Rosebud is the name printed on the sleigh/sled that Kane had as a little boy and is his last fond memory of a lost innocence and happy childhood. Hence as he is dying he gazes into the snow-globe and nostalgically recalls the happiness of his lost innocence, a happiness that none of his successes, adulation and material wealth have been able to replicate. He dies whispering "Rosebud..." as an invocation. The snow-globe falls from his lifeless hand and goes rattling across the floor...the movie begins.
'Rosebud' was a sled that Kane attached so many fond and carefree memories from his childhood .
Orson Welles himself played Charles Foster Kane in the movie Citizen Kane (1941).
Orson Welles , as Charles Foster Kane .
This quote originally came from the film Citizen Kane. The quote was said by the character Charles Foster Kane.
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'Rosebud' was a sled that Kane attached so many fond and carefree memories from his childhood .
Citizen Kane
Rosebud.... [his childhood].
Orson Welles himself played Charles Foster Kane in the movie Citizen Kane (1941).
"Citizen Kane" is the full name.
"Rosebud" was said by Orson Welles in "Citizen Kane" (1941).
Citizen Kane, by Orson Welles.
Orson Welles , as Charles Foster Kane .
Charles Foster Kane
Citizen Kane
At the ending, the audience learns that Charles Foster Kane valued his childhood the most, because they learn what "Rosebud" means.
"Rosebud" was the name of the famous sled. However, Charles Foster Kane had two sleds in the movie: "Rosebud" (the one he loved and lost when Thatcher took him away) and "The Crusader" (the one he despised when Thatcher gave it to him).