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Why did Hitchcock name the man Kane?

posted 15 years ago by patrick8828
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Did he think of the movie Citizen Kane when naming him this way? I wonder.

We are all globe villagers.

[–] rexshard93 15 years ago

Barry Kane was originally Barry Ford. John Houseman who worked with Orson Welles in Citizen Kane (1941) suggested the name "Kane" to Hitchcock as the last name for Barry.

[–] eric-1501 12 years ago

Stuff your global village.

"Could be worse."
"Howwww?"
"Could be raining."