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At what age did Orson wells perform Madame Butterfly?
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3
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at age 19 Orson wells did what and got married to whom?
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Broadway Debut.. married to Virginia Nicholson
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What did Orson wells perform at age 3?
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Madame Butterfly
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at age 22 Orson wells formed what, with who?
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the mercury players with John Houseman
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Orson wells performed what on the radio at age 23?
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The war of the worlds
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At age 25, Orson wells directed what?
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Citizen Kane
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Best cinematograper in hollywood?
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Gregg Toland
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Came up with the idea of citizen cane based on real person (hearst)
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Herman Mankiewicz
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Co screen writer
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Herman Mankiewicz
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Part of creative team that created citizen kane?
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Gregg Toland
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This term refers to a lighting technique where the use of light and dark images are arranged in pictorial composition. It comes from the Italian word that means chair (bright) oscuro (dark).
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Chiaroscuro
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A style of motion picture photography that has great depth of field and brings all plains of the image-foreground, middleground, and background into sharp focus.
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Deep Focus
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A french term meaning to dress a set. In this style of film-making the director has the actors perform the entire scene without editing.
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mese-en-scene
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In 1939, Hollywood was at the top of its game. But none of the landmark films were the big news that year. The talk of the town was 24 year old _____ ____ the boy genius from New York.
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Orson Wells
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This movie scandalized the life of hearst, and plunged the film industry into crises, and proved the undoing of the young orson wells.
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Citizen Kane
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Hearst was making a paper for who?
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The poor
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Orsen wells was turning _______ into spectacle, a pop thriller set in Haiti.
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Macbeth
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Welles was a young man who courted danger, that was always an element of his _______
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Success
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who was offered the greatest contract in the history of Hollywood. It was just what he wanted and the worst thing that could happen to him.
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Orson Wells
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Wells saved his most savage potrayal for the woman who shared ______ life.
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Hearst
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The collision between Hearst and Orson Welles the battle over citizen kane was in large part over the honor of his _____.
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Women
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At his peak, Hearst was said to have accounted for 25 % of the worlds ___ ______.
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Art Market
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Louella Parsons took three weeks off from reporting her column, instead she devoted this time to killing what movie?
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Citizen Kane
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Who was trying to kill citizen kane? Its a woman
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Louella Parsons
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Who assembled his fellow studio cheifs, in their name he offered 800,000 to buy the negative of Citzen Kane for the express purpose of burning it?
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Loui B Mayer
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True or false.
Did hearst newspaper publish ads for citizen kane and did reviews for it? |
HELLNO!
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Orsen wells always looked older and sounded older than he really was. True or False?
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True
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Orsen wells became what at the age of 19?
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A Broadway Star
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What was the company that Wells formed?
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Mercury Theater
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Name the character? Deep voice, all knowing, all powerful.
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The shadow
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What other character sprung up after orsen wells character the shadow?
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Dark Vader
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Make any 2 films he wanted.
could produce, direct final cut, minimal studio. WHOS OFFER WAS THIS TO WHOM? |
RKO offer to Orsen wells!
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What was RKO's offer?
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Make any 2 films he wanted
could produce, direct final cut minumal studio |
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Who wanted to see Wells fail?
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Moguls
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What made citizen kane important?
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ITS STYLE
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How many academy awards did Citizen Kane receive?
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9
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How many academy awards did Orson wells win and for what?
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ONE. Screen play
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