38012号馆文选__Citizen Kane(公民凯恩)

CITIZEN KANE 　　 By 　　Herman J. Mankiewicz 　　 & 　　Orson Welles 　　 　　Typed /Donated by 　　John Powers 　　Jon Reifler 　　 　　(CONTINUED) 　　FADE IN: 　　 　　INT. OF A MOTION PICTURE PROJECTION ROOM 　　 　　On the screen as the camera moves in are the words: 　　 　　“MAIN TITLE” 　　 　　Stirring, brassy music is heard on the sound track (which, of course, sounds more like a soundtrack than ours.) 　　 　　The screen in the projection room fills our screen as the second title appears: 　　 　　“CREDITS” 　　 　　NOTE: Here follows a typical news digest short, one of the regular monthly or bi – mothly features, based on public events or personalities. These are distinguished from ordinary newsreels and short subjects in that they have a fully developed editorial or storyline. Some of the more obvious characteristics of the “March of Time,” for example, as well as other documentary shorts, will be combined to give an authentic impression of this now familiar type of short subject. As is the accepted procedure in these short subjects, a narrator is used as well as explanatory titles. 　　 　　FADE OUT: 　　 　　NEWS DIGEST 　　 　　NARRATOR 　　Legendary was the Xanadu where Kubla Kahn 　　Decreed his stately pleasure dome – 　　(with quotes in his voice) 　　“Where twice five miles of fertile ground, with walls 　　 and towers were girdled ‘round.” 　　 (dropping the quotes) 　　Today, almost as legendary is Florida’s XANADU – 　　World’s largest private pleasure ground. Here, on the 　　Deserts of the Gulf Coast, aprivate mountain was 　　Commissioned, successfully built for its landlord. Here in 　　a private valley, as in the Coleridge poem, “blossoms many 　　an incense – bearing tree.” Verily, “ a miracle of rare deveice.” 　　 　　U.S.A. 　　 　　CHARLES FOSTER KANE 　　 　　Opening shot of great desolate expanse of Florida coastline (1940 –DAY) 　　 　　DISSOLVE: 　　 　　Series of shots showing various aspect of Xanadu, all as they might be photographed by an ordinary newsreel cameraman – nicely photographed, but not atmospheric to the extent of the Prologue (1940). 　　 　　NARRATOR 　　 (dropping the quotes) 　　 Here, for Xanadu’s landlord, will be 　　 Held 1940’s biggest strangest funeral; 　　 Here this week is laid to rest a potent 　　 Figure of our Century – America’s Kubla 　　 Kahn – Charles Foster Kane. 　　 In journalism’s history, other names are 　　 Are honored more than Charles Foster 　　 Kane’s, more justly revered. Among 　　 Publishers, second only to James Gordon 　　 Bennet the First : his dashing, expatriate son; 　　 England’s Northcliffe and Beaverbrook; 　　 Chicago’s Patterson and McCormick; 　　 　　TITLE: 　　 　　TO FORTY – FOUR MILLION U.S. NEWS BUYERS, MORE NEWORTHY THAN THE NAMES IN HIS OWN HEADLINES, WAS KANE HIMSELF, GREATEST NEWSPAPER 　　TYCOON OF THIS OR ANY OTHER GENERATION. 　　 　　Shot of a huge, screen – filling picture of Kane. Pull back to show that it is a picture on the front page of the “Enquirer,” surrounded by the reversed rules of mourning, with masthead and headlines. (1940) 　　 　　DISSOLVE: 　　 　　A great number of headlines, set in different types and different styles, obviously from different papers, all announcing Kane’s death, all appearing over photographs of Kane himself (perhaps a fifth of the headlines are in foreign languages). An important item in connection with the headlines is that many of them – positively not all – reveal passionately conflicting opinions about Kane. Thus, they contain variously the words “patriot,” “democrat,” “pacifist,” “war – monger,” “traitor,” “idealist,” “American,” etc. 　　 　　TITLE: 　　 　　1895 TO 1940 – ALL OF THESE YEARS HE COVERED, MANY OF THESE YEARS HE WAS. 　　 　　Newsreel shots of San Francisco during and after the fire, followed by shots of special trains with large streamers: “Kane Relief Organization.” Over these shots superimpose the date – 1906. 　　 　　