Citizen Hearst

Everything He Did Was News

20213h 42m

Explore the life of William Randolph Hearst, the pioneering media mogul and inspiration for Orson Welles’ "Citizen Kane." Wielding unprecedented power, Hearst forever transformed the media’s role in American life and politics.

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Citizen Hearst | American Experience | PBS

Cast

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Peter Krause

Narrator (voice)

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Marion Davies

Self (archival footage)

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