Citizen Hearst

The Resource Citizen Hearst
Label
Citizen Hearst
Statement of responsibility
an Insignia Films production for American Experience ; produced and directed by Amanda Pollak (part one) ; written and produced by Gene Tempest (part one) ; written and directed by Stephen Ives (part two) ; produced by Amanda Pollak and Gene Tempest (part two)
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Broadcaster
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Publisher
Screenwriter
Television director
Television producer
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
In the 1930s, William Randolph Hearst's media empire included 28 newspapers, a movie studio, a syndicated wire service, radio stations and 13 magazines. Nearly one in four American families read a Hearst publication. His newspapers were so influential that Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini and Winston Churchill all wrote for him. The first practitioner of what is now known as 'synergy, ' Hearst used his media stronghold to achieve unprecedented political power, then ran for office himself. After serving two terms in Congress, he came in second in the balloting for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1904. Perhaps best known as the inspiration for Orson Welles' Citizen Kane and his lavish castle in San Simeon, Hearst died in 1951 at the age of 88, having transformed the media's role in American life and politics
Member of
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Edited by Josh Melrod (parts one and two), Jota Mun (part one) ; original music by Gary Lionelli
Dewey number
070.5722/092
Intended audience
Rating: TVPG
Language note
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)
LC call number
Z473
LC item number
.H43 2021
PerformerNote
Narrated by Peter Krause
Runtime
220
Technique
live action
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