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Marion Davies was, in so many ways, created by and for William Randolph Hearst--their symbiotic relationship spanned from 1915 when W.R. first ogled her chorus-girl charms until his death in 1951. But she was much more quickly superannuated, cinema-historically speaking, by the Orson Welles-Herman Mankiewicz dumb-blonde 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--touching on 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), her quick marriage to Captain Horace Brown, and, finally, her death from cancer in 1961. A supplemental PDF is included with this audiobook.

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Fred Lawrence Guiles is best known for his biography of Marilyn Monroe. This was followed by Marion Davies, Hanging on in Paradise, Tyrone Power: The Last Idol, and Stan: The Life of Stan Laurel. An educator as well, he taught film history at Franklin & Marshall College in Pennsylvania. Romy Nordlinger is an experienced narrator and actress who has performed for television shows, indie films, and on-stage. She is a member of The League of Professional Theatre Women, the Resonance Theatre Ensemble, and The Playwrights Gallery. She currently resides in New York.

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