 843 00:56:23,659 --> 00:56:25,627 - What? - I'm still pretty funny. 844 00:56:25,695 --> 00:56:28,289 I know, but you don't want me to laugh at you. 845 00:56:28,364 --> 00:56:30,423 I don't want your tooth to hurt, either. 846 00:56:30,499 --> 00:56:31,796 Look at me. 847 00:56:32,234 --> 00:56:33,360 See that? 848 00:56:33,436 --> 00:56:34,767 What are you doing? 849 00:56:34,837 --> 00:56:37,328 I'm wiggling both my ears at the same time. 850 00:56:39,508 --> 00:56:41,305 That's it, smile. 851 00:56:43,980 --> 00:56:47,814 It took me two solid years at the best boys' school in the world to learn that. 852 00:56:47,883 --> 00:56:51,080 The fellow who taught me is now president of Venezuela. 853 00:56:53,022 --> 00:56:54,455 That's it! 854 00:56:58,260 --> 00:57:00,854 - Is it a giraffe? - No, not a giraffe. 855 00:57:00,930 --> 00:57:03,831 - I bet it is. - What? 856 00:57:03,899 --> 00:57:06,026 Well, then it's an elephant. 857 00:57:06,202 --> 00:57:09,933 - It's supposed to be a rooster. - A rooster! 858 00:57:10,439 --> 00:57:14,273 You know an awful lot of tricks. Are you a professional magician? 859 00:57:14,343 --> 00:57:16,937 - No, I'm not a magician. - I was just joking. 860 00:57:17,013 --> 00:57:18,674 You really don't know who I am? 861 00:57:18,748 --> 00:57:21,842 You told me your name, Mr.Kane, but I'm awfully ignorant. 862 00:57:21,917 --> 00:57:26,411 I guess you caught on to that. I bet I've heard your name a million times. 863 00:57:26,589 --> 00:57:29,683 You really like me, though, even though you don't know who I am? 864 00:57:29,759 --> 00:57:33,217 I surely do. You've been wonderful. 865 00:57:34,296 --> 00:57:37,026 Without you I don't know what I would have done. 866 00:57:37,099 --> 00:57:40,432 I had a toothache, and I don't know many people. 867 00:57:40,736 --> 00:57:42,636 I know too many people. 868 00:57:43,072 --> 00:57:45,097 I guess we're both lonely. 869 00:57:45,408 --> 00:57:49,367 Want to know what I was going to do before I ruined my best Sunday clothes? 870 00:57:49,445 --> 00:57:52,710 I bet they're not your best Sunday clothes. You probably have more. 871 00:57:52,782 --> 00:57:53,976 I was just joking. 872 00:57:55,718 --> 00:57:59,654 I was on my way to the Western Manhattan Warehouse... 873 00:57:59,722 --> 00:58:01,747 ...in search of my youth. 874 00:58:02,825 --> 00:58:07,455 You see, my mother died a long time ago. Her things were put in storage out West. 875 00:58:07,530 --> 00:58:09,998 There wasn't any other place to put them. 876 00:58:10,066 --> 00:58:14,127 I thought I'd send for them now. Tonight I was going to take a look at them. 877 00:58:14,203 --> 00:58:16,433 A sort of sentimental journey. 878 00:58:20,009 --> 00:58:22,341 I run a couple of newspapers. What do you do? 879 00:58:22,411 --> 00:58:23,435 Me? 880 00:58:23,712 --> 00:58:25,942 - How old did you say you were? - I didn't say. 881 00:58:26,015 --> 00:58:28,711 If you had, I wouldn't have asked you. 882 00:58:28,784 --> 00:58:30,046 - How old? - Pretty old. 883 00:58:30,119 --> 00:58:32,212 - How old? - Twenty-two in August. 884 00:58:32,288 --> 00:58:34,313 That's a ripe old age. What do you do? 885 00:58:34,390 --> 00:58:37,848 I work at Seligman's. I'm in charge of the sheet music. 886 00:58:38,127 --> 00:58:42,723 - Is that what you want to do? - No, I wanted to be a singer, I guess. 887 00:58:43,466 --> 00:58:47,061 - That is, I didn't. My mother did for me. - What happened to the singing? 888 00:58:47,136 --> 00:58:51,163 Mother always thought, she always talked about grand opera for me. 889 00:58:51,240 --> 00:58:52,468 Imagine. 890 00:58:52,741 --> 00:58:56,973 But my voice isn't that kind. It's just, you know what mothers are like. 891 00:58:58,747 --> 00:58:59,975 Yes. 892 00:59:02,017 --> 00:59:04,815 - Have you got a piano? - A piano? 893 00:59:05,788 --> 00:59:07,585 Yes, there's one in the parlor. 894 00:59:07,656 --> 00:59:10,716 - Would you sing for me? - You wouldn't want to hear me sing. 895 00:59:10,793 --> 00:59:12,192 Yes, I would. 896 00:59:13,963 --> 00:59:16,227 Don't tell me your toothache is bothering you. 897 00:59:16,298 --> 00:59:18,027 No, that's all gone. 898 00:59:19,770 --> 00:59:21,738 All right. 899 00:59:22,706 --> 00:59:24,469 Let's go to the parlor. 900 00:59:24,541 --> 00:59:30,343 "Yes, Lindor shall be mine 901 00:59:31,749 --> 00:59:35,276 "I have sworn it 902 00:59:36,153 --> 00:59:38,986 "For weal or woe 903 00:59:41,091 --> 00:59:43,821 "Yes, Lindor 904 00:59:50,601 --> 00:59:53,900 "Lo giurai 905 00:59:55,306 --> 00:59:59,208 "La vincero" 906 01:00:07,251 --> 01:00:09,719 There is only one man who can rid the politics... 907 01:00:09,787 --> 01:00:13,086 ...of this state of the evil domination of Boss Jim Gettys. 908 01:00:13,157 --> 01:00:17,059 I am speaking of Charles Foster Kane, the fighting liberal... 909 01:00:17,127 --> 01:00:20,688 ...the friend of the workingman, the next governor of this state... 910 01:00:20,764 --> 01:00:23,028 ...who entered upon this campaign.... 911 01:00:23,100 --> 01:00:25,068 ...with one purpose only: 912 01:00:25,135 --> 01:00:29,504 To point out and make public the dishonesty... 913 01:00:29,740 --> 01:00:34,541 ...the downright villainy of Boss Jim W. Gettys' political machine... 914 01:00:34,845 --> 01:00:39,179 ...now in complete control of the government of this state. 915 01:00:39,616 --> 01:00:43,382 I made no campaign promises... 916 01:00:43,887 --> 01:00:48,517 ...because, until a few weeks ago, I had no hope of being elected. 917 01:00:50,160 --> 01:00:54,324 Now, however, I have something more than a hope. 918 01:00:57,568 --> 01:01:00,093 Jim Gettys has something less than a chance. 919 01:01:04,508 --> 01:01:06,408 Every straw vote... 920 01:01:06,577 --> 01:01:11,412 ...every independent poll shows that I will be elected. 921 01:01:11,849 --> 01:01:13,544 Very well. 922 01:01:13,717 --> 01:01:16,481 Now I can afford to make some promises. 923 01:01:26,764 --> 01:01:28,925 The workingman and the slum child... 924 01:01:28,999 --> 01:01:34,164 ...know they can expect my best efforts in their interests. 