Wall Street Crime And Punishment: Samuel Insull, A Utility Mogul Unplugged And 'Citizen Kane' Inspiration
Samuel Insull is mostly forgotten today by the general public, but from the 1890s through the 1930s he was one of the most prominent figures in the U.S. economy. Indeed, Insull was such a notable personality that Orson Welles borrowed a chapter from his life and fashioned it into a segment of the landmark film “Citizen Kane.”