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Chargement... Marion Daviespar Fred Lawrence Guiles
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. An intriguing look into the life of Marion Davies, silent screen star and the hostess of some legendary house parties at Hearst Castle. This book traces Marion from her origins in Brooklyn, her work as an actress on Broadway, and her success as a silent screen star. Of course, the book also delves heavily into her involvement and relationship with William Randolph Hearst. In today's world, her name is synonymous with his and his fantastic castle on a hill. The book also describes how Marion actually helped to save Hearst from financial ruin. I loved how the book gives us a glimpse of a time gone by. ( ) aucune critique | ajouter une critique
In this detailed biography of film star Marion Davies (nee Douras) who was in so many ways created by and for William Randolph Hearst -- the symbiotic relationship spanned from 1915 when W.R. first ogled her chorus-girl charms to his death in 1951. But she was much more quickly superannuated cinema-historically speaking by the Orson Welles-Herman Mankiewicz dumb-blond caricature in Citizen Kane, paradoxically the most important Film in her life. Fred Lawrence Guiles presents the life story of one of the most deft comedians in silent pictures--up from Brooklyn, show biz, the engaging stammer, private then public Hearst inamorata, Hollywood, the Chaplin liaison, encounters with the famous, San Simeon, W.R.'s demise, the constant drinking (she hid her gin from Hearst in the water tank of the toilet), the quick marriage to Captain Horace Brown, finally her death from cancer in 1961. Now a deserving revival. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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