Marion Davies estate papers

Catalogued by Almendarez, Val
Margaret Herrick Library. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
333 S La Cienega Blvd
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Published January 2023


Descriptive Summary

Abstract: The papers consist of accounting and financial information for most of Davies's later films and correspondence files from the 1950s. There is also information about Davies's business dealings, as well as her relationship with the Hearst organization after Hearst's death. The photograph series consists of glass slides, nitrate negatives, and prints of biography photographs.
Collector: Davies, Marion
Dates: 1906-1975
Dates: 1922-1937
Dates: 1951-1961
Collection number: 192
Collection Size: 6.25 linear ft. of papers 1 linear ft. of photos
Repository: Margaret Herrick Library. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Languages: Languages represented in the collection: English

Access

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Preferred Citation

Marion Davies estate papers, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Gordon Mueller, 1992, with additions from Julie Payne, 2017.

Collection Scope and Content Summary

The Marion Davies estate papers span the years 1906-1975 (bulk 1922-1937 and 1951-1961) and encompass 6.25 linear feet. The papers in the original gift consist of two separate groups of material. The first is accounting and financial information for most of Davies's later films, though there is some information on such early films as FIVE AND TEN (1927) and SHOW PEOPLE (1928). Credit information may be found in the accounting files, since salaries for different departments are often listed. The second group is correspondence files from the 1950s. These files are not complete; most of the material is for the years 1951-1953 and 1959-1961. Among the people writing to Davies are Diana Barrymore, Ingrid Bergman, Eleanor Boardman, Harry d'Abbadie D'Arrast, and Constance Talmadge. Of special interest is a letter from Jacqueline Kennedy describing her honeymoon stay at Davies's house. There is also information about Davies's business dealings, as well as her relationship with the Hearst organization after Hearst's death.
The 2017 Additions comprise two Subseries, Production files and Subject files. The Production files consist of fan scrapbook leaves or photographs of fan scrapbook pages documenting the films of Marion Davies. The Subject files document the disposal of Davies's estate, and also notably include correspondence from William Randolph Hearst to Davies as well as photocopies of annotated transcripts of an extended taped interview with Davies.
The donor of the Additions, Julie Payne, was the step-daughter of Marion Davies's nephew, Charles Lederer. She discovered this material in 2017, during the course of a residential relocation, in an old suitcase of Lederer's that had been in storage since his death in 1976.

Biography

Marion Davies (1897-1961) was born Marion Cecilia Douras in Brooklyn, New York, and began appearing on stage in 1913. By 1915 she was a well-known chorus girl appearing in numerous revues. That year she met William Randolph Hearst, and they began an affair that lasted until his death in 1951. In 1917 Davies made her first film, RUNAWAY ROMANY, and from then on her films were made by Cosmopolitan Pictures—Hearst's company—for release through Paramount, MGM, and finally Warner Bros. Among her best-known films were WHEN KINGHTHOOD WAS IN FLOWER (1922), THE PATSY (1928), SHOW PEOPLE (1928), and POLY OF THE CIRCUS (1932). Her last film was EVER SINCE EVE (1937). Davies was renowned as a hostess and gave memorable parties at the Hearst estate in San Simeon, as well as at her Santa Monica beach house. After her retirement, she became deeply involved with many charities, supporting a free children's clinic for many years. She married a seaman, Captain Horace Brown, several months after Hearst's death.

Arrangement of the Collection

1. Production files; 2. Television files; 3. Subject files; 4. 2017 Additions, subseries A-B, as follows: A. Production files; B. Subject files; 5. Oversize; 6. Photographs

Indexing terms

Davies, Marion
Actresses


 

Manuscripts

 

Production files

folder 1

BLONDIE OF THE FOLLIES--script 1932--1932

Record ID: 71301354

Scope and Content Note

new kitchen scene [by Edmund Goulding?] and miscellaneous pages, July 23, 1932 and undated, 3 pages and 3 pages
folder 2

BLONDIE OF THE FOLLIES--clippings 1932--1932

Record ID: 71312643

Scope and Content Note

folder 3

CAIN AND MABEL--accounting 1936--1937

Record ID: 71312644

Scope and Content Note

detailed breakdown of costs, including cast salaries; copy of letter from William Laird to Ella Williams, January 19, 1937
folder 4

