Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Οι Υπέροχοι Άμπερσον" in Greek language version.
The standard story is that the audience was hostile and disapproving, which sent the studio into a panic over what they considered Welles' excesses. But the critic and historian Jonathan Rosenbaum has examined the 125 original comment cards and reports that 53 were positive; many were overwhelmingly enthusiastic.