Citizen Kane (1941) Edit

A boarder that beats his bill and leaves worthless stock behind...

A Burmese temple and three Spanish ceilings down the hall.

A certain man A certain man

A collection of everything.

A fellow will remember a lot of things you wouldn't think he'd remember.

A little newspaper we acquired in a foreclosure proceeding.

A lot of money to pay for a dame without a head.

A missing piece.

A person could go crazy in this dump.

A potent figure of our century...

A regular crow, eh?

A sort of sentimental journey.

A thousand dollars?

A toast to love on my terms. Those are the only terms anybody knows:

A white dress she had on.

After the first couple of months...

All he wanted out of life was love.

All right, Mr. Bernstein.

All right, thank you very much.

All right, Xanadu, I knew it all the time.

All right.

All right.

All these other papers panning me, I could expect that.

All these years

All we saw on that screen was that Charles Foster Kane is dead.

Allow yourself plenty of time.

Alone in his never finished, already decaying pleasure palace...

Always been an American. Anything else?

Am I a horse faced hypocrite? Am I a New England schoolmarm?

Am I through with politics? I should say vice versa.

An empire through which for 50 years...

And a happy New Year.

And for the poor you may be sure That he'll do all he can

And his mother, I guess he always loved her.

And I never went to any swell schools.

And I've only been buying for five.

And left you? Of course they'll hear.

And now, gentlemen!

And still another opinion...

And we shall seek your advice.

And when he meets one Always tries to do exactly this

And you'll get more than one lesson.

Anything and everything.

Anyway, he ain't only collecting statues.

Are we going to declare war on Spain?

Are you absolutely sure you haven't got a cigar?

Are you coming, Charles?

Are you glad to be back?

Are you singing at the Metropolitan?

As a matter of fact, just the other day, when the papers were full of it...

As Charles Foster Kane who owns 82,364 shares...

As for you, you ought to have your head examined.

As long as I can remember, you've talked about giving the people their rights...

As such it's my duty, I'll let you in on a little secret. It is also my pleasure...

As though they belong to you. Goodness.

At the rate of $1 million a year...

Before he's through, she'll be a president's wife.

Bernstein, am I a stuffed shirt?

Bernstein, Bernstein.

Bernstein, these men who are now with the Inquirer...

Bernstein, these men who were with the Chronicle...

Bernstein. His second wife. She's still living.

Better get going.

Better get going.

But he kept it to himself.

But he never believed in anything except Charlie Kane.

But here's one promise I'll make...

But I couldn't go through with the singing again.

But I did an awful lot of singing after that.

But I never imagined people wouldn't know.

But Kane papers were once strong indeed...

But my voice isn't that kind. It's just, you know what mothers are like.

But there's still one notice to come. The dramatic.

Can you prove it isn't?

Can't you people leave me alone?

Certainly not.

Charles Foster Kane.

Charles, even newspapermen have to sleep.

Charles, I think I should remind you of a fact you have forgotten.

Charles, your breaking this man's neck would scarcely explain this note:

Charles!

Charles.

Charles...

Charlie out there?

Charlie said if I didn't, he'd build me an opera house.

Charlie, I want to go to New York. I'm tired of being a hostess.

Charlie, please.

Charlie, the things he said to me.

Charlie, what time is it?

Charlie!

Charlie?

Charlie.

Charlie.

Chief, is it not, that on this occasion, Charles Foster Kane...

Chronicle's a good idea for a newspaper. Notice the circulation.

Close the door.

Come around and tell me the story of your life sometime.

Come on, boys.

Come on.

Come right in, Mr. Kane.

Conceived for Susan Alexander Kane, half finished before she divorced him...

Contents of Xanadu's palace:

Courtland 79970. This is Atlantic City 46827. All right.

Declaration of Principles.

Defeat that set back for 20 years the cause of reform in the U. S...

Diaphragm.

Did you ever find out what it means?

Did you make it yourself?

Died 1918 in a motor accident with their son.

Do I look any better now?

Do we stand for the same things the Chronicle stands for?

Do you happen to have a good cigar?

Do you know how long you kept me waiting last night...

Do you remember, boys?

Do you think if it hadn't been for that war of Mr. Kane's...

Do you want me to give you the evidence?

Do you want some hot water? I live right here.

Does he have to?

Don't believe everything you hear on the radio.

Don't forget.

Don't get nervous.

Don't sell it. I am coming back to take charge.

Don't tell me you're sorry.

Don't tell me your toothache is bothering you.

Don't worry about me!

Don't you know that our guests, that everyone will know about this?

Don't you think I do?

Don't you think you are?

Drunk, what do you care?

Eleven Kane papers merged, more sold, scrapped.

Emily Monroe Norton, she's the niece of the President of the United States.

Emily...

Enough for 10 museums, the loot of the world.

Every straw vote...

Everybody knows that story, Mr. Leland, but why did he do it?

Everything else, the principal, as well as all monies earned...

Everything was his idea...

Everything was his idea...

Everything you hate.

Except to get out a newspaper.

Excuse me, but my landlady prefers me to keep this door open...

Excuse me, sir, but I...

Excuse me.

Excuse me.

Famed in American legend is the origin of the Kane fortune.

Fifty seven years later, before a congressional investigation...

Find out about Rosebud. Get in touch with anybody who knew him or knew him well.

First to a president's niece...

Five years ago he wrote from that place down there in the South.

For 40 years appeared in Kane newsprint...

For Kane, in four short years, collapse.

For there is no true love

For there is no true love

For weal or woe

For what?

For wife two, one time opera singing Susan Alexander...

For you and this public thief...

Friend. Not the kind of friends I know...

From before the beginning, young fellow. And now it's after the end.

From now on, everything will be exactly the way you want it to be.

Gee, 11:30. Shows are just getting out.

Get Dr. Corey.

Get her another highball.

Get out of here.

Get out!

Get out. If you want to see me, have the warden write me a letter.

Get the voice out of the throat

Gettys! I'm gonna send you to Sing Sing.

Gino.

Go on home.

Go on, Mr. Thatcher.

Go on, Mr. Thatcher.

Go on.

Go on.

Good evening, Mr. Kane.

Good night again.

Good night, Father.

Good night, Mr. Gettys.

Good. Rosebud, dead or alive.

Goodbye, Charlie.

Goodbye, everybody. Thanks for the use of the hall.

Goodbye, son.

Goodbye.

Goodbye.

Harvard?

Have him tell Mr. Silverstone if he doesn't produce his wife, Mrs. Silverstone...

Have we got a society editor?

Have you gone completely crazy?

Have you tried to see anybody except Susie?

He ain't been drinking before.

He ain't.

He certainly is.

He comes from the East.

He didn't mention anything about marriage until after it was over and...

He didn't say anything after that, and I knew he was dead.

He doesn't like that Mister He likes good old Charlie Kane

He forced me to send your wife that letter. I didn't want to.

He hadn't finished it when she left him. He never finished it.

He is today what he has always been A fascist.

He just left you a tip.

He just said:

He knows what's wrong with every copy of the Inquirer since I took over. Read.

He knows where all the bodies are buried.

He loved Charlie Kane, of course.

He married for love.

He married you, didn't he?

