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Overview: 1930s Hollywood is reevaluated through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the screenplay of Citizen Kane.

Cast:

Gary Oldman
Herman Mankiewicz

Amanda Seyfried
Marion Davies

Lily Collins
Rita Alexander

Arliss Howard
Louis B. Mayer

Tom Pelphrey
Joseph Mankiewicz

Sam Troughton
John Houseman

Ferdinand Kingsley
Irving Thalberg

Tuppence Middleton
Sara Mankiewicz

Tom Burke
Orson Welles

Joseph Cross
Charles Lederer

Jamie McShane
Shelly Metcalf

Toby Leonard Moore
David O. Selznick

Monika Gossmann
Fräulein Frieda

Charles Dance
William Randolph Hearst

Jack Romano
Sid Perelman

Adam Shapiro
George S. Kaufman

John Churchill
Charles MacArthur

Jeff Harms
Ben Hecht

Derek Petropolis
Eddie Cantor

Sean Persaud
Tommy

Paul Fox
Joe Von Sternberg

Tom Simmons
Doctor

Nick Job
John Gilbert

Colin Ward
Older Man

Cooper Tomlinson
Younger Man

Julie Collis
Female Starlet

Arlo Mertz
Child Star

Craig Welzbacher
Rexford Tugwell

Jessie Cohen
Norma Shearer Thalberg

Desiree Louise
Irene Selznick

Amie Farrell
Mrs. Meyer

Ian Boyd
Slim

Jay Villwock
C.C.

Lou George
Ed the Gate Guard

John Lee Ames
Grady

Bill Nye
Upton Sinclair

Richmond Arquette
Heckler

David Lee Smith
Sinclair Supporter

Mario Di Donato
A Man's Voice (voice)

James Patrick Duffy
Another Man

Flo Lawrence
Maude Anderson

Sebastian Faure
Movie Star #1

Randy Davison
Maître D

Christian Prentice
Emcee

Leven Rambin
Eve - Shelly's Girlfriend

Rick Pasqualone
Singer

Gary Teitelbaum
Rabbi

Eden Wattez
Joanna Mankiewicz - Age 2

Roslyn Cohn
Elmma Wilson

Mark Fite
James Wilson

John Patrick Jordan
Best Original Screenplay Announcer

Ben Mankiewicz
Broadcaster, Academy Awards

Natalie Denise Sperl
Movie Star #2

Brian Michael Jones
Aide - Ben

Camille Montgomery
Starlet #1

Craig Robert Young
Charlie Chaplin

Paul Carafotes
Assistant Director

Anne Beyer
Female Party Goer

Joey Hagler
Male Party Goer

Sean Donnellan
Martin Butler

Stewart Skelton
News Reel I

Malachi Rivers
News Reel II

Keith Barber
News Reel III

Kaytlin Borgen
Mayer's Assistant

Madison West
Starlet #2

Elvy
Starlet #3

Ali Axelrad
Starlet #4

Adrienne Evans
Wife #1

Wylie Small
Wife #2

Dana Lyn Baron
Wife #3

Jaclyn Bethany
Typist (uncredited)

Cary Christopher
Young Joseph Mankiewicz (uncredited)

Michelle Twarowska
Joan Crawford (uncredited)

Kingston Vernes
Young Herman Mankiewicz (uncredited)

Jordan Matlock
Groundskeeper (uncredited)

Anthony Molinari
Hobo (uncredited)

Daniel Hoffman
MGM Child Star (uncredited)

Sebastian Twohey-Jacobs
Beach Goer (uncredited)