Nope.  Broken ankle.  Welles was wheelchair-bound for several weeks while
his ankle healed.  He was forced to shoot around his own scenes until the
ankle became better.
 
The book "Citizen Welles" by Frank Brady is a great source for information
on Orson Welles.
 
On Thu, 28 Oct 1993 13:39:00 -0500 Roger Bullis said:
>
>Hey Mary---
>
>He might have just been fooling around with a prop from the film. (Leland sits
>in it at the "home" and Kane is pushed around in it in the newsreel)
>
>Roger
>
 
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