He never finished anything except my notice.

He never gave himself away. He never gave anything away.

He never had a conviction except Charlie Kane in his life.

He said all kinds of things that didn't mean anything.

He said my name would be dragged through the mud. That everywhere I went...

He said she was "a cross section of the American public."

He sure liked to collect things.

He thought that by finishing that notice he'd show me he was an honest man.

He wanted all the voters to love him too.

He wanted me to make sure you got this personally.

He was a man who got everything he wanted, and then lost it.

He was always trying to prove something.

He was disappointed in the world so he built his own, an absolute monarchy.

He was going to take the quotes off the singer.

He was Mr. Kane's closest friend. They went to school together.

He was really interested in my voice.

He was thrown out of a lot of colleges.

He was with Mr. Kane and me...

He's been saying the most terrible...

He's collecting somebody that's collecting diamonds.

He's still the same

He's still Uncle John and a well meaning fathead...

He's turning into something called "organized labor."

He's writing a bad notice like you wanted it to be.

Hello, Bernstein.

Hello, Charlie.

Hello, I want New York City.

Hello, Jedediah.

Hello, Jedediah.

Here he comes!

Here in Xanadu last week...

Here on the deserts of the Gulf Coast, a private mountain...

Here's a front page story in the Chronicle...

Here's a man who could've been president...

Here's the chance I'm willing to give him. It's more of a chance than he'd give me.

Hey, everybody, look out here.

Hey, nurse!

Hey.

Hey.

His own.

Hmm?

Hmm? Heh. He had a generous mind.

How about the music notice?

How did he differ from Ford, Hearst or John Doe?

How did I find business conditions in Europe, Mr. Bones?

How do you know you haven't done it before?

How much do you think all this is worth, Mr. Thompson?

How, to boarding housekeeper Mary Kane, by a defaulting boarder, in 1868...

Huh?

I always gagged on that silver spoon.

I am drunk.

I am Herbert Carter, the editor in chief.

I am interested in our son.

I am not overdressed.

I am speaking of Charles Foster Kane, the fighting liberal...

I am therefore enclosing for your consideration...

I bet they're not your best Sunday clothes. You probably have more.

I called her myself the day after he died.

I came to see you about this campaign of yours.

I can fight this all alone.

I can hear you very well if you speak in a normal tone of voice.

I can remember absolutely everything, young man.

I can remember when they'd wait all day...

I can tell you about Emily. I went to dancing school with Emily.

I can't do this to you?

I can't imagine how Mrs. Kane came to make such a foolish mistake.

I can't see that the function of a respectable newspaper...

I changed the subject, didn't I?

I couldn't make you see how I felt, Charlie.

I didn't get a thing, except music lessons. That's all there was in it.

I didn't know Charlie was collecting diamonds.

I didn't know we were speaking.

I didn't know we were speaking.

I didn't want it. I didn't want a thing. It was his idea.

I don't care to visit New York.

I don't even know what a gentleman is.

I don't know how to run a newspaper. I try everything I can think of.

I don't know.

I don't know. It's late.

I don't mean go through the city directory of course.

I don't propose to have myself made ridiculous.

I don't suppose anybody ever had so many opinions.

I don't suppose anybody would introduce us.

I don't think any word can explain a man's life.

I don't think you realize the full importance of the position you are to occupy.

I expect to lose $1 million next year.

I felt like a kid in front of a candy store.

I got a little social announcement.

I got nothing but time. What do you want to know?

I guess he couldn't help it. She must have had something for him.

I guess he's fixing it up.

I guess I'd better try to get drunk anyway.

I guess that'll show you.

I guess that'll show you.

I guess we're both lonely.

I guess you caught on to that. I bet I've heard your name a million times.

I had a toothache, and I don't know many people.

I had no idea you had this flair for melodrama, Emily.

I have a hunch it might turn out to be something pretty important.

I have sworn it

I haven't seen anybody else, but I've been through Walter Thatcher's journal.

I heard him say it that other time too.

I hope you'll forgive my rudeness in taking leave of you.

I intend to find out.

I knew I'd never get that through.

I know I've played at the game

I know that. I read the papers.

I know too many people.

I know you're tired, gentlemen, but I brought you here for a reason.

I know, but you don't want me to laugh at you.

I made Miss Alexander send you the note, Mrs. Kane.

I made no campaign promises...

I never believed anything I saw in the Inquirer.

I now realize I can't.

I only saw her for one second.

I run a couple of newspapers. What do you do?

I run several newspapers between here and San Francisco.

I said, "Are we going to declare war on Spain, or are we not?"

I said, if you wanted some hot water...

I sang for teachers at $100 an hour.

I saw that in the Inquirer.

I saw your financial statement today.

I see.

I sent him a check for $25,000.

I shall read to the committee a prepared statement...

I simply can't have it in the nursery.

I sometimes wonder...

I still can't pronounce that name.

I suppose he died without one.

I suppose he had some private sort of greatness.

I surely do. You've been wonderful.

I surely do. You've been wonderful.

I sympathize with you. Kane is a scoundrel...

I talked with the responsible leaders of England, France, Germany and Italy.

I think I'm the man to do it. You see, I have money and property.

I think if you look in the west wing...

I think it would be fun to run a newspaper.

I think it's dreadful.

I thought I'd send for them now. Tonight I was going to take a look at them.

I thought it would be a nice little gesture.

I thought maybe somebody ought to.

I thought maybe we could have a talk.

I thought we might have a picnic tomorrow.

I thought we might have a picnic tomorrow.

I thought you'd see it my way.

I want another drink, John.

I want to go to Chicago.

I want to have fun. Please, Charlie.

I want you to run this editorial in a box on the front page.

I want you to send your best man to see Mr. Silverstone.

I wanted Charlie to have fun, with me along...

I warn you, Jedediah, you won't like Chicago.

I was expelled from college, a lot of colleges, you remember? I remember.

I was his oldest friend, and as far as I was concerned, he behaved like a swine.

I was just joking.

I was on my way to the Western Manhattan Warehouse...

I was very graceful.

I will not tell them to you again.

I wish I knew where Mr. Leland was.

I wish I were a boy going on a trip like that for the first time.

I wish you wouldn't treat it any differently than you would any other...

I won't let you go.

I won't wait until I'm elected. To start with, I think I'll break your neck.

I work at Seligman's. I'm in charge of the sheet music.

I wouldn't show him in a convict suit...

I wouldn't worry about it too much.

I'd have brought him here with me, but...

I'd like to keep that particular piece of paper myself.

I'd make my promises now...

I'd rather he withdrew without having the story published.

I'd rather you'd just talk. Anything that comes into your mind...

I'd say that it'd been made for you.

I'll be the laughingstock of the musical world. People will think...

I'll bet you five you're not alive If you don't know his name

I'll call Mr. Bernstein and have him put off my appointments till noon.

I'll come with you.

I'll get drunk too, Jedediah...

I'll get on it right away.

I'll let you in on another little secret, Mr. Thatcher:

I'll tell you about Rosebud.

I'll tell you one thing you're not going to be funny about, and that's my singing.

I'm absolutely starving to death. ...not a scandal sheet.

