Citizen Hearst: An AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Special
Explore the life of William Randolph Hearst. The model for Orson Welles’s “Citizen Kane,” he controlled a vast media empire, wielded unprecedented power and influence, and forever transformed the media’s role in American life and politics.
William Randolph Hearst portrait, c. 1906.
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William Randolph Hearst with his wife, Millicent. 1923.
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William Randolph Hearst with Hearst Castle architect Julia Morgan.
(Courtesy of Marc Wanamaker/Bison Archives)
William Randolph Hearst (center in tuxedo) with party attendees (from left to right) Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin and Princess Bibesco. (undated photo)
(Courtesy of Marc Wanamaker/Bison Archives)
William Randolph Hearst posing with Marion Davies. (undated photo)
(Courtesy of Marc Wanamaker/Bison Archives)
William Randolph Hearst (undated photo)
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