Change To A Feature Film
Welles decided to push ahead by expanding the production into a feature film, made in black and white. Singer/actor Frank Sinatra (an old friend who Welles had first befriended when the two were newcomers to Hollywood in the early 1940s) invested US$25,000 in the new film, with Welles providing additional self-funding derived from his work as an actor.
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