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) 　　 　　Shot of Congressional Investigating Committee (reproduction of existing J.P. Morgan newsreel). This runs silent under narration. Walter P. Thatcher is on the stand. He is flanked by his son, Walter P. Thatcher Jr., and other partners. He is being questioned by some Merry Andrew congressmen. At this moment, a baby alligator has just been placed in his lap, causing considerable confusion and embarrassment. 　　 　　Newsreel close-up of Thatcher, the soundtrack of which now fades in. 　　 　　THATCHER 　　… because of that trivial incident… 　　 　　INVESTIGATOR 　　It is a fact, however, is it not, that 　　In 1870, you did go to Colorado? 　　 　　THATCHER 　　I did. 　　 　　INVESTIGATOR 　　In connection with the Kane affairs? 　　 　　THATCHER 　　Yes. My firm had been appointed 　　Trustees by Mrs. Kane for the fortune, 　　Which she had recently acquired. It 　　Was here wish that I should take charge 　　Of this boy, Charles Foster Kane. 　　 　　NARRATOR 　　That same month in Union Square – 　　 　　INVESTIGATOR 　　Is it not a fat that on that occasion, 　　The boy personally attacked you after 　　Striking you in the stomach with a sled? 　　 　　Loud laughter and confusion. 　　 　　THATCHER 　　Mr. Chairman, I will read to this 　　Committee a prepared statement I have 　　Brought with me – and I will then refuse 　　To answer any further questions. Mr. 　　Johnson. Please! 　　A young assistant hands him a sheet of paper from a briefcase. 　　 　　THATCHER 　　(reading it) 　　 “With full awareness of the meaning of 　　my words and the responsibility of what 　　I am about to say, it is my considered 　　Belief that Mr. Charles Foster Kane, in 　　Every essence of his social beliefs and 　　By the dangerous manner in which he has 　　Persistently attacked the American 　　Traditions of private property, initiative 　　And opportunity for advancement, is – in 　　Fact – nothing more or less than a 　　Communist.” 　　 　　Newsreel of Union Square meeting, section of crowd carrying banners urging the boycott of Kane papers. A speaker is on the platform above the crowd. 　　 　　SPEAKER 　　(fading in on soundtrack) 　　- till the words “Charles Foster Kane” 　　are a menace to every working man in 　　this land. He is today what he has 　　always been and always will be – A 　　FASCIST! 　　NARRATOR 　　 And yet another opinion – Kane’s own. 　　 　　Silent newsreel on a windy platform, flag-draped, in front of the magnificent Enquirer building. On platform, in full ceremonial dress, is Charles Foster Kane. He orates silently. 　　 　　TITLE: 　　 　　“I AM, HAVE BEEN , AND WILL BE ONLY ONE THING – AN AMERICAN.” CHARLES FOSTER KANE. 　　 　　Same locale, Kane shaking hands out of frame. 　　 　　Another newsreel shot, much later, very brief, showing Kane, older and much fatter, very tired-looking, seated with his second wife in a nightclub. He looks lonely and unhappy in the midst of the gaiety. 　　 　　NARRATOR 　　 Twice married, twice divorced – first 　　 To a president’s niece, Emily Norton – 　　 Today, by her second marriage, chatelaine 　　 Of the oldest of England’s stately homes. 　　 Sixteen years after that – two weeks after 　　 His divorce from Emily Norton – Kane 　　 Married Susan Alexander, singer, at the 　　 Town Hall in Trenton, New Jersey. 　　 　　TITLE: 　　 　　FEW PRIVATE LIVES WERE MORE PUBLIC. 　　 　　Period still of Emily Norton (1900). 　　 　　DISSOLVE: 　　 　　Reconstructed silent newsreel. Kane, Susan, and Bernstein emerging from side doorway of City Hall into a ring of press photographers, reporters, etc. Kane looks startled, recoils for an instance, than charges down upon the photographers, laying about his with his stick, smashing whatever he can hit. 　　 　　NARRATOR 　　For wife two, one-time opera singing 　　Susan Alexander, Kane built Chicago’s 　　Municipal Opera House. Cost: three 　　Million dollars. Conceived for Susan 　　Alexander Kane, half-finished before 　　She divorced him, the still unfinished 　　Xanadu. Cost: no man can say/ 　　 　　Still of architect’s sketch with typically glorified “rendering” of the Chicago Municipal Opera House. 　　 　　DISSOLVE: 　　 　　A glamorous shot of the almost-finished Xanadu, a magnificent fairy-tale estate built on a mountain. (1920) 　　 　　Then shots of its preparation. (1917) 　　 　　Shots of truck after truck, train after train, flashing by with tremendous noise. 　　 　　Shots of vast dredges, steamshovels. 　　Shot of ship standing offshore unloading its lighters. 　　 　　