I'm always glad to be back. I'm an American.

I'm calling from Atlantic City.

I'm chairman of the board. I got nothing but time.

I'm Charles Foster Kane!

I'm coming.

I'm fighting for my life, not just my political life.

I'm going abroad next week for a vacation.

I'm going to finish Mr. Leland's notice.

I'm Jim Gettys.

I'm lonesome.

I'm minding my own business, you mind yours.

I'm no cheap, crooked politician trying to save himself...

I'm not interested in the voters of this state right now.

I'm not interested.

I'm not saying goodbye, except to you.

I'm not sorry.

I'm sending Junior home in the car with Oliver.

I'm sorry, I can't accept it now.

I'm sorry, Mr. Thatcher. What the kid needs is a good thrashing.

I'm staying here.

I'm Susan Alexander. I know what you think...

I'm the one that gets the raspberries. Why don't you leave me alone?

I'm through. I never wanted to do it in the first place.

I'm wiggling both my ears at the same time.

I've arranged for a tutor to meet us in Chicago.

I've been working for him 11 years now...

I've changed the front page a little, Mr. Bernstein. That's not enough.

I've drawn that cartoon. I'm no good as a cartoonist.

I've got a young physician here who thinks I'm going to give up smoking.

I've got his trunk all packed.

I've got his trunk all packed.

I've got it all written out here.

I've got to make the New York Inquirer as important to New York...

I've had it packed for a week now.

I've never been to six parties in one night before.

I've promised my doctor for sometime that I would leave when I could.

I've read it, Mr. Thatcher, just let me sign it and go home.

I've seen that fellow. He's good.

I've set back the sacred cause of reform, is that it?

If anybody wants it.

If I could just have a talk with you, Miss Alexander. I'd...

If I don't look after the interests of the underprivileged, somebody else will.

If I owned a paper and didn't like the way somebody was doing things...

If I want to, I can go to court. A father has a right to.

If it was anybody else, I'd say what's going to happen to you would be a lesson to you.

If Mr. Silverstone gets suspicious and asks to see your man's badge...

If that's the way they want it, the people have made their choice.

If the election were held today, you'd be in by 100,000 votes.

If we were interested in that kind of thing, we could fill the paper twice over, daily.

If you can form such a committee, put me down for a contribution of $1000.

If you don't listen to reason, it may be too late.

If you had, I wouldn't have asked you.

If you thought I'd answer you different from what Mr. Kane tells you, I wouldn't.

If you wish, you may come with me.

If you'd discovered what Rosebud meant, I bet it would've explained everything.

If you'd talk about anything connected with Mr. Kane that you can remember.

If you're smart, you'll get in touch with Raymond. He's the butler.

Imagine.

Impossible. Impossible!

In 1916, as independent candidate for governor...

In case you haven't heard, I lost all my money and it was plenty.

In case you'd like to know...

In closing...

Invite everybody to spend the night at the Everglades.

Invite everybody. Order everybody, you mean, and make them sleep in tents.

Is that correct?

Is that really your idea of how to run a newspaper?

Is that something from him?

It can't be love

It didn't end very well, did it?

It ended.

It isn't enough to tell us what a man did...

It isn't here, Mr. Bernstein, I'm dictating it.

It isn't here, Mr. Bernstein, I'm dictating it.

It isn't just the time. It's what you print, attacking the president.

It makes a whole lot more sense than collecting statues.

It says she's missing. The neighbors are getting suspicious.

It took me two solid years at the best boys' school in the world to learn that.

It was a marriage just like any other marriage.

It was her wish that I take charge of this boy, Charles Foster Kane.

It was something bigger than an opera house anyway.

It wasn't money he wanted.

It will probably turn out to be a very simple thing.

It won't do any good. Besides you never get drunk.

It wouldn't have explained anything.

It'll make you all happy to learn that our circulation this morning...

It's a cinch I'll die richer than I was born.

It's a good short, but what it needs is an angle.

It's a good thing he promised not to send back any more statues.

It's all right, darling, go ahead.

It's all right, darling.

It's beginning to dawn on Jim Gettys I mean what I say.

It's Charlie Kane, it's Mister Kane!

It's early.

It's going to be done exactly the way I've told Mr. Thatcher.

It's going to look a lot different one of these days. Come on.

It's hardly likely that Mr. Kane could have met someone casually...

It's impossible...

It's just money. It doesn't mean anything.

It's not a habit, I do it because I like it.

It's not me at all.

It's not our function to report the gossip of housewives.

It's not your job to give your opinion of Mrs. Kane's talents.

It's obvious the people prefer Jim Gettys to me.

It's something to be played your way, according to your rules.

It's the only disease that you don't look forward to being cured of.

It's their loss.

It's you that this is being done to.

Its humble beginnings, in this ramshackle building, a dying daily.

Jennings.

Jigsaw puzzles?

Jim Gettys has something less than a chance.

Just by his action Has the traction magnates on the run

Just old age.

Kane helped to change the world...

Kane urged his country's entry into one war...

Kane, molder of mass opinion though he was...

Kane's empire, in its glory...

Legendary was the Xanadu...

Let's go to the parlor.

Let's go to the window.

Let's have the song about Charlie.

Let's shake hands. Come. I'm not that frightening, am I?

Like a moth in a blue flame

Like I tell you, the old man acted kind of funny sometimes...

Like that time his wife left.

Like the pharaohs...

Listen, Mr. Kane, he'll have them changed to his kind of newspapermen in a week.

Live here? Yes?

Lonely, of course not. We're going to have fine times together, we are.

Look at me, Mrs. Kane, darling.

Look at me.

Look, he wants to buy the world's biggest diamond.

Lost in the end Just the same

Loudly, so the neighbors can hear. You ready for dinner, Jedediah?

Love.

Make an extra copy of that picture and mail it to the Chronicle.

Marie has been packing her since morning.

Mary, I'm asking you for the last time.

Maybe even he's dead.

Maybe he told us about himself on his deathbed.

Maybe I should have.

Maybe I was what you nowadays call a stooge.

Maybe I was what you nowadays call a stooge. Huh?

Maybe I wasn't his friend, but if I wasn't, he never had one.

Maybe I'll make some teeth and whiskers.

Maybe Rosebud was something he couldn't get or something he lost.

Maybe somebody without money or property.

Maybe that was something he lost.

Maybe you can do it, and maybe you can't.

Millions.

Miss Alexander.

Miss Emily Norton was no rosebud.

Miss Townsend, this is Mr. Charles Foster Kane.

Mm hm.

Mm I wonder what it is

Mom!

Mother always thought... She always talked about grand opera for me.

Mr. Bernstein, I'd like you to meet Mr. Thatcher.

Mr. Bernstein, thank you very much, everybody, I...

Mr. Carter, here is a three column headline in the Chronicle.

Mr. Carter, I'm going to live right here in your office as long as I have to.

Mr. Carter, if the headline is big enough, it makes the news big enough.

Mr. Carter, this is Mr. Bernstein.

Mr. Charles Foster Kane, in every essence of his social beliefs...

Mr. Kane was a man who lost almost everything he had.

Mr. Kane, I'm from the Inquirer.

Mr. Kane, on behalf of all the employees of the Inquirer...

