Citizen Kane (1941) – Filming Locations
Mystery / Drama · Directed by Orson Welles · Starring Orson Welles, Dorothy Comingore
Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.
Where was Citizen Kane filmed?
- Los Angeles, United States, Los Angeles – Interior sets of Xanadu and newspaper offices constructed and filmed on soundstages. Most of Citizen Kane was shot on RKO soundstages where elaborate interior sets of Kane's mansion Xanadu and the Daily Inquirer offices were constructed and carefully lit by cinematographer Gregg Toland
- San Francisco, United States, San Francisco – Exteriors of San Francisco representing Kane's newspaper empire and business operations. Location footage of San Francisco was incorporated to establish Kane's newspaper operations and his rise in the city during the early scenes of his business career
- Ohiopyle, United States, Ohiopyle – Establishing shots representing Kane's Colorado mine property and western settings. Exterior location shooting in Pennsylvania hill country provided visual reference for establishing Kane's wealth origins in mining operations