925 01:01:34,238 --> 01:01:38,800 The decent, ordinary citizens know that I'll do everything in my power... 926 01:01:38,876 --> 01:01:44,075 ...to protect the underprivileged, the underpaid, and the underfed. 927 01:01:48,018 --> 01:01:52,387 - Mother, is Pop governor yet? - Not yet, Junior. 928 01:01:56,260 --> 01:01:59,627 I'd make my promises now... 929 01:01:59,930 --> 01:02:03,388 ...if I weren't too busy arranging to keep them. 930 01:02:07,971 --> 01:02:10,963 But here's one promise I'll make... 931 01:02:11,074 --> 01:02:14,100 ...and Boss Jim Gettys knows I'll keep it. 932 01:02:15,412 --> 01:02:18,245 My first official act as governor of this state... 933 01:02:18,649 --> 01:02:23,518 ...will be to appoint a special district attorney to arrange for the indictment... 934 01:02:23,754 --> 01:02:29,454 ...prosecution and conviction of Boss Jim W. Gettys. 935 01:02:55,686 --> 01:02:58,883 If the election were held today, you'd be in by 100,000 votes. 936 01:02:58,956 --> 01:03:00,821 - Gettys isn't even pretending. - Pop. 937 01:03:00,891 --> 01:03:03,052 - Hello, son. - He isn't just scared, he's sick. 938 01:03:03,126 --> 01:03:05,959 It's beginning to dawn on Jim Gettys I mean what I say. 939 01:03:06,029 --> 01:03:09,396 - Did you like your old man's speech? - I could hear every word. 940 01:03:09,466 --> 01:03:11,127 - Hello, Emily. - Hold it. 941 01:03:11,702 --> 01:03:14,364 - Great speech, Mr.Kane. - Wonderful. 942 01:03:14,438 --> 01:03:16,770 Will you get us a taxi? 943 01:03:18,141 --> 01:03:21,042 I'm sending Junior home in the car with Oliver. 944 01:03:21,411 --> 01:03:23,072 Good night, Father. 945 01:03:24,381 --> 01:03:26,246 Goodbye, son. 946 01:03:36,927 --> 01:03:40,419 Why did you send Junior home in the car? What are you doing in a taxi? 947 01:03:40,497 --> 01:03:42,658 There's a call I want you to make with me. 948 01:03:42,733 --> 01:03:44,667 - It can wait. - No, it can't. 949 01:03:44,735 --> 01:03:46,430 What's this all about, Emily? 950 01:03:46,503 --> 01:03:49,734 It may not be about anything at all. I intend to find out. 951 01:03:49,840 --> 01:03:53,901 - Where are you going? - I'm going to "185 West 74th Street." 952 01:03:55,479 --> 01:03:58,380 If you wish, you may come with me. 953 01:04:02,553 --> 01:04:04,077 I'll come with you. 954 01:04:09,259 --> 01:04:12,717 I had no idea you had this flair for melodrama, Emily. 955 01:04:14,331 --> 01:04:16,299 Come right in, Mr.Kane. 956 01:04:26,877 --> 01:04:28,242 Charlie. 957 01:04:34,952 --> 01:04:38,046 He forced me to send your wife that letter. I didn't want to. 958 01:04:38,121 --> 01:04:40,919 He's been saying the most terrible.... 959 01:04:45,228 --> 01:04:46,889 Mrs.Kane. 960 01:04:48,899 --> 01:04:51,390 I don't suppose anybody would introduce us. 961 01:04:52,869 --> 01:04:54,427 I'm Jim Gettys. 962 01:04:55,038 --> 01:04:56,198 Yes? 963 01:04:59,443 --> 01:05:03,174 I made Miss Alexander send you the note, Mrs.Kane. 964 01:05:03,246 --> 01:05:05,510 She didn't want to at first. But she did it. 965 01:05:05,582 --> 01:05:08,415 Charlie, the things he said to me.... He threatened to-- 966 01:05:09,519 --> 01:05:13,387 I won't wait until I'm elected. To start with, I think I'll break your neck. 967 01:05:13,457 --> 01:05:16,221 Maybe you can do it, and maybe you can't. 968 01:05:17,294 --> 01:05:21,424 Your breaking this man's neck would scarcely explain this note: 969 01:05:22,399 --> 01:05:26,233 "Serious consequences for Mr.Kane, for yourself and for your son." 970 01:05:26,303 --> 01:05:29,329 - He wanted to get her to come here-- - What does this note mean? 971 01:05:29,406 --> 01:05:32,000 I'm Susan Alexander. I know what you're thinking-- 972 01:05:32,075 --> 01:05:34,908 - What does this note mean, Ms.Alexander? - She don't know. 973 01:05:34,978 --> 01:05:37,811 She sent it because I told her it wouldn't be smart not to. 974 01:05:37,881 --> 01:05:41,180 - Emily, this gentleman-- - I'm not a gentleman. 975 01:05:41,418 --> 01:05:44,285 Your husband is only trying to be funny calling me one. 976 01:05:44,354 --> 01:05:46,948 I don't even know what a gentleman is. 977 01:05:47,991 --> 01:05:51,222 You see, my idea of a gentleman.... 978 01:05:54,431 --> 01:05:57,867 If I owned a paper and didn't like the way somebody was doing things... 979 01:05:57,934 --> 01:06:00,368 ...some politician, I'd fight him with all I had. 980 01:06:00,437 --> 01:06:02,268 I wouldn't show him in a convict suit... 981 01:06:02,339 --> 01:06:04,705 ...so his family could see his picture in the paper. 982 01:06:04,775 --> 01:06:08,711 - You're a cheap, crooked grafter-- - We're talking now about what you are. 983 01:06:09,646 --> 01:06:12,479 I'm fighting for my life, not just my political life. 984 01:06:12,549 --> 01:06:14,744 - He said unless you-- - That's what I said. 985 01:06:14,818 --> 01:06:18,811 Here's the chance I'm willing to give him. It's more of a chance than he'd give me. 986 01:06:18,889 --> 01:06:23,656 Unless he decides by tomorrow that he's so sick he has to go away for a year... 987 01:06:23,727 --> 01:06:28,027 ...Monday morning, all papers in the state, except his, will carry the story I'll give. 988 01:06:28,098 --> 01:06:29,497 What story? 989 01:06:30,300 --> 01:06:33,463 - The story about him and Ms.Alexander. - There isn't any story! 990 01:06:33,537 --> 01:06:34,765 Shut up. 991 01:06:35,138 --> 01:06:37,936 We've got evidence that would look bad in the headlines. 992 01:06:38,008 --> 01:06:40,670 Do you want me to give you the evidence? 993 01:06:42,779 --> 01:06:45,612 I'd rather he withdrew without having the story published. 994 01:06:45,682 --> 01:06:48,742 Not that I care about him, but I'd be better off that way. 995 01:06:51,688 --> 01:06:53,781 So would you, Mrs.Kane. 996 01:06:54,191 --> 01:06:56,250 What about me? 997 01:06:58,261 --> 01:07:02,095 He said my name would be dragged through the mud. That everywhere I went-- 998 01:07:02,165 --> 01:07:05,032 There seems to be only one decision you can make, Charles. 