Actually she was a victim of abuse and had to resign herself to it. What chance did she have against a millionaire as a teenager in that age?

Marion Davies donated the Children's Wing at UCLA Medical Center. She also went there with Santa prior to Christmas and took all the Children's requests. She then fulfilled them and sent Santa to their homes with the Gifts. I know because I answered the door and there was Santa with what I had asked for. In addition I was the last kid in school who believed in Santa. That's because I knew my Father was in the other room and he definitely wasn't Santa. 😂. She was a great lady and lived in Santa Monica.

40 seconds in...my guess...the "niece"is her illegitimate daughter...

Wealthy men used to go to the theater to pick out chorus girls to deprave. Many of them were teenagers. And many careers were made from these liaisons.

She was actually very funny. She was actually very,very talented - she transitioned from Silent Film to "talkies" .. effortlessly. Blythe Spirit, Marion-.. fly free, free, free forever. 🎉

The movie with Robert Mitchum portrayed her as strong and smart. It insinuated she saved him from bankruptcy. Because she was very rich. I'm going to have to do some investigating myself now. I find her fascinating. Just another case of a life taken over by a narcissistic bully.

What ever became of that beautiful style of photography? The photos of her are ethereal. P.S. Hurst's spooky eyes would terrify me.

She loved the old man more than any other. She stuck by him through thick and thin. His kids were nice to her until WR died. Then they treated her horribly except for George. He was nice to her but his brothers discouraged him from having anything to do with her.

"Untalented, social climbing mistress" ?? That was mean.

I feel sorry for her. And him putting her niece in a mental hospital-evil. Wondering if her daughter inherited anything from his estate.

MD may have pretended to be Patricia's aunt but WRH wasn't her uncle by the same pretense since he and MD weren't married. Wanna bet the Hearst family threatened to reveal the girl was a 'B' which was a great disgrace even when I was a kid, so MD gave up all those shares of stock to (I presume) them? A mother's love protects her child at all costs.

Thank you for posting this compilation. I would like to tell you that the vocal sound is faint and the musical accompaniment was louder than the narrator. Marion Davies did many good works with her accounts, including saving W.R.'s magazines and newspapers from total bankruptcy. (Perhaps Mrs. W.R. and her boys realized this at some later point.) There were any number of global scandals which were covered, even provoked by Heart newspapers. It has always seemed to me that Marion Davies gave W.R. a happier life. And, when I saw Patricia Lake's obituary, in which she finally told everyone who her real parents were, I was so glad. There have been many celebrity offspring who were kept from mentioning their real parents. It was a tough time for Marion and her sister and others, and the Hearst family knows a great deal about every point involved. When the affair started, one cannot blame Phoebe Hearst for trying to protect herself and her boys from scandal. We live in incredibly different times, which may be more "open" but which just might also be less gentile.

I’ve been to Hearst Castle and heard about Marion through the tour guide. Apparently Hearst’s kids did a lot of demeaning things to Marion, including naming an elephant after her. I love elephants and if someone named an elephant after me, I’d be delighted! As for his wife refusing to divorce, according to the Catholic religion, the only way that could happen is the marriage had to be annulled. I’m not sure what that would do to the status of their children, which is probably why she refused to get a divorce: for her kids’ sake. I’m glad that she chose to move to New York to get away from the scene. Anyway, I really enjoyed this video! Marion was a beautiful lady!

Interesting to see photos of Hearst as a young man.

“Guests would arrive by private train or fly into the private airport…”. Shows boat.

The drinking didn’t “catch up with her”. She got bone cancer, and she was 64. I was expecting cirrhosis or some other alcohol-related illness. Sure, her immune system was probably somewhat weakened by the drinking, but it was not the cause of her death.

Not "In-cee", just "Ince". Like "once".

Wow, fascinating story. If you get to go to the castle don't pass it up. It's breathtaking.

She was an extremely talented 👏 performer. She was pretty, funny, and enjoyed a good time.

