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Article: Orson Welles' daughter seeks royalties or rights to "Citizen Kane"
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- February 4, 2003
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Dateline: SAN FRANCISCO
The daughter of Orson Welles is suing two Hollywood studios, saying
they should either pay her royalties on her father's masterpiece "
Citizen Kane" or hand over the rights to the movie.
Beatrice Welles says in the lawsuit filed in federal court that a
1944 agreement discovered by an archivist appears to terminate a 1939
profit-sharing deal the filmmaker signed with RKO Pictures.
Welles' lawyer, Steven Ames Brown, said his client either owns the
rights under the 1944 agreement or is owed royalties if the earlier
deal is still valid.
Brown said the judge must decide whether the 1944 agreement transfers
ownership rights.
The suit, which ...