In quick succession, shots follow each other, some reconstructed, some in miniature, some real shots (maybe from the dam projects) of building, digging, pouring concrete, etc. 　　 　　 NARRATOR 　　One hundred thousand trees, twenty 　　Thousand tons of marble, are the 　　Ingredients of Xannadu’s mountain. 　　Xanadu’s livestock: the fowl of the 　　Air, the fish of the sea, the beast 　　Of the field and jungle – two of each; 　　The biggest private zoo since Noah. 　　Contents of Kane’s palace: paintings, 　　Pictures, statues, the very stones of 　　Many another palace, shipped to Florida 　　From every corner of the earth, from 　　Other Kane houses, warehouses, where 　　They mouldered for years. Enough for 　　Ten museums – the loot of the world. 　　 　　More shots as before, only this time we see (in miniature) al large mountain – at different periods in its development – rising out of the sands. 　　 　　Shots of elephants, apes, zebras, etc. being herded, unloaded, shipped, etc. in various ways. 　　 　　Shots of packing cases being unloaded from ships, from trains, from trucks, with various kinds of lettering on them (Italian, Arabian, Chinese, etc.) bull all consigned to Charles Foster Kane, Xanadu, Florida. 　　 　　A reconstructed still of Xanadu – the main terrace. A group of persons in clothes of the period of 1917. In their midst, clearly recognizable, are Kane and Susan. 　　 　　NARRATOR 　　Kane urged his country’s entry into 　　One war, opposed participation in 　　Another. Swung the election to one 　　American President at least, was 　　Called another’s assassin. Thus, 　　Kane’s papers might never have 　　Survived – had not the President. 　　 　　TITLE: 　　 　　FROM XANADU, FOR THE PAST TWENTY-FIVE YEARS, ALL KANE ENTERPREISES HAVE BEEN DIDRECTED, MANY OF THE NATIONS DESTINIES SHAPED. 　　 　　Shots of various authentically worded headlines of American papers since 1895. 　　 　　Spanish-American War shots. (1898) 　　 　　A graveyard in France of the World War and hundreds of crosses. (1919) 　　 　　Old newsreels of a political campaign. 　　 　　Insert of a particularly virulent headline and/or cartoon. 　　 　　HEADLINE: “PRESIDENT SHOT” 　　 　　 NARRATOR 　　Kane, molder of mass opinion though he 　　Was, in all his life was never granted 　　Elective office by the voters of his 　　Country. 　　Few U.S. news publishers have been. 　　Few, like one-time Congressman Hearst, 　　Have ever run for any office – most know 　　Better – conclude with other political 　　Observers that one man’s press has power 　　Enough for himself. But Kane papers were 　　Once strong indeed, and once the prize 　　Seemed almost his. In 1910, as Independent 　　Candidate for governor, the best elements 　　Of the state behind him – the White House 　　Seemingly the nest easy step in a lighting 　　Political career – 　　 　　Night shot of crowd burning Charles Foster Kane in effigy. The dummy bears a grotesque, comic resemblance to Kane. It is tossed into the flames, which burn up- 　　 　　-and then down… (1910) 　　 　　FADE OUT: 　　 　　TITLE: 　　 　　IN POLITICS – ALWAYS A BRIDESMAID, NEVER A BRIDE 　　 　　Newsreel shots of great crowds streaming into a building – Madison Square Garden – then shots inside the vast auditorium, at one end of which is a huge picture of Kane. (1910) 　　 　　Shot of box containing the first Mrs. Kane and young Howard Kane, age five. They are acknowledging the cheers of the crowd. (Silent Shot)(1910) 　　 　　Newsreel shot of dignitaries on platform, with Kane, alongside of speaker’s table, beaming, hand upraised to silent the crowd. (Silent Shot)(1910) 　　 　　NARRATOR 　　Then, suddenly – less than one week 　　Before election – defeat! Shameful, 　　Ignominious – defeat that set back 　　For twenty years the cause of reform 　　Chances for Charles Foster Kane. 　　Then, in the third year of the Great 　　Depression… As to all publishers, it 　　Sometimes must – to Bennett, to Munsey 　　And Hearst it did – a paper closes! For 　　Kane, in four short years: collapse! 　　Eleven Kane papers, four Kane magazines 　　Merged, more sold, scrapped – 　　 　　Newsreel shot – close-up of Kane delivering a speech… (1910) 　　 　　The front page of a contemporary paper – a screaming headline. Twin photos of Kane and Susan. (1910) 　　 　　Printed title about Depression. 　　 　　Once more repeat the map of the USA 1932-1939. Suddenly, the cartoon goes into reverse, the empire begins to shrink, illustrating the narrator’s words. 　　 　　The door of a newspaper office with the signs: “Closed.”

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