999 01:07:05,635 --> 01:07:07,830 I'd say that it'd been made for you. 1000 01:07:09,473 --> 01:07:11,566 You can't tell me the voters of this state-- 1001 01:07:11,808 --> 01:07:14,606 I'm not interested in the voters of this state right now. 1002 01:07:14,678 --> 01:07:16,145 I am interested in our son. 1003 01:07:16,213 --> 01:07:19,376 - Charlie, if they publish this story-- - They won't. 1004 01:07:20,650 --> 01:07:22,811 Good night, Mr.Gettys. 1005 01:07:31,728 --> 01:07:33,821 Are you coming, Charles? 1006 01:07:36,066 --> 01:07:37,397 No. 1007 01:07:40,804 --> 01:07:42,431 I'm staying here. 1008 01:07:45,575 --> 01:07:47,668 I can fight this all alone. 1009 01:07:48,912 --> 01:07:51,403 If you don't listen to reason, it may be too late. 1010 01:07:51,481 --> 01:07:55,440 Too late? For what? 1011 01:07:57,554 --> 01:08:00,819 For you and this public thief... 1012 01:08:01,158 --> 01:08:03,490 ...to take the love of the people away from me? 1013 01:08:03,560 --> 01:08:06,324 You got other things to think about. Your little boy. 1014 01:08:06,463 --> 01:08:08,931 You don't want him to read about you in the papers. 1015 01:08:08,999 --> 01:08:13,527 There's only one person in the world to decide what I'll do. And that's me. 1016 01:08:16,373 --> 01:08:19,934 You decided what you were going to do, Charles, some time ago. 1017 01:08:27,184 --> 01:08:29,846 You're making a bigger fool of yourself than I thought. 1018 01:08:29,920 --> 01:08:32,286 - I've got nothing to say to you. - You're licked-- 1019 01:08:32,355 --> 01:08:35,756 Get out. If you want to see me, have the warden write me a letter. 1020 01:08:35,992 --> 01:08:40,656 If it was anybody else, I'd say what's going to happen to you would be a lesson to you. 1021 01:08:40,931 --> 01:08:43,627 Only you're going to need more than one lesson. 1022 01:08:44,467 --> 01:08:48,494 - And you'll get more than one lesson. - Don't worry about me, Gettys. 1023 01:08:50,173 --> 01:08:52,232 Don't worry about me! 1024 01:08:53,143 --> 01:08:55,737 I'm Charles Foster Kane! 1025 01:08:56,313 --> 01:09:00,579 I'm no cheap, crooked politician trying to save himself... 1026 01:09:00,650 --> 01:09:03,676 ...from the consequences of his crimes! 1027 01:09:04,721 --> 01:09:08,748 Gettys! I'm gonna send you to Sing Sing. 1028 01:09:08,925 --> 01:09:11,052 Sing Sing, Gettys. 1029 01:09:14,297 --> 01:09:17,357 - Have you a car, Mrs.Kane? - Yes, thank you. 1030 01:09:17,901 --> 01:09:20,665 - Good night. - Good night. 1031 01:09:31,448 --> 01:09:35,441 Paper. Read all about it. Extra, extra. 1032 01:09:39,956 --> 01:09:42,049 - Paper? - No, thanks. 1033 01:09:56,940 --> 01:09:59,773 With a million majority already against him... 1034 01:10:00,043 --> 01:10:03,376 ...and the church counties still to be heard from... 1035 01:10:03,580 --> 01:10:06,014 ...I'm afraid we got no choice. 1036 01:10:06,082 --> 01:10:07,515 This one? 1037 01:10:10,954 --> 01:10:12,717 That one. 1038 01:10:36,012 --> 01:10:37,877 Good night again. 1039 01:10:49,025 --> 01:10:52,517 - Is there anything I can-- - No, thanks, Mr.Bernstein. 1040 01:10:54,164 --> 01:10:56,462 You better go home and get some sleep. 1041 01:10:57,534 --> 01:10:59,024 You, too. 1042 01:11:01,438 --> 01:11:03,235 Good night, Mr.Kane. 1043 01:11:28,365 --> 01:11:30,925 - Hello, Jedediah. - I'm drunk. 1044 01:11:34,571 --> 01:11:39,736 If you've got drunk to talk to me about... 1045 01:11:42,245 --> 01:11:44,805 ...Ms.Alexander, don't bother. 1046 01:11:46,649 --> 01:11:48,446 I'm not interested. 1047 01:11:52,655 --> 01:11:56,523 I've set back the sacred cause of reform, is that it? 1048 01:11:57,994 --> 01:11:59,393 All right. 1049 01:12:01,164 --> 01:12:04,463 If that's the way they want it, the people have made their choice. 1050 01:12:04,534 --> 01:12:07,332 It's obvious the people prefer Jim Gettys to me. 1051 01:12:07,404 --> 01:12:11,101 You talk about the people as though you owned them. 1052 01:12:11,174 --> 01:12:13,472 As though they belong to you. Goodness. 1053 01:12:14,210 --> 01:12:19,011 As long as I can remember, you've talked about giving the people their rights... 1054 01:12:19,182 --> 01:12:22,413 ...as if you could make them a present of liberty... 1055 01:12:22,552 --> 01:12:25,077 ...as a reward for services rendered. 1056 01:12:25,155 --> 01:12:27,555 - Jed. - You remember the workingman? 1057 01:12:28,324 --> 01:12:30,952 I'll get drunk, too, Jedediah... 1058 01:12:32,429 --> 01:12:33,691 ...if it'll do any good. 1059 01:12:33,763 --> 01:12:37,199 It won't do any good. Besides you never get drunk. 1060 01:12:37,300 --> 01:12:40,133 You used to write an awful lot about the workingman-- 1061 01:12:40,203 --> 01:12:41,101 Go on home. 1062 01:12:41,171 --> 01:12:44,038 He's turning into something called "organized labor." 1063 01:12:45,809 --> 01:12:49,176 You won't like that one little bit when you find out... 1064 01:12:49,245 --> 01:12:54,376 ...it means your workingman expects something as his right, and not your gift. 1065 01:12:56,453 --> 01:13:00,947 When your precious underprivileged really get together.... 1066 01:13:01,558 --> 01:13:03,389 Oh, boy.... 1067 01:13:04,160 --> 01:13:07,152 That'll add up to something bigger than your privilege... 1068 01:13:07,230 --> 01:13:10,165 ...then I don't know what you'll do. 1069 01:13:10,233 --> 01:13:15,535 Sail away to a desert island probably and lord it over the monkeys. 1070 01:13:16,806 --> 01:13:18,967 I wouldn't worry about it too much. 1071 01:13:19,342 --> 01:13:24,245 There'll probably be a few of them there to tell me when I do something wrong. 1072 01:13:24,447 --> 01:13:26,540 You may not always be so lucky. 1073 01:13:27,350 --> 01:13:28,817 You're not very drunk. 1074 01:13:28,885 --> 01:13:30,910 Drunk, what do you care? 1075 01:13:31,321 --> 01:13:34,222 You don't care about anything except you. 1076 01:13:35,191 --> 01:13:41,027 You persuade people that you love them so much that they ought to love you back. 1077 01:13:41,397 --> 01:13:43,991 Only you want love on your own terms. 1078 01:13:45,735 --> 01:13:49,171 It's something to be played your way, according to your rules. 