Mr. Kane...

Mr. Kane...

Mr. Kane's finishing your review just the way you started it.

Mr. Leland and Mr. Kane...

Mr. Leland is writing it from the dramatic angle?

Mr. Leland never had a nickel.

Mr. Leland, I got a cable from Mr. Kane!

Mr. Mowan wrote a swell review.

Mr. Rawlston wants the whole place photographed.

Mr. Rawlston? She won't talk.

Mr. Thatcher is going to take you on a trip with him tonight.

Mr. Thatcher, my ex guardian.

Mrs. Kane would like to see you, sir.

Mrs. Kane, I think we'll have to tell him now.

Mrs. Kane.

My allowance.

My dear, your only correspondent is the Inquirer.

My firm had been appointed trustee by Mrs. Kane...

My first official act as governor of this state...

My heart's been floating around In a puddle of tears

My little private sanctum is at your disposal.

My mother should have chosen a less reliable banker.

My reasons satisfy me, Susan.

Never. We would have heard.

News on the March.

News on the March.

No man can say.

No public man whom Kane himself did not support or denounce.

No special interests will be allowed to interfere with that truth.

No, I don't think so.

No, no, no!

No, no, no.

No, not at all. I'd like the nurse to be here too.

No, that's all gone.

No.

No.

No. I guess Rosebud is just a piece in a jigsaw puzzle.

No. Your mother won't be going right away, but she'll...

Nobody to talk to, nobody to have any fun with.

Not interested?

Not much, really.

Not that Charlie was ever brutal. He just did brutal things.

Not that I care about him, but I'd be better off that way.

Not the way I think you want it...

Not what it means to me.

Nothing particular the matter with him, they tell me, just...

Now I can afford to make some promises.

Now is it, Joe, no, no, no

Now, however, I have something more than a hope.

Of course, a lot of us check out without having any special convictions about death.

Of course, he and Mr. Kane didn't exactly see eye to eye.

Of course, we're different because we live in a palace.

Of her acting, it is absolutely impossible to..."

Of her acting, it is absolutely impossible to..."

Often support, then denounce.

Oh, boy...

Oh, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Cornell, Switzerland.

Oh, mama, please.

Oh, yes, I can.

Oh. Oh.

Oh. One thing I can never understand:

Okay.

Okay.

On the other hand, I am the publisher of the Inquirer.

One day, back in 1896, I was crossing over to Jersey on the ferry...

One hundred thousand trees, twenty thousand tons of marble...

One is enough.

One of those families where the father is worth $10 million...

Only they happen to be the best men in the business.

Only you want love on your own terms.

Only you're going to need more than one lesson.

Ooh.

Our home is here, Susan.

Our new dramatic critic. I hope I haven't made a mistake.

Packed your bag, sent for the car...

Pages 83 to 142.

Paintings, pictures, statues, various stones of other palaces.

Paper. Read all about it. Extra, extra.

Part of a Scotch castle...

People are going to nightclubs and restaurants.

People will know who's responsible...

Perhaps I can enlighten you a bit. I'm an authority on what people will think.

Place the tone right in the mask

Places, everybody!

Places, please!

Places! Places, everybody!

Places! Places!

Playing with a jigsaw puzzle.

Please continue with the lesson.

Please. Let's come back.

President's niece?

Pull your muffler around your neck, Charles.

Put all this stuff together:

Read all about it in the early morning Chronicle.

Read all about it in the early morning Chronicle.

Right away. Will you have something, Mr. Thompson?

Right.

Rosebud, and your name is Jennings, isn't it?

Rosebud?

Rosebud.

Rosebud.

Rosebud.

Sail away to a desert island probably and lord it over the monkeys.

Say, he was in an awful hurry.

Say, Mr. Kane, as long as you're promising...

See them all. Get in touch with everybody that ever worked for him...

Sending him a letter telling him he's fired...

Seventy years in a man's life.

She didn't see me at all, but I'll bet a month hasn't gone by since...

She didn't want to at first. But she did it.

She never heard of Rosebud.

She sent it because I told her it wouldn't be smart not to.

She was carrying a white parasol.

She was like all the girls I knew in dancing school.

She'll be perfectly all right in a day or two, Mr. Kane.

She'll snap out of it.

She's probably murdered. Why isn't there something about it in the Inquirer?

Shut up.

Signed:

Signor Matiste is going to listen to reason.

Since the pyramids...

Sing Sing, Gettys. Sing Sing!

Six years ago, I looked at a picture of the world's greatest newspaper men.

Sixteen years after his first marriage...

Sleds aren't to hit people, but to sleigh with.

So big it can never be cataloged or appraised.

So would you, Mrs. Kane.

Solly!

Some people can sing. Some can't.

Sometimes I think I'd prefer a rival of flesh and blood.

Sometimes I think I'd prefer a rival of flesh and blood.

Spoke for millions of Americans.

Standing?

Still the college boy, eh?

Stop at the cigar store on your way out, and get me a couple of good cigars.

Sure we're speaking, Jedediah.

Sure, they're just like anybody else.

Sure, you give me things, but that don't mean anything to you.

Sure. "I'm Charles Foster Kane.

Susan Alexander Kane.

Susan!

Susan.

Susan.

Susan.

Susie?

Swung the election to one American president at least.

Ta ta ta, ta ta ta, ta ta ta.

Take a good look at it, Jedediah.

Take a picture of that.

Tell Arnold I'm ready, Marie. Tell him he can get the bags.

Tell Mr. Silverstone he's a detective from, uh...

Thank you so much, Mr. Carter. Goodbye.

Thank you, Jennings.

Thank you, Mr. Thompson, thanks.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

That first night, according to Charlie...

That is why he did everything.

That manager of his... Uh...

That one.

That property is as much my property as anybody's...

That same month in Union Square...

That the whole audience doesn't want you.

That was trying to prove something.

That whole thing about Susie being an opera singer.

That won't be necessary.

That would be too bad.

That'll add up to something bigger than your privilege...

That'll be enough, Susan.

That's a lot to try to get into a newsreel.

That's a mistake that will be corrected one of these days.

That's a ripe old age. What do you do?

That's all I'm interested in.

That's all right.

That's all right. I'm just looking for...

That's Charlie's story. How he lost it.

That's it, smile.

That's it!

That's my curse.

That's one of the greatest curses Memory.

That's one of the things that's going to have to be changed here.

That's right, Solly, that means we'll have to remake again.

That's the kind of thing we are going to be interested in from now on.

That's what he said when he died.

That's when you got to fight them.

That's why he went into politics. It seems we weren't enough.

That's why he's going to be brought up where you can't get at him.

Thatcher never did figure him out. Sometimes even I couldn't.

The Bulldog's just gone to press.

The Colorado Lode.

The decent, ordinary citizens know that I'll do everything in my power...

The directors of the Thatcher Memorial Library have asked me...

The dramatic notice.

The fellow who taught me is now president of Venezuela.

The first of grocery stores, paper mills...

The Inquirer already has.

The Inquirer's campaign against the Public Transit Company.

The last 10 years have been difficult for many.

The mystery of the lady that vanished in Brooklyn.

The New York Inquirer.

