Citizen Kane Scene 15 Summary

  • Not long after his big affair scandal, Charles Kane divorces his wife Emily and marries Susan Alexander.
  • He thinks she'll be a big opera star, but he ends up having to build her an opera house just to give her a place to sing. No one else will take her.
  • Next thing you know, Susan has singing coaches yelling at her and putting her under all kinds of stress.
  • The curtain comes up and Susan starts singing. Meanwhile, two men up in the rafters look at each other and one of them pinches his nose to say that Susan stinks.