Orson Welles’ 1941 groundbreaking movie Citizen Kane was a thinly veiled attack on media magnate William Randolph Hearst, the Rupert Murdoch of his time. Hearst reportedly didn’t mind so much the portrayal of him, but he objected to the negative depiction of his friend Marion Davies. What was one of the reprisals that Hearst allegedly attempted to take against Welles?
Answer: At dinner at a restaurant in Buffalo, New York, a waiter told Welles there was a policeman outside who wanted a word. The lawman told him to not go back to his hotel as an underage naked girl had been planted in his room and photographers were there to capture the scene, so as to set up Welles for a charge and prosecution. Instead of going back to his hotel, Welles flew out of Buffalo that night.
Source: BBC biography – Orson Welles
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