The notice, what's he written?

The palaces and the paintings, and the toys and everything.

The second Mrs. Kane. About Rosebud or anything else.

The sedative Dr. Wagner gave her was in a somewhat larger bottle.

The strain of preparing for the new opera has excited and confused her.

The sum of $50,000 a year...

The train stops at the junction on signal, but they don't like to wait.

The trouble is, you don't realize you're talking to two people.

The union forever!

The way things turned out, I don't need to tell you.

The words "Charles Foster Kane"...

The workingman and the slum child...

Then he dropped the glass ball and it broke on the floor.

Then I'm coming back here.

Then I've a meeting with his general manager in New York. Bernstein.

Then last week, as it must to all men...

Then there was Susie. That ended too.

Then, in the first year of the Great Depression...

There ain't no bedrooms in this joint. That's a newspaper building.

There is a man There is a man

There is no war in Cuba." Signed "Wheeler." Any answer?

There is only one man who can rid the politics...

There seems to be only one decision you can make, Charles.

There wasn't any other place to put them.

There were a lot of them in the early days.

There'll probably be a few of them there to tell me when I do something wrong.

There's a call I want you to make with me.

There's always a chance, of course, that they'll change Mr. Kane.

There's always the chance that you'll die richer than I will.

There's no proof that she was murdered, or dead.

There's nothing wrong with Colorado. I don't see why we can't raise our son...

There's something I've got to get into this paper besides pictures and print.

These'll be kept.

They got work to do, they do it.

They haven't been tough on me. I just lost all my money.

They're expecting me.

They're too intelligent to embark on a project...

They've been making statues for 2000 years.

Think again.

This depression is temporary.

This is Mr. Thatcher, Charles.

This is Mr. Thompson, Miss Alexander.

This is Thompson. Let me talk to the chief.

This morning's front page?

This one?

Three hours and 50 minutes late, but we did it.

Throw that junk in.

To buy things.

To buy things. Hmm?

To point out and make public the dishonesty...

Today, almost as legendary, is Florida's Xanadu...

Tomorrow I'll go to Philadelphia, to Thatcher Library, to see his diary.

Tonight, six years later, I got my candy, all of it.

Too late?

Toothache?

Twice married, twice divorced.

Ugh.

Uh huh.

Uh... Miss Townsend, I've been away so long. I don't know your routine.

Until yesterday, we've had no less than 50 of your friends at any one time.

Vainly attempted to sway, as he once did...

Very dearly.

Very nice girl. Emily was a little nicer.

Very well.

Wait a minute. What were Kane's last words?

Want to know what I was going to do before I ruined my best Sunday clothes?

Was hated by as many more.

We certainly are.

We didn't really have anything to fight about.

We have no secrets from our readers. Thatcher is one of our devoted readers.

We never lost as much as we made.

We run a picture magazine.

We thought maybe... If we could find out what he meant by his last words...

We thought, if we could find out what he meant by his last words as he was dying...

We'd better get started.

We'll be on the street soon, Charlie, another 10 minutes.

We're going to be an opera star.

We're leaving tonight...

We're practically closed for 12 hours a day.

We're running a newspaper...

We're supposed to get everything, junk as well as art.

We've got evidence that would look bad in the headlines.

We've got two spreads of pictures.

Welcome to the Inquirer, Mr. Kane.

Welcome, gentlemen, to the Inquirer.

Welcome, Mr. Kane.

Welcome, Mr. Kane. Welcome.

Well, at least he brought all this stuff to America.

Well, Charles...

Well, hurray for the Bulldog.

Well, I never even answered his letter.

Well, I'll tell you, Mr. Thompson.

Well, it was no truer then than it is today.

Well, it's almost 5. Don't you think I'd better meet the boy?

Well, it's no trick to make a lot of money...

Well, then it's an elephant.

Well, you're pretty young, Mr. Thompson.

Well...

What a disagreeable old man I have become.

What about me?

What about me? I'm the one that has to sing.

What are you doing?

What are you doing?

What are you going to do, Charlie?

What are you laughing at, young lady?

What do you do in a newspaper in the middle of the night?

What do you know, it's morning already.

What do you think of the chances for war in Europe?

What do you want to know?

What does it say there?

What have you been doing all this time?

What is his name?

What kind of firing do you call that?

What time is it?

What were the last words he said on Earth?

What would it spell?

What would you like to have been?

What's it called, Shangri la? El Dorado? Sloppy Joe's? What's the name?

What's that, young lady?

What's that?

What's the difference between giving me a bracelet or giving someone $100,000...

What's the matter?

Whatever I do, I do because I love you.

Whatever you want, just name it and it's yours.

When Charles Foster Kane died, he said one word:

When I was a reporter, we asked them quicker than that.

When I was a young man, there was an impression that nurses were pretty.

When she used to talk about Mr. Kane, did she ever mention Rosebud?

When you're through with that, I'd like to have it back.

When your precious underprivileged really get together...

Where am I going?

Where's my notice, Bernstein? I've got to finish my notice.

Who buys the food Who buys the drinks

Who by his action Has the traction magnates on the run

Who says a miss was made to kiss

Who thinks that dough was made to spend And acts the way he thinks

Who wants to sleep in tents when they've got their own room...

Who wouldn't get a bit upset If he were really broke

Who's a busy man, me?

Who's a busy man, me? I'm chairman of the board.

Why did he build that opera house?

Why did you send Junior home in the car? What are you doing in a taxi?

Why didn't you go to Europe with him? He wanted you to.

Why do you have to go straight off to the newspaper?

Why hasn't the Inquirer a three column headline?

Why I can't raise my own boy is more than I can understand.

Why, until he died, she'd just as soon talk about Mr. Kane as any...

Will Saturday after next be all right?

With a million majority already against him...

With great difficulty.

Without his knowing it.

Without you I don't know what I would have done.

Xanadu's livestock...

Yeah, I'll see everybody that's still alive. Goodbye.

Yeah. But I knew how to handle him.

Yes and no.

Yes, "Rosebud." Just that one word.

Yes, he did crazy things sometimes.

Yes, I know.

Yes, I would.

Yes, I'll sign those papers now, Mr. Thatcher.

Yes, I'm sure that was it.

Yes, it's already made up.

Yes, Lindor

Yes, Lindor shall be mine

Yes, madame.

Yes, Mommy?

Yes, Mr. Kane?

Yes, Mr. Kane.

Yes, yes, but your methods. You know, Charles...

Yes, you are. You're very beautiful.

Yes?

Yes?

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes. I did lose $1 million last year. I expect to lose $1 million this year.

You always said you wanted to live in a palace.

You are, too. Mr. Bernstein, look at his necktie.

You better go home and get some sleep.

You buy a bag of peanuts in this town, you get a song written about you.

You can keep on asking questions if you want to.

You can take my word for it, there will be no war.

You can't blame me, Mr. Bernstein.

You can't do this to me.

You caught on, didn't you? I'm not that hard to see through.

You certainly aren't.

You decided what you were going to do, Charles, some time ago.

You did send him a check for $25,000, didn't you?

You don't care about anything except you.

You don't know what it means to know that people are...

You don't love me.

You don't propose to have yourself made ridiculous!

