May 1 1941 

CITIZEN KANE premieres in NYC. Co-written by Herman J. Mankiewicz, Orson Welles' timeless modernist masterpiece, chronicling the tumultuous cradle to the grave life of a newspaper tycoon justifiably continues to dominate "Greatest Films" lists some 8 decades after its release. With Joseph Cotten, Everett Sloane, Ray Collins, Agnes Moorehead and Dorothy Comingore.

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