THE CARDBOARD LOVER--accounting 1928--1928

Record ID: 71312645

Scope and Content Note

detailed breakdown of costs, including cast salaries; summary of costs; copy of telegram from W. K. Craig to Charles E. Quick at MGM regarding a charge, July 30, 1928
folder 5

EVER SINCE EVE--accounting 1937--1937

Record ID: 71312646

Scope and Content Note

detailed breakdown of costs, including cast salaries; final weekly production cost sheet
folder 6

THE FAIR CO-ED--script 1927--1927

Record ID: 71312648

Scope and Content Note

first temporary suggested treatment by Frances Marion, February 24, 1927, 21 pages [incomplete]
folder 7

THE FAIR CO-ED--accounting 1927--1927

Record ID: 71312649

Scope and Content Note

handwritten breakdown with crew listings; detailed breakdown of costs, including cast salaries
folder 8

FIVE AND TEN--accounting 1931--1932

Record ID: 71312650

Scope and Content Note

memo from E. Williams to Mrs. Corbaley regarding Edith Fitzgerald's work on retakes, May 22, 1931; cost reports; detailed breakdown of costs
folder 9

FIVE AND TEN--detailed costs 1931--1931

Record ID: 71312654

Scope and Content Note

report of charges up to August 26, 1931
folder 10

FIVE AND TEN--detailed costs 1931--1931

Record ID: 71312655

Scope and Content Note

report of charges up to August 26, 1931
folder 11

FIVE AND TEN--detailed costs 1932--1932

Record ID: 71312656

Scope and Content Note

report of charges up to February 24, 1932
folder 12

FIVE AND TEN--detailed costs ("man number run") 1931--1931

Record ID: 71312658

Scope and Content Note

folder 13

FIVE AND TEN--weekly costs 1931--1931

Record ID: 71312659

Scope and Content Note

folder 14

THE FLORADORA GIRL--costs 1933--1933

Record ID: 71312661

Scope and Content Note

cost detail for general version as of October 25, 1933
folder 15

HEARTS DIVIDED--accounting 1937--1937

Record ID: 71312662

Scope and Content Note

detailed breakdown of costs; corrected final cost
folder 16

IT'S A WISE CHILD--accounting 1931--1932

Record ID: 71312663

Scope and Content Note

detailed breakdown of costs; revised breakdown
folder 17

IT'S A WISE CHILD--detailed costs 1931--1931

Record ID: 71312664

Scope and Content Note

report of charges up to July 1, 1931
folder 18

IT'S A WISE CHILD--detailed costs 1932--1932

Record ID: 71312665

Scope and Content Note

report of charges up to February 24, 1932
folder 19

IT'S A WISE CHILD--detailed costs ("man number run") 1931--1931

Record ID: 71312666

Scope and Content Note

folder 20

IT'S A WISE CHILD--estimated costs Circa 1931--1931

Record ID: 71312667

Scope and Content Note

folder 21

IT'S A WISE CHILD--weekly costs 1931--1931

Record ID: 71312668

Scope and Content Note

folder 22

MEN IN WHITE--accounting 1934--1934

Record ID: 71312669

Scope and Content Note

detailed breakdown of costs; breakdown of salaries
folder 23

MEN IN WHITE--detailed costs Circa 1934--1934

Record ID: 71312670

Scope and Content Note

report of charges
folder 24

MEN IN WHITE--detailed costs 1934--1934

Record ID: 71312671

Scope and Content Note

report of charges up to January 10, 1934
folder 25

MEN IN WHITE--detailed costs ("man number run special account") 1934--1934

Record ID: 71312672

Scope and Content Note

report with weekly salaries paid up to May 30, 1934
folder 26

MEN IN WHITE--detailed costs 1934--1934

Record ID: 71312673

Scope and Content Note

report with picture charges up to May 30, 1934
folder 27

MEN IN WHITE--weekly costs 1934--1934

Record ID: 71312674

Scope and Content Note

folder 28

NEVER STEAL ANYTHING SMALL--script 1957--1957

Record ID: 71312675

Scope and Content Note

second draft screenplay by Charles Lederer, June 11, 1957, with changes of June 20, 1957, 145 pages [lightly annotated]
folder 29