Really enjoyed this video. Love your voice. Just one small complaint, the background music was a tadge overpowering, to be honest.

It sounded like you said "Zigfeed Follies" ... It's *Ziegfeld Follies Ziegfeld is pronounced: 'Zeeg-felld'

Marion was extraordinarily talented, she was very attractive, she had "a" voice. Marion was a real, honest Comedienne. She, as a person, as an Artist and Creator, has long been overshadowed by ..

Hurst would have a restraining order against him today.

Davies did just fine, except for the drinking. She was well liked by all, her book tells a very good, honest story, THE TIMES WE HAD.

“Rosebud.” I think that Davies and Hearst loved each other but were unable to have a mature stable relationship. Hollywood has always been a difficult place to navigate.

I wonder if she really did come to love him. I really believe she did! Maybe she didn't love him at first but she definitely grew to Otherwise she wouldn't have been jealous when he was with other women, and as soon as she made her own money she would have dumped him. And even when he lost everything she gave him a million dollars in 1930 to save him from bankruptcy! Thats a crazy amount of money even today! Back then that was 20 million dollars in todays money. I also feel like she would have left him after what happened to her niece if she didn't love him as well. I do believe she did love him. I don't believe he loved her though. I think he loved the idea of her. I think he loved who he imagined her to be. But I don't think he actually loved her for herself. Maybe I'm wrong. We don't get that much information about him but it definitely feels like obsession and not true love

Watch the movie “The Cat’s Meow for an imagined reenactment of the the mysterious death of film mogul Thomas Ince. Louella Parsons was also aboard the boat. She worked for Hearst for many years. - perhaps she had a hold over him?

Davies is one of my favorite actors. She was a brilliant comedian and was blocked from reaching her full potential. It’s heartbreaking that she couldn’t raise her own child.

So sad. It seems that money and fame don't necessarily spell happiness.

I highly recommend watching The Hearst and Davies Affair. I found it very enjoyable.

She founded and funded a children's hospital.

What a sad story but a beautiful person Marian was.i never knew much about her but she seemed like a down to earth person. Godbless You Marian Rest in peace🙏🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🦋🦋🦋🦋💐💐💐🐬🐬🐬🐬🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹AMEN

This is really an intriguing and well done compilation however, her name is pronounced Day-vees, not Davis. 😊

I'm addicted to this channel. Addicted!

Why do you say Davies sometimes, and Davis other times? What about "Incey?" Can we go back to narration by real people?

Saw a photo of the family members of Ms. Lake from the piece from Vanity Fair magazine and you swear you saw the cousins of Hearst family members.

With the right PR anyone can be famous,and when your PR man owns the news of course she was famous

W.R.. Hearst was supposed to have been an anti-vivisectionist, yet cruelly shoot sea gulls from the boat.

Hi,first time viewer, found this video interesting and informative 😊 Knew the shooting story. But the rest was new for me❤😊Allan&Family

Oh the life of the rich & famous, no different to commoners except for the money & opulent lifestyle.

But she was talented...very ❤

Marion Davies was a natural comedienne but Hearst constantly wanted her to star in over-the-top dramatic roles.

No words to this story, don’t assume we all know everything.

Hearst's father was quite a remarkable and accomplished man, and from reports a good-hearted guy. I wonder how he felt about his scion.

The castle is a very nice place to visit.

