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Yet–until now–the real Marion Davies has remained largely hidden from view. With her “sparkling” debut biography, author Lara Gabrielle counters the public story in Captain of Her Soul: The Life of Marion Davies. Through a decade of meticulous research, unprecedented access to archives around the world, and interviews with friends and ...
The comprehensive critical biography of silent-screen star Marion Davies, who fittingly referred to herself as "the captain of my soul." From Marion Davies's humble days in Brooklyn to her rise to fame alongside press baron William Randolph Hearst, the public life story of the film star plays like a modern fairy tale shaped by gossip columnists ...
Apr 13, 2021 · Amanda Seyfried's portrayal of Marion Davies in Mank has earned her a nomination for Best Supporting Actress. In Mank, Davies and Herman Mankiewicz have a fun, wisecracking relationship. "They ...
Sep 26, 2022 · Marion Davies on Her Own Terms. A new biography of the famous actress reveals her to be far more than the mistress of William Randolph Hearst. By Will Hearst Published: Sep 26, 2022. t isn’t every day you are asked to review the biography of your grandfather’s mistress. Time tends to soften the intensity of family wounds.
Before her death, she was involved in charity work especially fighting childhood diseases through the Marion Davies Foundation and financing a $1.9 million children's clinic at University of California at Los Angeles in 1952.
Jan 3, 2016 · From Wikipedia Marion Davies (January 3, 1897 – September 22, 1961) was an American film actress, producer, screenwriter, and philanthropist. Davies was already building a solid reputation as a film comedienne when newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst, with whom she had begun a romantic relationship, took over management of her career.
Feb 4, 2023 · A producer, philanthropist and vivacious screen presence, Marion Davies was always more than popular myth allowed her to be. The lifelong companion of media mogul William Randolph Hearst, Davies never engaged the rumors and gossip that swirled around her until the fictional character of Susan Alexander in Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane cemented the image of her as a woman without merit, riding ...
