"Notes of first draft scripts of 'Kane'," typescript carbon

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Title: "Notes of first draft scripts of 'Kane'," typescript carbon
Contributor: Comingore, Dorothy, 1913-1971
Cotten, Joseph, 1905-1994
Mankiewicz, Herman J. (Herman Jacob), 1897-1953
RKO Radio Pictures
Welles, Orson, 1915-1985--Citizen Kane
Published / Created: 1940
Abstract: "Notes on first draft script of 'Kane'," typescript carbon, dating from 30 April through 2 May, 1940, and screenplay, typescript carbon, "2nd draft continuity," dated 16 May, 1940 on cover, but including revision pages through 15 June, 1940 for the 1941 film, Citizen Kane. Screenplay written in collaboration with Herman J. Mankiewicz for the film produced and directed by Welles, distributed by RKO Radio Pictures, and starring Welles, Joseph Cotton, Dorothy Comingore, and others.
Description: Orson Welles (1915-1985), American actor, writer, director, and producer in theater, radio, and film.
Purchased from Cloud Hill Books on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2018.
Stamped on front covers: "Please return to RKO Story files" and "1239."
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: YCAL MSS 1192
Collection Title: Orson Welles notes and screenplay relating to Citizen Kane
Collection / Other Creator: Welles, Orson, 1915-1985
Collection Date: 1940
Container / Volume: Box 1 | Folder 1

Format: text
Genre: Screenplays
Resource Type: Archives or Manuscripts
Subject (Name): Comingore, Dorothy, 1913-1971
Cotten, Joseph, 1905-1994
Mankiewicz, Herman J. (Herman Jacob), 1897-1953
RKO Radio Pictures
Welles, Orson, 1915-1985--Citizen Kane
Subject (Topic): American literature--20th century
Motion picture producers and directors--United States
Motion pictures--Production and direction
Motion pictures--United States
Screenwriters--United States--Archives

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Citation: Orson Welles Notes and Screenplay Relating to Citizen Kane. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.