1079 01:13:55,812 --> 01:13:59,043 - Let me work on the Chicago paper. - What? 1080 01:13:59,315 --> 01:14:04,116 You said you were looking for someone to do dramatic "crimitism," criticism. 1081 01:14:04,354 --> 01:14:06,083 I am drunk. 1082 01:14:08,625 --> 01:14:10,616 I want to go to Chicago. 1083 01:14:11,928 --> 01:14:13,657 You're too valuable here. 1084 01:14:15,899 --> 01:14:19,892 - There's nothing left for me to do-- - All right, you can go to Chicago. 1085 01:14:19,969 --> 01:14:21,197 Thank you. 1086 01:14:22,305 --> 01:14:24,830 I guess I'd better try to get drunk anyway. 1087 01:14:26,543 --> 01:14:29,034 I warn you, Jedediah, you won't like Chicago. 1088 01:14:29,112 --> 01:14:33,742 The wind comes off the lake, and they've probably never heard of Lobster Newburg. 1089 01:14:33,816 --> 01:14:36,011 Will Saturday after next be all right? 1090 01:14:36,085 --> 01:14:38,076 - Anytime you say. - Thank you. 1091 01:14:43,760 --> 01:14:48,754 A toast to love on my terms. Those are the only terms anybody knows: 1092 01:14:50,366 --> 01:14:51,560 His own. 1093 01:15:04,514 --> 01:15:07,039 Mr.Kane, I'm from the Inquirer. 1094 01:15:16,326 --> 01:15:19,227 - What's that, young man? - Are you through with politics? 1095 01:15:19,295 --> 01:15:22,025 Am I through with politics? I would say vice versa. 1096 01:15:23,399 --> 01:15:25,094 We're going to be an opera star. 1097 01:15:25,168 --> 01:15:27,033 Are you singing at the Metropolitan? 1098 01:15:27,103 --> 01:15:28,468 We certainly are. 1099 01:15:28,671 --> 01:15:31,538 Charlie said if I didn't, he'd build me an opera house. 1100 01:15:31,608 --> 01:15:33,098 That won't be necessary. 1101 01:15:37,981 --> 01:15:41,280 No, no, no! 1102 01:16:14,884 --> 01:16:16,374 Places, please! 1103 01:17:05,468 --> 01:17:08,266 Mr.Leland is writing it from the dramatic angle? 1104 01:17:08,338 --> 01:17:11,796 - And we've covered it from the news end. - And the social. 1105 01:17:12,675 --> 01:17:14,870 How about the music notice? 1106 01:17:14,944 --> 01:17:16,912 Yes, it's already made up. 1107 01:17:17,013 --> 01:17:19,675 Mr.Mowan wrote a swell review. 1108 01:17:21,217 --> 01:17:25,381 - Enthusiastic? - Yes, sir. 1109 01:17:25,521 --> 01:17:28,149 Mr.Kane. This is a surprise. 1110 01:17:30,727 --> 01:17:32,718 We've got two spreads of pictures. 1111 01:17:32,795 --> 01:17:34,660 The music notice on the front page? 1112 01:17:34,731 --> 01:17:38,394 But there's still one notice to come. The dramatic. 1113 01:17:39,535 --> 01:17:41,059 The dramatic notice. 1114 01:17:42,238 --> 01:17:46,800 - Mr.Bernstein, that's Mr.Leland, isn't it? - Yes, we're waiting for it. 1115 01:17:50,680 --> 01:17:53,740 - Where is he? - Right in there, Mr.Kane. 1116 01:18:01,657 --> 01:18:03,124 Mr.Kane. 1117 01:18:17,940 --> 01:18:20,602 Mr.Leland and Mr.Kane... 1118 01:18:21,744 --> 01:18:25,009 ...haven't spoken together for years. 1119 01:18:27,617 --> 01:18:30,279 - You don't suppose-- - There's nothing to suppose. 1120 01:18:34,690 --> 01:18:35,952 Excuse me. 1121 01:18:53,042 --> 01:18:54,532 Close the door. 1122 01:18:57,847 --> 01:19:00,407 He ain't been drinking before. 1123 01:19:01,284 --> 01:19:03,377 Never. We would have heard. 1124 01:19:03,686 --> 01:19:05,677 What does it say there? 1125 01:19:06,155 --> 01:19:08,817 The notice, what's he written? 1126 01:19:10,526 --> 01:19:15,520 "Miss Susan Alexander, a pretty but hopelessly incompetent amateur... 1127 01:19:19,035 --> 01:19:22,903 "...last night opened the new Chicago Opera House... 1128 01:19:23,239 --> 01:19:24,968 "...in a performance of...." 1129 01:19:28,077 --> 01:19:31,604 I still can't pronounce that name. 1130 01:19:35,117 --> 01:19:39,076 "Her singing, happily, is no concern of this department. 1131 01:19:39,489 --> 01:19:43,391 "Of her acting, it is absolutely impossible to...." 1132 01:19:45,127 --> 01:19:46,287 Go on. 1133 01:19:48,764 --> 01:19:50,732 That's all there is. 1134 01:20:03,846 --> 01:20:07,407 Of her acting it is absolutely impossible to say anything except... 1135 01:20:07,483 --> 01:20:11,078 ...that, in the opinion of this reviewer, it represents a new low. 1136 01:20:11,287 --> 01:20:14,188 - In the opinion of this reviewer. - I didn't see that. 1137 01:20:14,257 --> 01:20:16,623 It isn't here, Mr.Bernstein, I'm dictating it. 1138 01:20:16,692 --> 01:20:19,627 - Mr.Kane, I-- - Get me a typewriter. 1139 01:20:21,063 --> 01:20:23,463 I'm going to finish Mr.Leland's notice. 1140 01:20:40,550 --> 01:20:42,450 Hello, Bernstein. 1141 01:20:47,590 --> 01:20:50,923 - Hello. - Hello, Mr.Leland. 1142 01:20:54,230 --> 01:20:57,461 Where's my notice, Bernstein? I've got to finish my notice. 1143 01:20:57,533 --> 01:21:00,798 - Mr.Kane is finishing it for you. - Charlie? 1144 01:21:06,776 --> 01:21:09,108 Charlie out there? 1145 01:21:10,880 --> 01:21:13,314 I guess he's fixing it up. 1146 01:21:15,751 --> 01:21:18,151 I knew I'd never get that through. 1147 01:21:18,988 --> 01:21:23,015 Mr.Kane's finishing your review just the way you started it. 1148 01:21:23,426 --> 01:21:27,123 He's writing a bad notice like you wanted it to be. 1149 01:21:29,632 --> 01:21:31,657 I guess that'll show you. 1150 01:21:56,559 --> 01:21:58,459 Hello, Jedediah. 1151 01:22:01,731 --> 01:22:03,164 Hello, Charlie. 1152 01:22:04,767 --> 01:22:07,600 I didn't know we were speaking. 1153 01:22:07,937 --> 01:22:10,167 Sure we're speaking, Jedediah. 1154 01:22:12,241 --> 01:22:14,402 You're fired. 1155 01:22:26,689 --> 01:22:31,251 Everybody knows that story, Mr.Leland, but why did he do it? 1156 01:22:32,728 --> 01:22:35,925 - How could a man write a notice-- - You just don't know Charlie. 1157 01:22:35,998 --> 01:22:39,934 He thought that by finishing that notice he'd show me he was an honest man. 1158 01:22:40,002 --> 01:22:42,266 He was always trying to prove something. 1159 01:22:42,338 --> 01:22:45,466 That whole thing about Susie being an opera singer. 1160 01:22:45,541 --> 01:22:47,805 That was trying to prove something. 1161 01:22:48,577 --> 01:22:51,944 You know what the headline was the day before the election? 