{"product_id":"walking-shadows-orson-welles-william-randolph-hearst-and-citizen-kane-hardcover","title":"Walking Shadows: Orson Welles, William Randolph Hearst, and Citizen Kane - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Evangelist Walsh\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWalking Shadows \u003c\/i\u003edramatically dissects the wild, high-profile battle between newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst and famous young actor, director, and filmmaker Orson Welles over Welles's groundbreaking film \u003ci\u003eCitizen Kane\u003c\/i\u003e. In 1940 and 1941 it became the center of public controversy and scandal, especially in Hollywood where Welles's own stark honesty and blatant self-confidence heightened the drama.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCitizen Kane \u003c\/i\u003eportrayed the ruthless career of an all-powerful magnate bearing (not accidentally) a striking resemblance to Hearst, who immediately tried to kill the picture. John Evangelist Walsh here illuminates the conflict between these two outsize personalities and for the first time brings Hearst's vengeful anti-Kane campaign to the fore. Walsh provides thorough documentation, supplemental notes, and an extended bibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Evangelist Walsh, an independent writer and scholar, is the author of more than twenty works of biography and history, including \u003ci\u003eThe Execution of Major Andre\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eMoonlight: Abraham Lincoln and the Almanac Trial\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eUnraveling Piltdown: The Science Fraud of the Century and Its Solution\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eMidnight Dreary: The Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Monroe, Wisconsin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 301\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.98 x 8.32 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 29, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42114561933392,"sku":"9780299205003","price":42.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/9540\/0016\/files\/bld3Y2ZNSUxSMnlmbDNjVlE0V0JKQT09.webp?v=1772725795","url":"https:\/\/palm-malen-gift-shop-pmrc.myshopify.com\/products\/walking-shadows-orson-welles-william-randolph-hearst-and-citizen-kane-hardcover","provider":"Palm Malen Gift Shop -PMRC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}