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Marion Davies, a Hollywood star whose career has been overshadowed by “the greatest film ever made” decades after her death, is back in the spotlight.
The actress, who made her mark during the silent film era and the first decade of “talkies,” is the subject of a new book titled “Captain of Her Soul” by film writer Lara Gabrielle. It chronicles Davies’ rise to stardom as a sought-after comedienne, as well as her tragic final years. For the book, Gabrielle tracked down some of Davies’ surviving confidantes who were eager to shed new light on their pal.
Davies passed away in 1961 at age 64 from cancer. In recent years, she has been portrayed by Kirsten Dunst and Amanda Seyfried in 2001’s “The Cat’s Meow” and 2020’s “Mank” on Netflix. Seyfried, 36, scored her first Oscar nomination in 2021 for the biographical drama.
Actress Marion Davies (1897-1961) for MGM Studios on April 23, 1932. The Hollywood star is the subject of a new book titled “Captain of Her Soul” by film writer Lara Gabrielle.
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Gabrielle told Fox News Digital she wanted to set the record straight on Davies, who has long been depicted as a beautiful, but untalented party girl and high-profile mistress.
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“Up until now, Marion Davies has been seen as the mistress of William Randolph Hearst,” Gabrielle explained. “And she was so much more than that. For one thing, their relationship was far more [than that]… they were really soulmates… She saw herself as the captain of her soul. Those were her words. Here’s a woman from this era who made her own decisions. She negotiated her own contracts. She decided she was going to retire on her own terms. And I think that story is very relevant to this era, where we are seeing women for who they are.”
The newspaper proprietor William Randolph Hearst (1863 -1951)…
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