1162 01:22:52,314 --> 01:22:58,310 "Candidate Kane found in love nest with 'singer."' 1163 01:22:58,387 --> 01:23:00,514 He was going to take the quotes off the singer. 1164 01:23:00,589 --> 01:23:01,715 Hey, nurse! 1165 01:23:01,824 --> 01:23:05,817 Five years ago he wrote from that place down there in the South. 1166 01:23:05,895 --> 01:23:13,563 What's it called, Shangri-la? El Dorado? Sloppy Joe's? What's the name? 1167 01:23:14,804 --> 01:23:19,138 All right, Xanadu, I knew it all the time. 1168 01:23:19,208 --> 01:23:23,338 You caught on, didn't you? I'm not that hard to see through. 1169 01:23:23,746 --> 01:23:26,146 Well, I never even answered his letter. 1170 01:23:26,916 --> 01:23:28,315 Maybe I should have. 1171 01:23:28,384 --> 01:23:32,445 I guess he was pretty lonely down there in that coliseum all those years. 1172 01:23:32,888 --> 01:23:35,982 He hadn't finished it when she left him. He never finished it. 1173 01:23:36,058 --> 01:23:39,289 He never finished anything except my notice. 1174 01:23:39,662 --> 01:23:42,825 - Of course, he built the joint for her. - That must have been love. 1175 01:23:42,898 --> 01:23:43,865 I don't know. 1176 01:23:44,100 --> 01:23:48,628 He was disappointed in the world so he built his own, an absolute monarchy. 1177 01:23:49,338 --> 01:23:51,898 It was something bigger than an opera house anyway. 1178 01:23:51,974 --> 01:23:53,373 - Nurse. - Yes, Mr.Leland. 1179 01:23:53,442 --> 01:23:54,807 I'm coming. 1180 01:23:56,378 --> 01:23:59,870 - There's one thing you can do for me. - Sure. 1181 01:23:59,982 --> 01:24:04,646 Stop at the cigar store on your way out, and get me a couple of good cigars. 1182 01:24:04,720 --> 01:24:06,813 - Be glad to. - Thank you. 1183 01:24:07,289 --> 01:24:08,722 One is enough. 1184 01:24:09,091 --> 01:24:13,494 When I was a young man, there was an impression that nurses were pretty. 1185 01:24:13,562 --> 01:24:15,655 Well, it was no truer then than it is today. 1186 01:24:15,731 --> 01:24:17,858 - I'll take your arm. - All right. 1187 01:24:17,933 --> 01:24:20,663 - You won't forget about those cigars? - I won't. 1188 01:24:20,870 --> 01:24:25,807 Have them wrapped like toothpaste, or they'll stop them at the desk. 1189 01:24:25,875 --> 01:24:28,776 You know that young doctor I was telling you about, well... 1190 01:24:28,844 --> 01:24:32,746 ...he's got an idea he wants to keep me alive. 1191 01:25:02,011 --> 01:25:06,004 I'd rather you'd just talk. Anything that comes into your mind... 1192 01:25:06,749 --> 01:25:08,944 ...about yourself and Mr.Kane. 1193 01:25:09,151 --> 01:25:14,487 You don't want to hear what comes into my mind about myself and Charlie Kane. 1194 01:25:16,025 --> 01:25:20,826 You know, maybe I shouldn't have sung for Charlie that first time I met him. 1195 01:25:22,097 --> 01:25:24,998 But I did an awful lot of singing after that. 1196 01:25:26,869 --> 01:25:30,737 I sang for teachers at $100 an hour. 1197 01:25:30,806 --> 01:25:33,400 - The teachers got that, I didn't. - What did you get? 1198 01:25:33,475 --> 01:25:37,036 I didn't get a thing, except music lessons. That's all there was in it. 1199 01:25:37,112 --> 01:25:38,579 He married you, didn't he? 1200 01:25:38,647 --> 01:25:42,105 He didn't mention anything about marriage until after it was over and... 1201 01:25:42,184 --> 01:25:44,516 ...until it got in the papers about us... 1202 01:25:44,587 --> 01:25:49,490 ...and he lost the election, and that Norton woman divorced him. 1203 01:25:49,825 --> 01:25:51,850 He was really interested in my voice. 1204 01:25:51,927 --> 01:25:53,519 Why did he build that opera house? 1205 01:25:53,596 --> 01:25:57,430 I didn't want it. I didn't want a thing. It was his idea. 1206 01:25:58,834 --> 01:26:00,893 Everything was his idea... 1207 01:26:03,873 --> 01:26:05,864 ...except my leaving him. 1208 01:26:13,849 --> 01:26:18,513 "Don't forget" 1209 01:26:18,587 --> 01:26:20,111 Don't get nervous. 1210 01:26:20,222 --> 01:26:22,884 Please. Let's come back. 1211 01:26:24,460 --> 01:26:27,691 Look at me, Mrs.Kane, darling. 1212 01:26:27,796 --> 01:26:36,727 "Get the voice out of the throat Place the tone right in the mask 1213 01:26:42,945 --> 01:26:44,276 "Diaphragm" 1214 01:26:51,787 --> 01:26:54,085 You're out of pitch. 1215 01:26:57,826 --> 01:27:00,920 Some people can sing. Some can't. 1216 01:27:01,096 --> 01:27:02,620 Impossible. 1217 01:27:03,565 --> 01:27:06,625 It's not your job to give your opinion of Mrs.Kane's talents. 1218 01:27:08,570 --> 01:27:12,165 You're supposed to train her voice, Signor Matiste. Nothing more. 1219 01:27:12,875 --> 01:27:14,638 Please continue with the lesson. 1220 01:27:14,710 --> 01:27:17,144 - But, Mr.Kane. - Please. 1221 01:27:18,147 --> 01:27:22,015 I'll be the laughingstock of the musical world. People will think-- 1222 01:27:22,084 --> 01:27:25,019 You're concerned what people will think? 1223 01:27:25,087 --> 01:27:29,649 Perhaps I can enlighten you a bit. I'm an authority on what people will think. 1224 01:27:30,359 --> 01:27:32,156 The newspapers for example. 1225 01:27:32,428 --> 01:27:35,158 I run several newspapers between here and San Francisco. 1226 01:27:35,230 --> 01:27:36,663 It's all right, darling. 1227 01:27:36,899 --> 01:27:39,129 Signor Matiste is going to listen to reason. 1228 01:27:40,035 --> 01:27:42,799 - How can I persuade you-- - You can't. 1229 01:28:09,031 --> 01:28:11,158 It's all right, darling, go ahead. 1230 01:28:22,945 --> 01:28:25,675 I thought you'd see it my way. 1231 01:28:35,958 --> 01:28:39,860 No, no, no. 1232 01:29:10,159 --> 01:29:13,651 "Ah, cruel 1233 01:29:14,963 --> 01:29:18,455 "Tu m'as trop entendue 1234 01:29:19,601 --> 01:29:23,093 "Les Dieux m'en sont temoins 1235 01:29:23,572 --> 01:29:27,975 "Ces Dieux qui dans mon flanc 1236 01:29:28,110 --> 01:29:30,408 "Ont allume 1237 01:29:30,546 --> 01:29:33,242 "Le feu fatal 1238 01:29:33,649 --> 01:29:36,709 "A tout mon sang 1239 01:29:56,705 --> 01:30:01,642 "Dites-moi comment j'expie 1240 01:30:01,710 --> 01:30:04,941 "Ce peche si fort 1241 01:30:07,015 --> 01:30:10,007 "Toujours remplie 1242 01:30:10,085 --> 01:30:15,079 "Je ne peux pas resister encore 1243 01:30:18,494 --> 01:30:23,158 "Oh Dieux, arrachez-moi 1244 01:30:23,465 --> 01:30:25,899 "Ces feux fatals" 1245 01:30:25,968 --> 01:30:27,060 I think it's dreadful. 