WELLES’ MISSTEP
Michael Wilmington (“Orson Welles: Giant of Cinema, Maker of Myths,” Oct. 20) missed one of the most important reasons why Orson Welles had a lack of opportunity to do the films he wanted and had so little success in getting financial backing.
In “Citizen Kane” he tread on the toes of newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst, who took Welles characterization of Kane personally. After “Citizen Kane” no Hearst papers ever carried mention of Welles, and that included the columns of Luella Parsons, the most influential of the gossipers.
And Hearst’s influence extended well into the world of motion picture financing.
KENNETH H. BONNELL
Los Angeles
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