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'Citizen Kane'

Just got through watching one of the great movies of all time, "Citizen Kane." It had been a couple of years since I watched it, even though I have the tape of it put out by Turner Classic Movies a few years back. The acting, screen play and groundbreaking film techniques are astounding, and the fact that it's about a newspaper publisher makes it all the more interesting for me.

The Turner package also includes a documentary about the film, and it was amazing to find out that before making "Citizen Kane," Dorothy Comingore -- who played "singer" Susan Alexander -- had a role in a Three Stooges film. They didn't say which one, so I had to look it up in "The Complete Three Stooges." Sure enough, she appeared in the 1939 film "Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise." She wasn't credited, but the book says she was then known as Linda Winters. She played the role of April. It turns out three other actors who appeared in Stooge films also appeared in "Citizen Kane."

I guess that goes to show that Dorothy Comingore had a eye for film classics! Nyuk! Nyuk! Nyuk!

Roger 0 comments 1:28 AM