The Life and Death of 9413: a Hollywood Extra is a 1928 American silent experimental short film co-written and co-directed by Robert Florey and Slavko Vorkapić. Considered a landmark of American avant
Title card from the film
Studio executives applaud Extra #15 (Voya George) as he holds paper masks in front of his face, symbolizing his performances.
Jules Raucourt played the protagonist, who is dehumanized after studio representatives make him a film extra and write the number 9413 on his forehead.
Scenes of Hollywood cityscapes (top) and of heaven at the end of the film (bottom) were achieved with miniature sets made from paper cubes, tin cans, cigar boxes, toy trains and an Erector Set.
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Citizen Kane is a 1941 American drama film directed, produced by, and starring Orson Welles and co-written by Welles and Herman J. Mankiewicz. It was Welles's first feature film. The quasi-biographica
Theatrical release poster (Style B) by William Rose
Favored to win election as governor, Kane makes a campaign speech at Madison Square Garden.
The affair between Kane and Susan Alexander (Dorothy Comingore) is exposed by his political opponent, Boss Jim W. Gettys (Ray Collins).
Harry Shannon, George Coulouris and Agnes Moorehead