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- <text id=89TT0566>
- <title>
- Feb. 27, 1989: American Notes:Hollywood
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1989
- Feb. 27, 1989 The Ayatullah Orders A Hit
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- NATION, Page 25
- American Notes
- HOLLYWOOD
- Kane Steals Ted's Crayons
- </hdr><body>
- <p> Color his face red. Ted Turner's, not Orson Welles'. Despite
- howls that he was committing artistic blasphemy, the Atlanta
- television and entertainment entrepreneur has applied tints to
- such classic films as Casablanca and The Maltese Falcon. Still
- trying to squeeze fresh profits out of revered movies, Turner
- vowed to colorize Citizen Kane, the 1941 epic of which Welles
- was star, producer, director and co-writer.
- </p>
- <p> But the wily Welles may have anticipated future tampering
- with his work. His 1939 contract with RKO Pictures stipulated
- that he would retain full control over the film, specifically
- citing its black-and-white photography. Last week the Turner
- Entertainment Co. gave up a possible court fight and abandoned
- its colorization plan. For Welles, who died in 1985, it was a
- victory from the grave.
- </p>
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- </body></article>
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