Marion Davies Hostess at Hearst Castle

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2 жыл бұрын

Movie star and hostess of San Simeon, actress Marion Davies, was a delight to those that knew her. Her more than 30 year relationship with publisher William Randolph Hearst was no doubt a scandal - and it overshadowed her legend in Hollywood. Guide Shawn will talk about what it was like at San Simeon with Ms. Davies at the helm - using recollections of those that knew her.

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@dougholliday467 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Shawn for giving us an insight into Mr. Hurst, the castle & Marion Davis. I learned a lot with this presentation. I visited the castle early in the 90's. Most remarkable indeed. Sentebey

@HearstCastleSanSimeon Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@steelman86 8 ай бұрын

It's HEARST,!! Hurst was a hot rod shifter!!!

@lucindajennings148 7 ай бұрын

In the 80's they actually mentioned that on his camping trips to the property he had entertainmen... a cowboy group..Leonard Sly and his group...later..Roy Rogers and the Sons of the Pioneers.

@sodality3970 26 күн бұрын

She made some of the most enjoyable films of the 1920's

@walterbarnick3598 6 ай бұрын

Thank you. I thoroughly enjoyed that.

@HearstCastleSanSimeon 5 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@tonyperez5360 9 ай бұрын

Thank you so

@VictoriaAlfredSmythe Жыл бұрын

Careful. recorded low, the ads will blow your speakers

@CatsPJS2027 10 ай бұрын

More interested in the construction of all the spaces and buildings. The guests are interesting to hear about but the real fascination is in the incredible feat of building and bringing in artifacts and who knows what the real story is; construction looks like all the old World Fair buildings; interesting that architect Julia Morgan biography book would feature the most recognizable feature in those fairs in the front of her book; not an original concept. Wouldn't Hearst with all the videos and photos of people visiting in the early years documented this great feat with photographs from ground to completed construction and all the inbetween colossal talent it must have taken? Where did all these artisans come from? Why aren't they highlighted? You can find a tree on a truck and a statue in a crate and a sketchy looking construction photos of the Casa Grande; need more meat on those bones.

@HearstCastleSanSimeon 10 ай бұрын

If you would like to know more about the craftsmen that worked at Hearst Castle, check out the Unsung Heroes collection here on this channel.

@lemorab1 6 ай бұрын

I thoroughly agree with you. The construction history of the place, and the timeline, are far more interesting than the Hollywood gossip. As a southern California native, I heard about Hearst Castle from childhood in the 1950's. I went for the first time in March, 1961. It is way past time for a "coffee table book" featuring construction photos and biographies of all the artisans and craftspeople who worked on it.

@VictoriaAlfredSmythe Жыл бұрын

@mariad.6373 2 ай бұрын

Didn’t get to see movie theater on tour and took every tour. Years ago.

@HearstCastleSanSimeon 2 ай бұрын

There may have been some restoration going on in the theater at the time you were here. The Grand Rooms tour does see a short home movie in the theater now. Sorry you didn't get to see it when you were here. Hope you come back and visit us again.

@patrickcampbell4504 Жыл бұрын

The first room shown is where Marion Davies daughter got married in 1937

@inchhighpi9514 11 ай бұрын

I thought she had no children?

@lemorab1 6 ай бұрын

@@inchhighpi9514 Marion Davies and WR Hearst had a secret daughter, Patricia Van Cleve Lake, raised as the daughter of Marion's sister Rose and George Van Cleve. Patricia was born in France in 1919. Officially, Patricia was Marion's niece. On her wedding day to Arthur Lake, in 1937, WR Hearst told her the truth. Patricia's features were a perfect blend of Marion and WR. As far as the Hearst family is concerned, Patricia and her descendants don't exist, despite a strong family resemblance.

@inchhighpi9514 6 ай бұрын

@@lemorab1 that's so sad. Thank you for that info. Weird her name is Patricia and then later the family has a Patricia. Thanx again.

@lemorab1 6 ай бұрын

@@inchhighpi9514 I never thought of Patty Hearst having the same name! I don't know if it was in the Hearst family or not. You can read Patricia Van Cleve Lake's Wikipedia biography. Also, you can read the 1995 Vanity Fair article by Martha Sherrill, "The Secret Legacy of San Simeon." That article is haunting and sad, as a chronicle of alcohol abuse and wasted lives. Patricia is mentioned in Errol Flynn's memoir, "My Wicked, Wicked Ways," with the pseudonym 'Eloise Ann Onstott.' It's tragic that WR didn't openly acknowledge Patricia as the half sister of his sons, Randy, et al. (He thought the scandal would be too great. Given his power at the time, they would've weathered it.) Especially, since Marion Davies was always good to the boys and, more crucially, saved the Hearst bacon by giving WR over a million dollars in the late 1930's to shore up his newspaper empire during the depression. Marion Davies left Patricia Lake everything in her Will. A DNA test would answer all questions, but the Hearst family would never agree to that.

@inchhighpi9514 6 ай бұрын

@@lemorab1 wow thank you for so much info. I really love the whole story even though it's quite sad. Seems like all the big old money families have many secrets and scandalous situations. The castle is so beautiful and so over the top. I cannot imagine living like that. The tour is nice, have you been there. Thank you again, I have learned so much from you.

@carolynstewart8465 6 ай бұрын

Marion Davies did NOT get married in this room in 1937.

@joydevivredevive4588 3 ай бұрын

🤷‍♂️🎵🔥🤷‍♀️ How do we know if any of this is true? Specially presented by the state?😂 Question everything, friends? Imagine, he doesn't even mention she was a 19-year-old runaway from the private school her parents had sent her to... He met her in NY and fell madly in love with her. Randy was 53 years old and married... He chased her all over and had her in the newspaper at all times... Besides launching her to the fame she was known for in those days, he built her a place in Santa Monica. During the opulent 1920s, Randy( as my grandma called him) developed a 5-acre oceanfront site for Marion Davies, which eventually became the location of the Annenberg Community Beach House. The estate included a grand mansion with more than 100 rooms and a magnificent marble swimming pool.