Marion Davies
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Marion Davies was an American actress, producer, screenwriter, and philanthropist. Educated in a religious convent, Davies left the school to pursue a career as a chorus girl. As a teenager, she appea
Davies in the 1920s
Davies and Forrest Stanley in When Knighthood Was in Flower (1922).
Marion Davies cover art from Picture-Play Magazine, 1926
During the Jazz Age, Hearst and Davies were known for the extravagant soirées they threw for Hollywood and political elites at Hearst Castle.
Millicent Hearst
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Millicent Veronica Hearst was the wife of media tycoon William Randolph Hearst. Willson was a vaudeville performer in New York City whom Hearst admired, and they married in 1903. The couple had five s
Marion Davies
…However, Hearst abruptly departed without introducing himself. After months passed, they saw each other again in Palm Beach, Florida, but Hearst's wife Millicent Hearst was present. They did not become intimate until sometime later. After making her screen debut in 1916, and modelling gowns by Lady Duff-Gordon in a…
Millicent Hearst, 1916
Hearst, photographed by James E. Purdy around 1905
Hearst, sketched by Marguerite Martyn in 1908