NEW ADVENTURES OF GET RICH QUICK WALLINGFORD--accounting 1931--1933

Record ID: 71312676

Scope and Content Note

book and continuity costs; cast and direction costs; revised detailed breakdown of costs, October 18, 1933
folder 30

NEW ADVENTURES OF GET RICH QUICK WALLINGFORD--detailed costs Circa 1931--1931

Record ID: 71312677

Scope and Content Note

folder 31

NEW ADVENTURES OF GET RICH QUICK WALLINGFORD--detailed costs 1931--1931

Record ID: 71312678

Scope and Content Note

report of charges up to October 21, 1931
folder 32

NEW ADVENTURES OF GET RICH QUICK WALLINGFORD--detailed costs 1932--1932

Record ID: 71312679

Scope and Content Note

report of charges up to March 9, 1932
folder 33

NEW ADVENTURES OF GET RICH QUICK WALLINGFORD--detailed costs ("man number run") Circa 1931--1931

Record ID: 71312680

Scope and Content Note

folder 34

NEW ADVENTURES OF GET RICH QUICK WALLINGFORD--estimated costs 1931--1931

Record ID: 71312681

Scope and Content Note

folder 35

NEW ADVENTURES OF GET RICH QUICK WALLINGFORD--weekly costs 1931--1931

Record ID: 71312682

Scope and Content Note

folder 36

OPERATOR 13--accounting 1934--1934

Record ID: 71312683

Scope and Content Note

revised detailed breakdown of costs, October 24, 1933
folder 37

OPERATOR 13--detailed costs 1934--1934

Record ID: 71312684

Scope and Content Note

report of charges up to February 7, 1934
folder 38

OPERATOR 13--detailed costs 1934--1934

Record ID: 71312685

Scope and Content Note

report of charges up to June 13, 1934
folder 39

OPERATOR 13--detailed costs 1934--1934

Record ID: 71312686

Scope and Content Note

report of charges up to June 13, 1934
folder 40

OPERATOR 13--detailed costs ("man number run") 1934--1934

Record ID: 71312687

Scope and Content Note

folder 41

OPERATOR 13--weekly costs 1934--1934

Record ID: 71312688

Scope and Content Note

folder 42

PEG O' MY HEART--accounting 1933--1935

Record ID: 71312689

Scope and Content Note

book and continuity charges; memo from W. K. Craig to Mr. Greenwood regarding Robert Z. Leonard's salary, April 5, 1933; handwritten detailed breakdown of charges, May 31, 1933
folder 43

PEG O' MY HEART--costs (additional) 1933--1933

Record ID: 71312690

Scope and Content Note

report for weeks of February 15, 1933 and February 22, 1933
folder 44

PEG O' MY HEART--detailed costs 1933--1933

Record ID: 71312691

Scope and Content Note

report of charges up to February 8, 1933
folder 45

PEG O' MY HEART--detailed costs 1933--1933

Record ID: 71312692

Scope and Content Note

report of charges up to May 24, 1933
folder 46

PEG O' MY HEART--detailed costs ("man number run") 1933--1933

Record ID: 71312693

Scope and Content Note

folder 47

PEG O' MY HEART--detailed costs (weekly charges) 1933--1933

Record ID: 71312694

Scope and Content Note

folder 48

PEG O' MY HEART--estimated costs Circa 1933--1933

Record ID: 71312695

Scope and Content Note

folder 49

PEG O' MY HEART--music 1933--1933

Record ID: 71312696

Scope and Content Note

lyrics by Gus Kahn for "Hunting Chorus" and "Trophy Room Episode," March 14, 1933
folder 50

