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Daily Dialogue — October 14, 2010

Scott Myers

14 Oct 2010
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“Rosebud.”

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

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week is exposition, suggested by The Unknown Lyricist. 

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

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