Author	Photograph by Lucas Pritchard Studio
Publisher	Mercury Theatre   Location New York City  , United States of America Established 1937  Authority file : Q442909 MusicBrainz:  aaefc91c-ec6c-4b3e-98b9-7e5df0f89b30 institution QS:P195,Q442909
Description	English: Subjects of the photograph are Geraldine Fitzgerald as Ellie Dunn and Orson Welles as Captain Shotover.
Depicted people	Geraldine Fitzgerald  (1913–2005)    Alternative names Geraldine Mary Fitzgerald Description American-Irish singer, stage actress, film actress, television actress and theatrical director Date of birth/death 24 November 1913  17 July 2005  Location of birth/death Greystones Upper East Side Work period 1934  – Authority file : Q236396 VIAF:  107041200 ISNI:  0000000115798359 LCCN:  n87914309 Open Library:  OL6883991A GND:  130202851 WorldCat creator QS:P170,Q236396 Orson Welles  (1915–1985)          Alternative names Birth name: George Orson Welles Description American film actor, theatrical director, film director, film producer, film editor and screenwriter Date of birth/death 6 May 1915  10 October 1985  Location of birth/death Kenosha Los Angeles Work period 1934  –1985  Authority file : Q24829 VIAF:  110467783 ISNI:  0000000120968527 ULAN:  500274668 LCCN:  n79018425 NAID:  10580779 WorldCat creator QS:P170,Q24829
Date	1938 date QS:P571,+1938-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Notes	English: Promotional photograph of the production of George Bernard Shaw's Heartbreak House directed by Orson Welles. Production ran April 29–June 11, 1938, at the Mercury Theatre.
Source	Self-scan of original black-and-white promotional photograph
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Per the back stamp, RKO Radio Pictures reissued this 1938 photograph in 1941, to promote Citizen Kane. The borderless print has cropped the studio signature on the face of the photograph, but it is Lucas Pritchard Studio. The sheet attached to the photograph reads as follows:

ROTOPHOTO R41217-7
Continuity Layout (No. 7)
LIFE STORY OF A PRODIGY
(7) Broadway success. Orson Welles and Geraldine Fitzgerald in scene from Mercury Theatre production of George Bernard Shaw's "Heartbreak House." Miss Fitzgerald was picked up by Hollywood, given quick fame. Welles had one more step, his radio invasion from Mars, before film contract which resulted in "Citizen Kane."
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• The photo has no copyright markings on it as can be seen in the original uploaded scan.

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