You don't say. I had...

You don't want him to read about you in the papers.

You don't want to hear what comes into my mind about myself and Charlie Kane.

You don't want to make any promises you don't want to keep.

You going, Mom?

You got other things to think about. Your little boy.

You got to go. Jim!

You have enjoyed a very rare privilege, young man.

You just might be able to help me.

You just tried to buy me into giving you something.

You know an awful lot of tricks. Are you a professional magician?

You know how long it took the Chronicle to get that staff together?

You know that young doctor I was telling you about, well...

You know there's not the slightest proof this...

You know what Charlie called her?

You know what the headline was the day before the election?

You know who you ought to see? Mr. Leland.

You know, maybe I shouldn't have sung for Charlie that first time I met him.

You know, Mr. Bernstein...

You know, Mr. Thompson, I was thinking...

You long faced, overdressed anarchist.

You make a joke out of everything.

You may be right.

You may not always be so lucky.

You mean you've got a toothache.

You mustn't go.

You never give me anything I really care about.

You never really gave me anything that you care about.

You never should've married a newspaperman, they're worse than sailors.

You only made the paper over four times tonight, that's all.

You ought to see Jed Leland.

You people seem to forget that I'm the boy's father.

You persuade people that you love them so much that they ought to love you back.

You provide the prose poems, I'll provide the war.

You really don't know who I am?

You really like me though, even though you don't know who I am?

You said you were looking for someone to do dramatic "crimitism," criticism.

You see, he just didn't have any to give.

You see, my idea of a gentleman... Heh.

You see, my mother died a long time ago. Her things were put in storage out West.

You seem unable to understand them.

You take me.

You take Mr. Kane.

You take the Spanish American war.

You talk about the people as though you owned them.

You told me your name, Mr. Kane, but I'm awfully ignorant.

You too.

You used to write an awful lot about the workingman...

You want me to love you.

You were about to say something about Rosebud.

You were always too old.

You were with him from the beginning.

You will be required to leave this room at 4:30 promptly.

You will confine yourself, it is our understanding...

You won't have to fight them anymore.

You won't like that one little bit when you find out...

You'd better come inside.

You'd think I hadn't been a good husband or father...

You'll be leaving on number 10.

You'll continue with your singing, Susan.

You'll continue with your singing.

You'll learn a lot from him.

You'll probably be the richest man someday...

You're a reporter and you want to know what I think about Charlie Kane.

You're concerned what people will think?

You're fired.

You're getting paid, mister, for opinions or for hauling?

You're going to see Chicago and New York and Washington, maybe. Ain't he?

You're gonna be rich. Your ma figures, well, that is...

You're gonna live with Mr. Thatcher from now on, Charlie.

You're gonna need more than one lesson.

You're in a tent, darling, you aren't at home.

You're making a bigger fool of yourself than I thought.

You're not very drunk.

You're one of the largest stockholders in the Public Transit Company.

You're out of pitch.

You're supposed to train her voice, Signor Matiste. Nothing more.

You're the dramatic critic, Leland.

You're too old to be called anything else.

You're too old to call me Mr. Thatcher, Charles.

You're too valuable here.

Your complete attention, if you please.

Your husband is only trying to be funny calling me one.

Your Mr. Bernstein sent Junior the most incredible atrocity yesterday.

25,000 bucks.

49,000 acres of nothing but scenery and statues.

495,000. But look who's working for the Chronicle.

684,000.

684,132.

"The bank's decision in all matters..." I don't hold with giving Charles to a bank...

A document... Sure.

A wasted day. Wasted?

All I want is an hour... Under no circumstances...

All right. Solly.

An antique. You're awful funny, aren't you?

And that's what you know about Rosebud? Yeah.

And you'll get more than one lesson. Don't worry about me, Gettys.

Another double? Yeah.

Are they standing for me? You? Oh, Mr. Kane.

Ask them to sit down, will you, please. The new publisher.

Be careful, Charles. Mrs. Kane.

Be glad to. Thank you.

Be glad to. Thank you.

But they're made out to Mrs. Kane. He owed the money to both of us.

But who is she? What was it?

But, Mr. Kane. Please.

Can I have that, Charlie? I'm going to print it.

Can we come down? Yes, hurry up. We're leaving.

Central Office. The Central Office.

Charles Foster Kane? Or Rosebud.

Charles. Lookie, Mom.

Charlie, if they publish this story... They won't.

Come in. I'll get it.

Did you find what you were looking for? No.

Did you like your old man's speech? I could hear every word.

Emily, this gentleman... I'm not a gentleman.

Enjoys a joke Ha ha ha

Enthusiastic? Yes, sir.

Excuse me. But I don't understand.

From Mr. Leland, sir. Jed Leland?

From Paris, France. What?

Gettys isn't even pretending. Pop.

Give me that. What? The blond?

Go on. That's all there is.

Good night. Good night.

Got that? "The world's sixth largest private fortune."

Great speech, Mr. Kane. Wonderful.

Have you a car, Mrs. Kane? Yes, thank you.

He acted funny sometimes, you know? No, I didn't.

He said unless you... That's what I said.

He threatened to... Gettys.

He wanted to get her to come here... What does this note mean?

Hello, Emily. Hold it.

Hello, Jedediah. I'm drunk.

Hello, son. He isn't just scared, he's sick.

Hello. Hello, Mr. Leland.

Hello. How do you do, Charles?

Hello. Sooner.

Hey, look, a jigsaw puzzle. We got a lot of those.

Hey... Um... John.

Hmm? I said what time is it in New York?

Hold this up a week, two if you must. Don't you think right after he's dead...

How about his second wife? Susan Alexander?

How about it, Jerry? What's Rosebud?

How about it, Mr. Rawlston? How do you like it?

How can I persuade you... You can't.

How could a man write a notice... You just don't know Charlie.

How do you do? How do you do?

How old? Twenty two in August.

I bet it is. What?

I didn't know your plans. I don't know my plans myself.

I don't want your tooth to hurt, either. Ooh.

I know I've a mustache. It looks awful.

I remember them. Yes, Jennings, I'll bring him in.

I surely have. Why don't you try laughing at me again?

I want you to stop this. I'm not going to stop it.

I will also provide..." That's two sentences starting with "I."

I'll have a highball, please. Who told you you could sit down?

I'll take your arm. All right.

I've got nothing to say to you. You're licked...

I've never been up this late. It's a matter of habit.

In the opinion of this reviewer. I didn't see that.

Is it a giraffe? No, not a giraffe.

Is that what you want to do? No, I wanted to be a singer, I guess.

Is there a song about Charlie? Is there a song about you, Mr. Kane?

Isn't it wonderful? Such a party. Yes.

It can wait. No, it can't.

It can't be love It can't be love

It is dramatic critic, right? That's right.

It's 4:30. Isn't it, Jennings? Yes, ma'am.

It's supposed to be a rooster. A rooster!

Jed. You remember the workingman?

Jedediah. After you, Mr. Kane.

Kane. Mr. Carter, is this your office?

Let me work on the Chicago paper. What?

Let's hope it's all for the best. It is.

Matter of fact, I haven't got any plans. No?

Maybe he didn't. All we saw was a big American.