Artist painting of Foch’s railroad car and peace negotiators, if actual newsreel shot unavailable. Over this shot sumperimpose the date – 1918. 　　 　　 NARRATOR 　　Denver’s Bonfils and Sommes; New York’s 　　Late, great Joseph Pulitzer; America’s emperor 　　Of the news syndicate, another editorialist and 　　Landlord, the still mighty and once mightier Hearst. 　　Great names all of them – but none of them so love, 　　Hated, feared, so often spoken – as Charles Foster Kane. 　　The San Francisco earthquake. First with the news were 　　The Kane papers. First with Relief of the Sufferers, First with 　　Relief of the Sufferes, First with the news of their Relief of 　　The Sufferes. Kane papers scoop the world on the Armistice – 　　Publish, eight hours before competitiors, complete details of the 　　Armistice teams granted the Germans by Marshall Foch from his 　　Railroad car in the Forest of Compeigne. 　　For forty years appeared in Kane newsprint no public issue on which 　　Kane papers took no stand. 　　No public man whom Kane himself did not support or denounce- often 　　Supports, then denounce. 　　Its humble beginnings, a dying daily – 　　 　　Shots with the date –1898 (to be supplied) 　　 　　Shots with the date – 1910 (to be supplied) 　　 　　Shots with the date – 1922 (to be supplied) 　　 　　Headlines, cartoons, contemporary newsreels or stills of the following: 　　 　　1.WOMAN SUFFRAGE 　　The celebrated newsreel shot of about 1914. 　　 　　2.PROHIBITION 　　Breaking up of a speakeasy and such. 　　 　　3.T.V.A 　　4. LABOR RIOTS 　　 　　Brief clips of old newsreel shots of William Jennings Bryan, Theodore Roosevelt, Stalin, Walter P. Thatcher, Al Smith, McKinley, Landon, Franklin D. Roosevelt and such. Also, recent newsreels of the elderly Kane with such Nazis as Hitler and Goering; and England’s Chamberlain and Churchill. 　　 　　Shot of ramshackle building with old – fashioned presses showing through plate glass windows and the name “Enquirer” in old – fashioned gold letters. (1892) 　　 　　DISSOLVE: 　　 　　NARRATOR 　　 Kane’s empire, in its glory, held 　　 Dominion over thirty – seven newspapers, 　　 Thirteen magazines, a radio network. An 　　 Empire upon an empire. The first of grocery 　　 Stores, paper mills, apartment buildings, 　　 Factories, forests, ocean – liners- 　　 An empire through which for fifty years flowed, 　　 In an unending steam, the wealth of the earth’s 　　 Third richest gold mine… 　　 Famed in American legend is the origin of the 　　 Kane fortune… How, to boarding housekeeper 　　 Mary Kane, by a defaulting boarder, in 1868 was 　　 Left the supposedly worthless deed to an abandoned 　　 Shaft: The Colorado Lode. 　　 　　The magnificent Enquirer Building of today. 　　 　　1891-1911 – a map of the USA, covering the entire screen, which in animated diagram shows the Kane publications spreading from city to city. Starting from New York, miniature newboys speed madly to Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington, Atlanta, El Paso, etc., screaming “Wuxtry, Kane Papers, Wutry.” 　　 　　Shot of a large mine going full blast, chimneys belching smoke, trains moving in and out, etc. A large sign reads “ Colorado Lode Mining Co.” (1940) Sign reading; “Little Salem, CO – 25 MILES.” 　　 　　DISSOLVE: 　　 　　An old still shot of Little Salem as it was 70 years ago (identified by copper-plate caption beneath the still). (1870) 　　 　　Shot of early tintype stills of Thomas Foster Kane and his wife, Mary, on their wedding day. A similar picture of Mary Kane some four or five years later with her little boy, Charles Foster Kane. 　　 　　NARRATOR 　　 Fifty-seven years later, before a 　　 Congressional Investigation, Walter P. 　　 Thatcher, grand old man of Wall Street, 　　 For years chief target of Kane papers’ 　　 Attack on “trusts,” recalls a journey he 　　 Made as a youth… 　　 　　Shot of Capitol, in Washington D.C.

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