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.
Movie tag line: "What went on the screen was nothing compared to what went on behind the scenes."
Production companies:
Character: Orson Welles
Character: William Randolph Hearst
Character: Marion Davies
Character: Herman Mankiewicz
Character: Gregg Toland
Character: Louis B. Mayer
Character: Hedda Hopper
Character: Carole Lombard
Character: Louella Parsons
Character: George Schaefer
Character: Walt Disney
Character: John Houseman
Character: Mr. Lewis
Character: Darryl Zanuck
Character: David O. Selznick
Character: Top Brass #2
Character: Mr. Thomson
Character: Joseph Willicombe
Character: Dorothy Comingore
Character: Script Girl
Character: Flunkie #2
Character: Young Orson Welles
Character: Harry Cohn
Character: Top Brass #1
Character: Sam Goldwyn
Character: News Reader
Character: Flunkie #1
Character: Paul Stewart
Character: Bernard Herrmann
Character: Jeweller
Character: Welles' Mother
Character: Sound Technician
Character: Jack Warner
Character: Joseph Cotten
Character: Clark Gable