Maybe some other time. Get out.

Me? Mm hm.

Mm hm. Yes, there's one in the parlor.

Mother, is Pop governor yet? Not yet, Junior.

Mr. Bernstein is my general manager. How do you do, Mr. Carter?

Mr. Bernstein, that's Mr. Leland, isn't it? Yes, we're waiting for it.

Mr. Carter. How do you do?

Mr. Kane is finishing it for you. Charlie?

Mr. Kane, I... Get me a typewriter.

Mr. Kane. Mr. Kane. This is a surprise.

Mr. Leland! I got a cable from Mr. Kane. What?

Mr. Leland! Mr. Bernstein! Yes, Ms. Townsend?

Mr. Leland. Hello.

Naturally. Mr. Bernstein.

No, I didn't. What did you find out about him?

No, the brunette. Where did you learn that, Charlie?

Nurse. Yes, Mr. Leland.

Of course, he built the joint for her. That must have been love.

Oh, did you? Tell me, honestly...

Oh, mama, here they come. Shoot me while I'm happy.

Oh. You have got a toothache, haven't you?

Oh... I beg your pardon, sir? What did you say?

Pa. Hello, Charlie.

Paper? No, thanks.

Promise me, Mr. Kane. I promise, Mr. Bernstein.

Read the Inquirer. How were business conditions in Europe?

Right here, Mr. Kane. Miss Townsend is the society editor.

Right now. You never gave me anything in your life.

Rosebud. Yes.

See that? What are you doing?

Sentimental fellow, aren't you? Hmm...

Sentimental fellow, aren't you? Hmm...

She couldn't even come to the phone. I'll be seeing her again in a couple of days.

She runs a nightclub in Atlantic City. That's right.

She's, uh... Yeah.

Sorry, Mr. Leland. Never mind.

Sorry. Get out.

Stand by. I'll tell you if we want to run it again.

Stop telling me he's your friend. A friend don't write that kind of review.

Stop this nonsense. We're a bit uneducated...

Thank you, Mr. Carter. This is Mr. Leland... How do you do, Mr. Leland?

Thank you. Mr. Bernstein?

That didn't come in. But what was the race?

That is, I didn't. My mother did for me. What happened to the singing?

That man was the biggest fool I ever met. He made an awful lot of money.

That's fine. I like it myself. Send it right away.

That's it. Hello. Hello.

That's quite a snowman. I took the pipe out of his mouth.

That's right! The murder of Mrs. Harry Silverstone...

That's right. Excuse me.

That's what you think, is it? Yes.

The banks are out of luck? Oh, I don't know.

The idea of a bank being the guardian... Stop this nonsense, Jim.

The news goes on for 24 hours a day. Twenty four?

The news wasn't big enough. Mm hm.

The story about him and Ms. Alexander. There isn't any story!

The teachers got that, I didn't. What did you get?

There's nothing left for me to do... All right, you can go to Chicago.

There's one thing you can do for me. Sure.

They'll clear all right. He never threw anything away.

This favorite son This favorite son

This little pilgrimage will do us good. The Chronicle's a good newspaper.

This medicine doesn't do a bit of good. What you need is to get your mind off it.

This whole oil scandal... He happens to be the president, not you.

Thompson. Yes.

Tired? A tough day.

Twenty years. Twenty years?

We were talking about the first Mrs. Kane. What was she like?

We've covered it from the news end. And the social.

What do you know about Rosebud? "Rosebud"?

What do you say? Let's shake. Why, Charles.

What does that mean? A racehorse he bet on once.

What does this note mean, Ms. Alexander? She don't know.

What were they? You don't read the papers.

What will the servants think? That we enjoyed ourselves.

What? I'm still pretty funny.

What? Toothache.

What? What is it? Hmm?

What's funny about that? You're funny, mister.

What's that, young man? Are you through with politics?

What's that? Another Venus.

What's the matter with you? Toothache.

What's this all about, Emily? It may not be about anything at all.

Where do I sign, Mr. Thatcher? Right here.

Where is he? Right in there, Mr. Kane.

Which means we're bust all right. Well, out of cash.

Who else have you been to see? Well, I went down to Atlantic City.

Who is this one? Who is this one?

Who loves to smoke Who loves to smoke

Whoops. Mr. Bernstein.

Why aren't you coming with us, Mom? We have to stay here, Charles.

Why, you almost hurt me. Charlie!

Will you get us a taxi? A taxi? Why? I thought...

With them, it's no trick to get circulation. You're right.

With wealth and fame With wealth and fame

Yeah, sure. I tell you, a man's dying words...

Yes, Mr. Bernstine. Stein.

Yes. Go down and tell them.

You don't suppose... There's nothing to suppose.

You may resume your duties, gentlemen. Thank you.

You mean Uncle John. I mean the president of the United States.

You still eating? I'm still hungry.

You won't forget about those cigars? I won't.

You're a cheap, crooked grafter... We're talking now about what you are.

You're beautiful. I can't be.

You're going down to Xanadu? Monday, with boys from the office.

You're not Rosebud, are you? What?

You've got dirt on your face. Not dirt, it's mud.

...a Kane paper closes.

...a list of your holdings, extensively cross indexed.

...a man has built to himself.

...a radio network, an empire upon an empire.

...about scenery but don't feel right spending your money. Stop.

...about yourself and Mr. Kane.

...all she had was a toothache.

...aloof, seldom visited, never photographed...

...America's Kubla Khan:

...an emperor of newsprint continued to direct his failing empire.

...and any and all other newspaper, press and publishing properties of any kind...

...and as we pulled out, there was another ferry pulling in...

...and Boss Jim Gettys knows I'll keep it.

...and by the dangerous manner he has persistently attacked...

...and he lost the election, and that Norton woman divorced him.

...and my first report card at school.

...and of the syndicates pertaining thereto...

...and on it there was a girl waiting to get off.

...and once the prize seemed almost his.

...and the church counties still to be heard from...

...and the great yellow journalist himself lived to be history...

...and then 50 years later, on his deathbed...

...and thereafter to the survivor.

...and they'll get the truth in the Inquirer, quickly, simply and entertainingly.

...and you ought to get... You won't be lonely.

...announce the engagement of their daughter, Emily Monroe Norton...

...apartment buildings, factories, forests, ocean liners.

...are a menace to every workingman in this land.

...are direct quotes from his manuscript to be used by you. You may follow me.

...are the ingredients of Xanadu's mountain.

...armada's off the Jersey Coast. Hello, Mr. Bernstein.

...as a reward for services rendered.

...as any man in our time, but when he dies...

...as citizens and as human beings."

...as he was dying. That "Rosebud"?

...as if you could make them a present of liberty...

...as the gas in that light.

...as they are now to our policies?

...because, until a few weeks ago, I had no hope of being elected.

...but I knew how to handle him... Need a lot of service?

...but I'm not high class like you.

...but Kane's world now is history...

...but you get into the habit.

...by the voters of his country.

...ceased to trust him.

...come on, everybody...

...death came to Charles Foster Kane.

...defeat. Shameful, ignominious.

...don't you think it's rather unwise to continue this philanthropic enterprise...

...Emily Norton, who left him in 1916.

