What went on the screen was nothing compared to what went on behind the scenes.
In 1939, boy-wonder Orson Welles leaves New York, where he has succeeded in radio and theater, and, hired by RKO Pictures, moves to Hollywood with the purpose of making his first film.
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Showing 30 of 30 loaded cast members.
as Orson Welles
AliveBorn: October 4, 1967
Age: 58
San Francisco, California, USA
as William Randolph Hearst
AliveBorn: January 27, 1940
Age: 86
Los Angeles, California, USA
as Marion Davies
AliveBorn: August 9, 1957
Age: 69
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
as Herman Mankiewicz
AliveBorn: December 9, 1953
Age: 72
Christopher, Illinois, USA
as Gregg Toland
AliveBorn: June 2, 1961
Age: 65
Dublin, Ireland
as Louis B. Mayer
AliveBorn: May 2, 1946
Age: 80
London, England, UK
as Hedda Hopper
AliveBorn: July 10, 1958
Age: 68
Cobh, County Cork, Ireland
as Carole Lombard
AliveBorn: November 28, 1965
Age: 60
Lambeth, London, England, UK
as Louella Parsons
AliveBorn: February 20, 1946
Age: 80
Ramsgate, Kent, England, UK
as George Schaefer
DeceasedBorn: November 10, 1932
Died: February 10, 2008
Age at death: 75
as Walt Disney
AliveBorn: October 26, 1953
Age: 72
London, England, UK
as John Houseman
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Mr. Lewis
AliveBorn: June 6, 1954
Age: 72
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
as Darryl Zanuck
DeceasedBorn: April 11, 1951
Died: April 4, 2020
Age at death: 68
as David O. Selznick
AliveBirth date not on record.
East Village, NYC
as Top Brass #2
AliveBorn: September 1, 1954
Age: 72
USA
as Mr. Thomson
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Joseph Willicombe
AliveBirth date not on record.
Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England, UK
as Dorothy Comingore
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Script Girl
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Flunkie #2
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Young Orson Welles
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Harry Cohn
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Top Brass #1
AliveBirth date not on record.
London, England, UK
as Sam Goldwyn
DeceasedBorn: October 19, 1953
Died: May 1, 2003
Age at death: 49
as News Reader
AliveBorn: August 15, 1958
Age: 68
Chicago, Illinois, USA
as Flunkie #1
AliveBorn: January 1, 1955
Age: 71
Alexandria, Virginia, USA
as Paul Stewart
DeceasedBorn: February 21, 1964
Died: April 3, 2024
Age at death: 60
as Bernard Herrmann
AliveBorn: June 4, 1952
Age: 74
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
as Jeweller
DeceasedBorn: October 13, 1923
Died: January 1, 2003
Age at death: 79
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