A prop central to the celebrated opening scene of Citizen Kane - widely regarded as one of the best films ever made - has ...

The prop, famously revealed to be 'Rosebud' in the final scene of Citizen Kane, was almost thrown in the bin until it was ...

Item donated by a director who was given it in 1984 as it was about to be thrown out by film studio becomes second most ...

Rosebud,” the famed wooden sled at the heart of Orson Welles’ classic 1941 movie “Citizen Kane,” has sold at auction for ...

The previous owner was director Joe Dante, who “had the honor of protecting this piece of cinematic history for decades.” ...

The iconic film prop from Orson Welles' 1941 film 'Citizen Kane' sold for a record-breaking $14.75 million at Heritage ...

Years ago, I was in a large lecture hall taking a class on film history. Appropriately enough, one of the first films we ...

On the second day of bidding at Heritage Auctions’ entertainment auction, the iconic Rosebud sled from Orson Welles’ 1941 ...

The sled is one of only three known to survive and was miraculously saved from disposal by The Gremlins director Joe Dante in ...

At that point it was highly unusual for actors to direct or vice-versa, yet Welles was starring in, directing and writing Citizen Kane, and when the film was released on May 1, 1941, his multi ...

The Academy Award statuette won by Orson Welles for the original screenplay of Citizen Kane has fetched more than 861,000 dollars (£552,000) at auction. Saturday, 1 March 2025.

Citizen Kane is a tragedy about a man who sacrifices love and humanity in pursuit of power, only to die alone, lamenting his lost innocence. Yet Trump doesn’t recoil from Kane’s fate; ...