...every independent poll shows that I will be elected.

...except my leaving him.

...flowed in an unending stream...

...for a large fortune she recently acquired.

...for a statue you'll keep crated up and never look at?

...for the world's sixth largest private fortune.

...for years chief target of Kane papers' attacks on trusts...

...from 467 employees of the New York Inquirer."

...from the consequences of his crimes!

...he is to come into complete possession.

...he's at the Huntington Memorial Hospital on 180th Street.

...he's got an idea he wants to keep me alive.

...held dominion over 37 newspapers, two syndicates...

...hereby relinquishes all control thereof...

...his paper should be closed, a committee formed to boycott him.

...his places of residence, is to be final."

...hot water.

...I asked her.

...I could get you some...

...I'll have to close this place in 60 years.

...I'm afraid we got no choice.

...if all you want...

...if I weren't too busy arranging to keep them.

...if it'll do any good.

...if Mr. Kane said so.

...in all his life was never granted elective office...

...in charge of the whole place, so I ought to know.

...in search of my youth.

...initiative and opportunity for advancement...

...inspect certain portions of Mr. Thatcher's unpublished memoirs.

...is to be administered by the bank in trust for your son, Charles Foster Kane...

...is to be paid to you and Mr. Kane as long as you both live...

...is to make a lot of money.

...is, in fact, nothing more or less than a communist.

...it means your workingman expects something as his right, and not your gift.

...just because we came into money.

...Kane built Chicago's Municipal Opera House.

...Kane married Susan Alexander...

...know they can expect my best efforts in their interests.

...last night opened the new Chicago Opera House...

...Like the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution...

...marks your complete independence from the firm...

...may I remind you your 25th birthday, which is now approaching...

...me and her decided this ain't the place for you to grow up in.

...measure of control. Measure of control."

...Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas.

...Monday morning, all papers in the state, except his, will carry the story I'll give.

...Ms. Alexander, don't bother.

...no public issue on which Kane papers took no stand.

...now in complete control of the government of this state.

...now that it's valuable. And if Fred Graves had any idea...

...of money mad pirates, just because...

...of Public Transit Preferred. See, I do have a general idea of my holdings.

...of Thatcher & Company, as well as acquiring the full responsibility...

...of this state of the evil domination of Boss Jim Gettys.

...oil wells, shipping or real estate."

...oil wells, shipping or real estate."

...opposed participation in another.

...outlived his power to make it.

...personally attacked you after striking you in the stomach with a sled?

...prosecution and conviction of Boss Jim W. Gettys.

...recalls a journey he made as a youth.

...she and Charlie didn't see much of each other except at breakfast.

...singer, at the Town Hall in Trenton, New Jersey.

...so his children could see his picture in the paper.

...social announcement.

...some politician, I'd fight him with all I had.

...something is on his mind called Rosebud.

...that I haven't thought of that girl.

...that needs to be unwrapped.

...the best elements of the state behind him...

...the destinies of a nation that had ceased to listen to him...

...the downright villainy of Boss Jim W. Gettys' political machine...

...the fowl of the air, the fish of the sea, the beast of the field and jungle...

...the friend of the workingman, the next governor of this state...

...the Inquirerwill have him arrested. Wha...?

...the said Charles Foster Kane...

...the still unfinished...

...the wealth of the Earth's third richest gold mine.

...the White House seemingly the next easy step in a lightning political career...

...the world's largest private pleasure ground.

...then I don't know what you'll do.

...then one day he shoots himself, and it turns out there's nothing but debts.

...then suddenly, less than one week before election...

...there's a lot of pictures and statues in Europe you ain't bought yet.

...they have no one to look after their interests.

...this Inquirer, that is costing you $1 million a year?

...this Rosebud you're trying to find out about...

...this would happen, he'd have made out the certificates in both our names.

...to Mr. Charles Foster Kane." Huh?

...to pay to Charles Foster Kane, as long as he lives..."

...to remind you about the conditions under which you may...

...to see that the working people of this community aren't robbed by a pack...

...to take the love of the people away from me?

...to the chapters in Mr. Thatcher's manuscript regarding Mr. Kane.

...two of each, the biggest private zoo since Noah.

...two weeks after his first divorce...

...until he reaches his 25th birthday, at which time...

...until it got in the papers about us...

...Walter P. Thatcher, grand old man of Wall Street...

...was commissioned and successfully built.

...was left the supposedly worthless deed to an abandoned mineshaft:

...we'll miss the train.

...weren't they just as devoted to the Chronicle policy...

...when I have a gentleman caller. All right.

...when we're through taking pictures.

...when you went to the newspaper for 10 minutes?

...where Kubla Khan decreed his stately pleasure dome.

...which I have brought with me, and then refuse to answer questions.

...which I repeat, Mrs. Kane, you are the sole owner.

...which would mean the end of civilization.

...who entered upon this campaign...

...who was as loved, hated and talked about...

...who were with the Chronicle until yesterday...

...who's letting a pack of high pressure crooks run his administration.

...whoever loved him, whoever hated his guts.

...will be to appoint a special district attorney to arrange for the indictment...

...with a $25,000 check in it.

...with a bath, where they know where everything is?

...with a daily paper that will tell all the news honestly.

...Xanadu is the costliest monument...

...Xanadu.

...Xanadu's landlord leaves many stones to mark his grave.

...Xanadu's landlord was laid to rest.

...you never made a single investment. You always used money to...

...you'll find about a dozen vacationists still in residence.

...you've got to tell us who he was.

...your man is to get indignant and call Mr. Silverstone an anarchist.

"...and agrees to abandon all claim thereto..."

"...in a performance of..."

"But you gotta love me."

"Candidate Kane found in love nest with 'singer."'

"Charles Foster Kane."

"Copper robbers indicted."

"Dear Mr. Thatcher." It's from Mr. Kane.

"Galleons of Spain off Jersey Coast."

"Girls delightful in Cuba. Stop. Could send you prose poems..."

"Her singing, happily, is no concern of this department.

"I think it would be fun to run a newspaper."

"I think it would be fun to run a newspaper."

"I will also provide them with a fighting and tireless champion of their rights...

"I'll provide the people of this city..."

"In consideration thereof, Thatcher & Company agrees...

"Inquirerwins slum fight." Oh...

"Landlords refuse to clear slums."

"Miss Susan Alexander, a pretty but hopelessly incompetent amateur..."

"Mr. And Mrs. Thomas Monroe Norton..."

"One stove from the estate of Mary Kane, $2."

"Rosebud."

"Rosebud."

"Rosebud." That's all he said? Tough guy.

"Rosebud"?

"Serious consequences for Mr. Kane, for yourself and for your son."

"The bank's decision concerning his education...

"Traction Trust bleeds public white."

"Traction Trust exposed."

"Traction Trust smashed by Inquirer."

"Wall Street backs copper swindle."

"We will assume full management of the Colorado Lode"...

"Welcome home, Mr. Kane, from 467 employees of the New York Inquirer."

"Welcome home, Mr. Kane...

"With respect to the said newspapers..."

"World's biggest diamond."

"You will continue to maintain over your newspapers a large...

$3 million.

11:30. In New York?

11:30. Night?