1246 01:30:27,636 --> 01:30:32,198 "Allument ma mort 1247 01:30:36,945 --> 01:30:41,644 "Voila mon coeur 1248 01:30:42,217 --> 01:30:47,086 "Voila mon coeur 1249 01:30:47,589 --> 01:30:51,582 "C'est la que ta main doit frapper 1250 01:30:53,562 --> 01:30:56,531 "Voila mon coeur 1251 01:30:58,600 --> 01:31:00,898 "Frappe 1252 01:31:02,104 --> 01:31:06,541 "Prete-moi ton epee 1253 01:31:07,676 --> 01:31:10,042 "Frappe" 1254 01:32:06,668 --> 01:32:09,068 Stop telling me he's your friend. 1255 01:32:09,504 --> 01:32:11,904 A friend don't write that kind of review. 1256 01:32:11,974 --> 01:32:15,410 All these other papers panning me, I could expect that. 1257 01:32:15,477 --> 01:32:19,277 But for the Inquirer to run a thing like that, spoiling my whole debut. 1258 01:32:19,348 --> 01:32:20,110 Come in. 1259 01:32:20,182 --> 01:32:21,114 I'll get it. 1260 01:32:21,216 --> 01:32:24,049 Friend. Not the kind of friends I know... 1261 01:32:24,319 --> 01:32:26,344 ...but I'm not high class like you. 1262 01:32:26,588 --> 01:32:28,647 And I never went to any swell schools. 1263 01:32:28,724 --> 01:32:30,157 That'll be enough, Susan. 1264 01:32:30,225 --> 01:32:31,487 From Mr.Leland, sir. 1265 01:32:32,027 --> 01:32:35,121 He wanted me to make sure you got this personally. 1266 01:32:35,430 --> 01:32:38,058 Is that something from him? 1267 01:32:39,534 --> 01:32:40,728 Charlie! 1268 01:32:41,536 --> 01:32:45,370 As for you, you ought to have your head examined. 1269 01:32:45,574 --> 01:32:48,134 Sending him a letter telling him he's fired... 1270 01:32:48,210 --> 01:32:50,701 ...with a $25,000 check in it. 1271 01:32:50,779 --> 01:32:53,304 What kind of firing do you call that? 1272 01:32:53,982 --> 01:32:58,248 You did send him a check for $25,000, didn't you? 1273 01:32:59,554 --> 01:33:00,543 Yes. 1274 01:33:03,025 --> 01:33:06,256 I sent him a check for $25,000. 1275 01:33:08,864 --> 01:33:10,331 What's that? 1276 01:33:11,566 --> 01:33:13,056 Declaration of Principles. 1277 01:33:13,135 --> 01:33:14,227 What? 1278 01:33:14,936 --> 01:33:16,028 What is it? 1279 01:33:21,843 --> 01:33:22,867 An antique. 1280 01:33:22,944 --> 01:33:25,708 You're awful funny, aren't you? 1281 01:33:26,782 --> 01:33:31,082 I'll tell you one thing you're not going to be funny about, and that's my singing. 1282 01:33:31,153 --> 01:33:32,279 I'm through. 1283 01:33:32,354 --> 01:33:34,879 I never wanted to do it in the first place. 1284 01:33:35,424 --> 01:33:37,892 You'll continue with your singing, Susan. 1285 01:33:38,060 --> 01:33:40,858 I don't propose to have myself made ridiculous. 1286 01:33:40,929 --> 01:33:44,194 You don't propose to have yourself made ridiculous! 1287 01:33:44,299 --> 01:33:47,632 What about me? I'm the one that has to sing. 1288 01:33:47,703 --> 01:33:49,671 I'm the one that gets the raspberries. 1289 01:33:49,738 --> 01:33:51,603 Why don't you leave me alone? 1290 01:33:51,673 --> 01:33:53,402 My reasons satisfy me, Susan. 1291 01:33:53,475 --> 01:33:55,602 You seem unable to understand them. 1292 01:33:56,478 --> 01:33:58,708 I will not tell them to you again. 1293 01:34:02,384 --> 01:34:04,579 You'll continue with your singing. 1294 01:35:37,045 --> 01:35:38,876 Get Dr.Corey. 1295 01:35:43,285 --> 01:35:44,377 Susan. 1296 01:35:45,253 --> 01:35:48,882 She'll be perfectly all right in a day or two, Mr.Kane. 1297 01:35:50,859 --> 01:35:54,920 I can't imagine how Mrs.Kane came to make such a foolish mistake. 1298 01:35:55,430 --> 01:35:59,992 The sedative Dr.Wagner gave her was in a somewhat larger bottle. 1299 01:36:00,402 --> 01:36:04,862 The strain of preparing for the new opera has excited and confused her. 1300 01:36:04,940 --> 01:36:07,170 Yes, I'm sure that was it. 1301 01:36:07,976 --> 01:36:10,740 No objections to my staying with her are there? 1302 01:36:10,912 --> 01:36:14,973 No, not at all. I'd like the nurse to be here, too. 1303 01:36:15,784 --> 01:36:17,911 Good night, Mr.Kane. 1304 01:36:53,421 --> 01:36:55,048 Charlie. 1305 01:36:57,759 --> 01:37:00,455 I couldn't make you see how I felt, Charlie. 1306 01:37:02,397 --> 01:37:05,161 But I couldn't go through with the singing again. 1307 01:37:07,068 --> 01:37:10,299 You don't know what it means to know that people.... 1308 01:37:11,806 --> 01:37:14,604 That the whole audience doesn't want you. 1309 01:37:18,213 --> 01:37:20,306 That's when you got to fight them. 1310 01:37:28,723 --> 01:37:30,281 All right. 1311 01:37:32,227 --> 01:37:34,627 You won't have to fight them anymore. 1312 01:37:37,933 --> 01:37:40,060 It's their loss. 1313 01:37:55,717 --> 01:37:57,480 What are you doing? 1314 01:38:01,923 --> 01:38:03,914 Jigsaw puzzles? 1315 01:38:09,064 --> 01:38:11,055 Charlie, what time is it? 1316 01:38:11,633 --> 01:38:13,123 11:30. 1317 01:38:13,301 --> 01:38:14,734 In New York? 1318 01:38:17,639 --> 01:38:20,472 I said what time is it in New York? 1319 01:38:21,309 --> 01:38:24,437 - 11:30. - Night? 1320 01:38:28,049 --> 01:38:29,880 The Bulldog's just gone to press. 1321 01:38:29,951 --> 01:38:33,148 Well, hurray for the Bulldog. 1322 01:38:34,990 --> 01:38:38,790 Gee, 11:30. Shows are just getting up. 1323 01:38:38,927 --> 01:38:41,657 People are going to nightclubs and restaurants. 1324 01:38:42,330 --> 01:38:45,731 Of course, we're different because we live in a palace. 1325 01:38:45,800 --> 01:38:48,428 You always said you wanted to live in a palace. 1326 01:38:48,503 --> 01:38:50,869 A person could go crazy in this dump. 1327 01:38:51,072 --> 01:38:54,906 Nobody to talk to, nobody to have any fun with. 1328 01:38:55,644 --> 01:38:59,512 49,000 acres of nothing but scenery and statues. 1329 01:38:59,748 --> 01:39:01,215 I'm lonesome. 