What went on the screen was nothing compared to what went on behind the scenes.
In 1939, boy-wonder Orson Welles leaves New York, where he has succeeded in radio and theater, and, hired by RKO Pictures, moves to Hollywood with the purpose of making his first film.
Marion Davies
William Randolph Hearst
Herman Mankiewicz
Orson Welles
George Schaefer
Louella Parsons
Gregg Toland
Hedda Hopper
Louis B. Mayer
Walt Disney
News Reader
Carole Lombard
Mr. Lewis
Jeweller
Harry Cohn
Darryl Zanuck
Bernard Herrmann
Welles' Mother
Flunkie #1
Paul Stewart