EXCLUSIVE: It has only been about a quarter of a century since he started it, but filmmaker Joshua Grossman’s Quixotic documented quest to find the original print of Orson Welles’ 1942 classic The Magnificent Ambersons has enlisted a powerful media partner to help in his long journey to finally solving one of cinema’s great mysteries.Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is teaming up with Grossberg to finish his documentary on the search for what many film historians consider the “Holy Grail” which is Welles’ original preview workprint of the film, his followup to the iconic 1941 Citizen Kane, which got him fired by RKO Studios after reportedly disastrous test screenings.
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