1330 01:39:01,282 --> 01:39:05,218 Until yesterday, we've had no less than 50 of your friends at any one time. 1331 01:39:05,286 --> 01:39:08,016 I think if you look in the west wing... 1332 01:39:08,089 --> 01:39:11,183 ...you'll probably find a dozen vacationists still in residence. 1333 01:39:11,259 --> 01:39:13,853 You make a joke out of everything. 1334 01:39:14,362 --> 01:39:18,992 Charlie, I want to go to New York. I'm tired of being a hostess. 1335 01:39:19,067 --> 01:39:22,935 I want to have fun. Please, Charlie. 1336 01:39:24,639 --> 01:39:27,472 Charlie, please. 1337 01:39:28,410 --> 01:39:31,072 Our home is here, Susan. 1338 01:39:36,818 --> 01:39:39,048 I don't care to visit New York. 1339 01:40:15,990 --> 01:40:17,753 What are you doing? 1340 01:40:20,729 --> 01:40:24,028 One thing I can never understand: 1341 01:40:24,099 --> 01:40:26,294 How do you know you haven't done it before? 1342 01:40:26,367 --> 01:40:30,360 It makes a whole lot more sense than collecting statues. 1343 01:40:31,973 --> 01:40:33,565 You may be right. 1344 01:40:33,975 --> 01:40:36,068 I sometimes wonder... 1345 01:40:36,444 --> 01:40:38,878 ...but you get into the habit. 1346 01:40:38,947 --> 01:40:41,848 It's not a habit, I do it because I like it. 1347 01:40:42,250 --> 01:40:44,844 I thought we might have a picnic tomorrow. 1348 01:40:47,222 --> 01:40:50,248 Invite everybody to spend the night at the Everglades. 1349 01:40:50,492 --> 01:40:54,895 Invite everybody. Order everybody, you mean, and make them sleep in tents. 1350 01:40:54,963 --> 01:40:57,955 Who wants to sleep in tents when they've got their own room... 1351 01:40:58,032 --> 01:41:00,660 ...with a bath, where they know where everything is? 1352 01:41:00,735 --> 01:41:04,136 I thought we might have a picnic tomorrow. 1353 01:41:07,475 --> 01:41:11,809 You never give me anything I really care about. 1354 01:41:20,355 --> 01:41:22,255 "It can't be love 1355 01:41:24,759 --> 01:41:29,389 "For there is no true love 1356 01:41:29,764 --> 01:41:32,255 "I know I've played at the game 1357 01:41:32,333 --> 01:41:35,200 "Like a moth in a blue flame 1358 01:41:35,270 --> 01:41:39,104 "Lost in the end, just the same 1359 01:41:39,174 --> 01:41:41,699 "All these years 1360 01:41:41,843 --> 01:41:46,746 "My heart's been floating around in a puddle of tears 1361 01:41:49,150 --> 01:41:51,118 "I wonder what it is" 1362 01:41:51,186 --> 01:41:55,247 Sure, you give me things, but that don't mean anything to you. 1363 01:41:57,659 --> 01:42:00,753 You're in a tent, darling, you're not at home. 1364 01:42:00,829 --> 01:42:04,196 I can hear you very well if you speak in a normal tone of voice. 1365 01:42:04,265 --> 01:42:08,201 What's the difference between giving me a bracelet or giving someone $100,000... 1366 01:42:08,269 --> 01:42:11,295 ...for a statue you'll keep crated up and never look at? 1367 01:42:11,372 --> 01:42:13,772 It's just money. It doesn't mean anything. 1368 01:42:13,842 --> 01:42:17,073 You never really gave me anything that you care about. 1369 01:42:17,145 --> 01:42:18,942 I want you to stop this. 1370 01:42:19,013 --> 01:42:20,446 I'm not going to stop it. 1371 01:42:20,515 --> 01:42:22,813 You never gave me anything in your life. 1372 01:42:22,884 --> 01:42:26,183 You just tried to buy me into giving you something. 1373 01:42:28,923 --> 01:42:32,859 "It can't be love" 1374 01:42:45,707 --> 01:42:48,301 Whatever I do, I do because I love you. 1375 01:42:48,376 --> 01:42:50,344 You don't love me. 1376 01:42:50,445 --> 01:42:52,413 You want me to love you. 1377 01:42:52,480 --> 01:42:55,415 Sure. "I'm Charles Foster Kane. 1378 01:42:55,483 --> 01:42:58,111 "Whatever you want, just name it and it's yours. 1379 01:42:58,186 --> 01:43:00,416 "But you gotta love me." 1380 01:43:04,893 --> 01:43:07,623 Don't tell me you're sorry. 1381 01:43:09,564 --> 01:43:11,327 I'm not sorry. 1382 01:43:23,144 --> 01:43:24,736 Mr.Kane? 1383 01:43:25,179 --> 01:43:27,909 Mrs.Kane would like to see you, sir. 1384 01:43:30,785 --> 01:43:33,948 Marie has been packing for her since morning. 1385 01:43:40,061 --> 01:43:43,758 Tell Arnold I'm ready, Marie. Tell him he can get the bags. 1386 01:43:44,299 --> 01:43:45,561 Yes, madame. 1387 01:43:47,568 --> 01:43:49,934 Have you gone completely crazy? 1388 01:43:50,004 --> 01:43:53,269 Don't you know that our guests, that everyone will know about this? 1389 01:43:53,341 --> 01:43:55,206 Packed your bag, sent for the car-- 1390 01:43:55,276 --> 01:43:56,334 And left you? 1391 01:43:56,611 --> 01:43:58,545 Of course they'll hear. 1392 01:43:59,547 --> 01:44:02,209 I'm not saying goodbye, except to you. 1393 01:44:02,417 --> 01:44:05,250 But I never imagined people wouldn't know. 1394 01:44:07,689 --> 01:44:09,589 I won't let you go. 1395 01:44:16,931 --> 01:44:18,558 Goodbye, Charlie. 1396 01:44:22,136 --> 01:44:23,569 Susan. 1397 01:44:33,715 --> 01:44:35,342 Please don't go. 1398 01:44:40,989 --> 01:44:42,786 Please, Susan. 1399 01:44:45,994 --> 01:44:49,452 From now on, everything will be exactly the way you want it to be. 1400 01:44:49,530 --> 01:44:51,657 Not the way I think you want it, but... 1401 01:44:53,334 --> 01:44:54,824 ...your way. 1402 01:45:01,342 --> 01:45:02,673 You mustn't go. 1403 01:45:05,947 --> 01:45:08,074 You can't do this to me. 1404 01:45:09,784 --> 01:45:11,445 I see. 1405 01:45:12,353 --> 01:45:14,913 It's you that this is being done to. 1406 01:45:15,223 --> 01:45:17,020 It's not me at all. 1407 01:45:17,291 --> 01:45:19,191 Not what it means to me. 1408 01:45:21,362 --> 01:45:23,523 I can't do this to you? 1409 01:45:24,999 --> 01:45:26,933 Oh, yes, I can. 1410 01:45:46,087 --> 01:45:49,215 In case you haven't heard, I lost all my money and it was plenty. 1411 01:45:49,290 --> 01:45:51,622 The last 10 years have been difficult for many. 1412 01:45:51,692 --> 01:45:54,661 They haven't been tough on me. I just lost all my money. 1413 01:45:55,263 --> 01:45:58,426 - You're going down to Xanadu? - Monday, with boys from the office. 1414 01:45:58,499 --> 01:46:01,263 Mr.Rawlston wants the whole place photographed. 1415 01:46:01,335 --> 01:46:02,927 We run a picture magazine. 