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"Citizen Kane" Production Still
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Production still during the filming of "Citizen Kane." Orson Wells smokes a pipe and directs Dorothy Comingore (playing Susan Alexander Kane) from a wheelchair. Cinematographer Gregg Toland, wearing a visor and sunglasses, stands directly behind the blimped camera along with other technicians.
1941
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