 The lengthy scene where the older Jedediah Leland is interviewed at  the old folks home was Joseph Cotten (I) (qv)s very first scene  in front of a Hollywood camera. Orson Welles (qv) broken ankle  had forced the rescheduling of this scene, which originally was  supposed to be shot towards the end of the film, so Cotten hadnt  gotten around to learning his lines yet. Consequently he was  supposed to do the scene from cue cards but because his old