1416 01:46:03,004 --> 01:46:06,735 If you're smart, you'll get in touch with Raymond. He's the butler. 1417 01:46:06,808 --> 01:46:08,799 You'll learn a lot from him. 1418 01:46:08,876 --> 01:46:11,367 He knows where all the bodies are buried. 1419 01:46:11,546 --> 01:46:14,743 You know, all the same, I feel kind of sorry for Mr.Kane. 1420 01:46:16,984 --> 01:46:18,679 Don't you think I do? 1421 01:46:23,257 --> 01:46:26,226 What do you know, it's morning already. 1422 01:46:29,697 --> 01:46:33,292 Come around and tell me the story of your life sometime. 1423 01:46:40,308 --> 01:46:41,900 Rosebud? 1424 01:46:44,545 --> 01:46:46,604 I'll tell you about Rosebud. 1425 01:46:47,115 --> 01:46:49,049 How much is it worth to you? 1426 01:46:49,617 --> 01:46:51,414 $1,000? 1427 01:47:00,695 --> 01:47:03,425 Well, I'll tell you, Mr.Thompson. 1428 01:47:04,132 --> 01:47:07,568 - He acted funny sometimes, you know? - No, I didn't. 1429 01:47:07,802 --> 01:47:10,236 Yes, he did crazy things sometimes. 1430 01:47:10,538 --> 01:47:12,972 I've been working for him 11 years now... 1431 01:47:13,040 --> 01:47:16,874 ...in charge of the whole place, so I ought to know. 1432 01:47:17,245 --> 01:47:18,507 - Rosebud. - Yes. 1433 01:47:18,579 --> 01:47:23,573 Like I tell you, the old man acted kind of funny sometimes... 1434 01:47:23,651 --> 01:47:27,382 - ...but I knew how to handle him-- - Need a lot of service? 1435 01:47:27,455 --> 01:47:30,481 But I knew how to handle him. 1436 01:47:30,625 --> 01:47:32,320 Like that time his wife left. 1437 01:49:48,062 --> 01:49:49,290 Rosebud. 1438 01:50:57,365 --> 01:50:58,889 I see. 1439 01:50:59,567 --> 01:51:02,035 And that's what you know about Rosebud? 1440 01:51:03,571 --> 01:51:05,971 I heard him say it that other time, too. 1441 01:51:06,607 --> 01:51:08,541 He just said: 1442 01:51:08,909 --> 01:51:10,740 "Rosebud." 1443 01:51:10,811 --> 01:51:14,110 Then he dropped the glass ball and it broke on the floor. 1444 01:51:14,782 --> 01:51:19,014 He didn't say anything after that, and I knew he was dead. 1445 01:51:19,754 --> 01:51:22,484 He said all kinds of things that didn't mean anything. 1446 01:51:22,556 --> 01:51:24,547 Sentimental fellow, aren't you? 1447 01:51:25,626 --> 01:51:28,322 - Yes and no. - That isn't worth $1,000. 1448 01:51:28,396 --> 01:51:31,388 You can keep on asking questions if you want to. 1449 01:51:31,632 --> 01:51:33,327 We're leaving tonight... 1450 01:51:34,101 --> 01:51:36,069 ...when we're through taking pictures. 1451 01:51:36,137 --> 01:51:38,105 Allow yourself plenty of time. 1452 01:51:38,172 --> 01:51:42,040 The train stops at the junction on signal, but they don't like to wait. 1453 01:51:43,077 --> 01:51:46,046 I can remember when they'd wait all day... 1454 01:51:46,380 --> 01:51:48,075 ...if Mr.Kane said so. 1455 01:51:49,483 --> 01:51:52,077 Better get going. 1456 01:51:55,089 --> 01:51:58,991 - Can we come down? - Yes, hurry up. We're leaving. 1457 01:52:01,228 --> 01:52:04,664 How much do you think this is all worth, Mr.Thompson? 1458 01:52:04,899 --> 01:52:06,423 Millions. 1459 01:52:07,902 --> 01:52:09,096 If anybody wants it. 1460 01:52:09,170 --> 01:52:11,866 Well, at least he brought all this stuff to America. 1461 01:52:11,939 --> 01:52:13,702 - What's that? - Another Venus. 1462 01:52:13,774 --> 01:52:15,105 $25,000. 1463 01:52:15,176 --> 01:52:17,770 A lot of money to pay for a dame without a head. 1464 01:52:17,845 --> 01:52:20,040 The banks are out of luck? 1465 01:52:21,549 --> 01:52:24,279 - They'll clear all right. - He never threw anything away. 1466 01:52:24,351 --> 01:52:29,550 "Welcome home, Mr.Kane, from 467 employees of the New York Inquirer." 1467 01:52:29,623 --> 01:52:34,993 "One stove from the estate of Mary Kane, Little Salem, Colorado. Value: $2." 1468 01:52:35,062 --> 01:52:37,553 We're supposed to get everything, junk as well as art. 1469 01:52:37,631 --> 01:52:39,326 He sure liked to collect things. 1470 01:52:39,400 --> 01:52:40,799 Anything and everything. 1471 01:52:40,901 --> 01:52:42,596 A regular crow, eh? 1472 01:52:42,670 --> 01:52:45,400 - Hey, look, a jigsaw puzzle. - We got a lot of those. 1473 01:52:45,473 --> 01:52:48,499 A Burmese temple and three Spanish ceilings down the hall. 1474 01:52:49,009 --> 01:52:50,476 Part of a Scotch castle... 1475 01:52:50,544 --> 01:52:52,375 ...that needs to be unwrapped. 1476 01:52:52,713 --> 01:52:54,203 Put all this stuff together: 1477 01:52:54,281 --> 01:52:57,409 The palaces and the paintings, and the toys and everything. 1478 01:52:57,485 --> 01:52:59,476 What would it spell? 1479 01:53:00,921 --> 01:53:03,685 - Charles Foster Kane? - Or Rosebud. 1480 01:53:03,958 --> 01:53:07,223 - How about it, Jerry? - What's Rosebud? 1481 01:53:07,294 --> 01:53:09,524 That's what he said when he died. 1482 01:53:10,197 --> 01:53:12,358 Did you ever find out what it means? 1483 01:53:12,433 --> 01:53:14,663 - No, I didn't. - What did you find out about him? 1484 01:53:14,735 --> 01:53:16,225 Not much, really. 1485 01:53:19,340 --> 01:53:21,035 We'd better get started. 1486 01:53:22,977 --> 01:53:25,377 What have you been doing all this time? 1487 01:53:26,447 --> 01:53:28,039 Playing with a jigsaw puzzle. 1488 01:53:28,115 --> 01:53:31,881 If you'd discovered what Rosebud meant, I bet it would've explained everything. 1489 01:53:31,952 --> 01:53:33,510 No, I don't think so. 1490 01:53:34,154 --> 01:53:35,553 No. 1491 01:53:35,689 --> 01:53:39,250 He was a man who got everything he wanted, and then lost it. 1492 01:53:39,360 --> 01:53:43,057 Maybe Rosebud was something he couldn't get or something he lost. 1493 01:53:43,130 --> 01:53:45,428 It wouldn't have explained anything. 1494 01:53:46,267 --> 01:53:49,395 I don't think any word can explain a man's life. 1495 01:53:50,371 --> 01:53:54,569 No. I guess Rosebud is just a piece in a jigsaw puzzle. 1496 01:53:55,743 --> 01:53:57,472 A missing piece. 1497 01:54:03,284 --> 01:54:05,479 Come on, everybody... 1498 01:54:07,288 --> 01:54:09,552 ...we'll miss the train. 1499 01:55:14,254 --> 01:55:16,484 Throw that junk in.