Daily Dialogue — August 8, 2010

“Rosebud.”

 — Charles Foster Kane (Orson Welles), Citizen Kane (1941), original screenplay by Herman J. Mankiewicz and Orson Welles

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Notable opening lines. Citizen Kane suggested by Proveniebam.

Trivia: Screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz wrote the balance of the screenplay for this film from a hospital bed recovering from illness.