There are very few stars who are actually beloved by other stars but one name was in reality a very beloved and liked star. This charming little blonde evokes a whole thesaurus of admiring adjectives: warm, generous, fun-loving, beautiful, spunky, personable, giddy, saucy, vivacious, joyous, bubbly, pert, breezy and sentimental. She was Marion Davies and ego-maniacal Charlie Chaplin, in his biography, said, "To my surprise, she was quite the comedienne, with charm and appeal and would have been a star in her right without the cyclonic William Randolph Hearst behind her. There was a running joke in Hollywood that was a quote that was repeated over and over again that actually came from Parsons. In reviewing one of Marion's costume potboilers, Yolande (1924, Metro-Goldwyn) she had said, "Marion Davies, in costumes of the English period, has never looked lovelier." That joke was amusing as most of them were, and Marion herself would have enjoyed laughing over it, but other "jokes" were not harmless. The most notorious of the Marion Davies "jokes" was of course, the character of Susan Alexander in Orson Welles' Citizen Kane (1941, RKO), as the no-talent mistress of newspaper baron Charles Foster Kane, Susan is pushed into an operatic career which is unequivocally beyond her abilities. But the fact is that Marion Davies was NOT a no-talent actress. Marion was indeed a delightful mimic and a sparkling comedienne, and if her singing and dancing were not so topnotch, she was far better than many of her contemporaries in Hollywood. But, Hearst saw her only in a fantasy of romanticism and female respectability, and built her career around a series of ridiculous costume dramas, thwarting her talents as a comedienne. Marion, who loved Hearst "Pops" undeniably and did not give a damn about her career most of the time she would usually acquiesced. But Hearst loved Davies with great devotion and certainly would have married her if his wife Millicent would have consented to a divorce.

Davies was not a shy teenager. She had been raided in the fashion of Parisian Courtesans. Don’t kid yourself.

Could hardly hear this, music was so loud.

Would love to watch the video to the end, but the background music is too intrusive.

That was her child bye him

I'm sure Hearst's wife was thrilled 🙄

There was a made for TV movie that showed Hearst meeting Marion in the park when Marion almost hit him while riding a bike. Who cares about legacy….she enjoyed life and went against what society deemed as a “moral” way to live. I guess the Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco was dedicated to Marion.

All I got was music and pics of different people. So I'm guessing this was click bait for views.

2:10 Joe Kennedy?

1:01 that's William Randolph Hearst Junior, the second of his five sons

Love? Controlled. Drunk all the time. Dominant partner dies. Erased from life. Drinks . Sigh. Ridiculous.

Was there supposed to be a story here? I just got 10 minutes of photos and music. No narration at all. Weird.

Good review. Hearst didn't divorce because he was Catholic.

They have put in flashing words , some sort of subliminal stuff I suppose. Won’t be revisiting this channel 🥴

They fudged⁉️ LIED‼️

So, what was the reason for introducing the other niece? Just to use her suicide? Not very nice.

HURST was a rich greedy arrogant evil snake 🐍

When his wife showed up she had to move out.

Unfortunately I did not have any audio 😢

Revelation 21:3,4 John 5:28 Isaiah 35:5,6

so many things wrong with this "story."

Audio is weird on my Samsung Galaxy 22 the vocal speaking is really low and comes from top of phone and music is loud and clear and comes from bottom of phone.

Guests arrived by the now-forgotten seagoing train.

I wonder if patty herst was named after her aunt

Nothing to be jealous about here

Luckiest girl on the planet.

Mrs. Hearst was Roman Catholic so a divorce would never be granted. Instead she did move herself and sons to New York and on their father's death the boys, loyal to Mother, did wipe Marion out of their father's life.

Horrifying? So she was being paid for the photoshoot. And she got herself hired and basically got a whole studio. Plus she started an affair with a married man and his live in

Hearst was so evil

Patticia Hearst... Related to Patty Hearst?

It’s time for some DNA work. Would love for them to do DNA to reveal this big mystery. Although o do believe she is the daughter of. No reason to state that on your deathbed .

Terrible sound, soft voice and louder music.

annoying mispronounced words

Hearst called her "Rosebud". Everyone else called her "Onion Bagel".

Incy? LOL

Everybody already knows Patrica Lake’s true parentage. Thanks for the nothingburger.

Being a side chick. You never prosper I don’t feel sorry for her at all!

I love her films, especially the ones with Forrest as her male lead. She was incredibly talented and funny, but just reading the articles promoting the films, you could see his obsession with her.