Fwd: Re: The Kenosha Kid

[ethan at magicnet.net]

>This was said (I forget by whom)-
>

>Welles was born in Kenosha Wisc. I don't know think anyone knows for
>sure what Welles intended by Rosebud but I have heard a story that
>`Rosebud' had a somewhat special significance for WR Hearst, on whom
>Kane is partly modelled. Apparently, it was Hearst's pet name for his
>girlfriend's private parts (excuse the object-oriented parlance). I'd
>love to have been a fly on the wall when Hearst first saw the film.
>
Apparently Hearst had a cow, and I think, but am not sure, that he sued the
film company.
                                                Ethan