PEG O' MY HEART--publicity 1933--1933

Record ID: 71312697

Scope and Content Note

clippings
folder 51

PEG O' MY HEART--reviews 1933--1933

Record ID: 71312698

Scope and Content Note

folder 52

PEG O' MY HEART--weekly costs 1933--1933

Record ID: 71312699

Scope and Content Note

folder 53

POLLY OF THE CIRCUS--accounting 1932--1932

Record ID: 71312700

Scope and Content Note

detailed breakdown of charges, May 25, 1932
folder 54

POLLY OF THE CIRCUS--detailed costs 1932--1932

Record ID: 71312701

Scope and Content Note

report of charges up to March 2, 1932
folder 55

POLLY OF THE CIRCUS--detailed costs ("man number run") 1932--1932

Record ID: 71312702

Scope and Content Note

folder 56

POLLY OF THE CIRCUS--detailed costs (weekly charges) 1932--1932

Record ID: 71312704

Scope and Content Note

folder 57

POLLY OF THE CIRCUS--estimated costs 1931--1931

Record ID: 71312705

Scope and Content Note

folder 58

POLLY OF THE CIRCUS--weekly costs 1931--1932

Record ID: 71312706

Scope and Content Note

folder 59

SHOW PEOPLE--breakdowns Circa 1928--1928

Record ID: 71312707

Scope and Content Note

sets; cast and crew work breakdown
 

Television files

folder 60

BLONDIE [television]--script 1951--1951

Record ID: 71312708

Scope and Content Note

first mimeo draft by Elon Packard and Stanley Davis, August 18, 1951, 42 pages [2 copies; one copy lightly annotated]; handwritten notes, 2 pages
 

Subject files

folder 61

A miscellaneous 1951--1961

Record ID: 71312712

Scope and Content Note

letter and attachments from the American Shakespeare Festival Foundation, October 24, 1951; letter from George F. Allison, November 13, 1951; note from Janet Lee Auchincloss regarding Jacqueline [Kennedy's] wedding, September 19, 1953
folder 62

A. Morgan Maree Jr. and Associates 1951--1955

Record ID: 71312714

Scope and Content Note

general business correspondence from various members of this company; carbon of memo from Davies to Paul Jones stating that she would no longer be responsible for Rodney Bell's medical bills, February 28, 1952; letter from Maree explaining why the Hearst Estate wanted to check the furnishings in Davies' house, March 27, 1952; letter from Paul McR. Jones regarding a loan made to M-H Television Productions, January 28, 1955
folder 63

Alexander, Ruth 1951--1961

Record ID: 71312715

Scope and Content Note

letter from Davies to Alexander, January 18, 1960
folder 64

Art

Record ID: 71312716

Scope and Content Note

list of paintings on loan to the Los Angeles County Museum
folder 65

Authorizations 1951--1956

Record ID: 71312717

Scope and Content Note

folder 66

B miscellaneous 1951--1961

Record ID: 71312718

Scope and Content Note

note from Earl Blackwell, October 4, 1951; letter from Betty Betz, November 17, 1951; note from Harry Joe Brown for the Masquers, June 28, 1952; letter from Hugo Ballin regarding the murals he painted in her house, July 2, 1952; letter from Alec Sutherland at the BBC requesting information for a program on Elinor Glyn, June 28, 1955, and Davies's notes
folder 67

Barham, Pat 1951--1951

Record ID: 71312719

Scope and Content Note

letter from Pat Barham recounting her attempts to remain in Korea and report on the war, October 23, 1951; copy of cable from Davies, October 28, 1951; letter from Barham explaining what happened to her after Hearst died, October 29, [1951], 5 pages
folder 68

Barrymore, Diana 1952--1952

Record ID: 71312720

Scope and Content Note

handwritten letter from Diana Barrymore explaining her financial problems and her need for a loan until her mother's estate was settled in the fall, July 25, 1952, 5 pages; Davies's dictated reply [in shorthand]
folder 69

Bautzer, Gregson 1952--1953

Record ID: 71312721

Scope and Content Note

copies of notes from Marion Davies to Gregson Bautzer, many complaining about the way she is treated by the Hearst newspapers and corporation; carbon of a letter from Davies seeking an explanation for the transfer by Mr. Carrington of the Marion Davies Foundation to the Bank of America, July 12, 1953; letter from Bautzer regarding some of Davies's property, including a parcel with a restriction that it could not "be sold or rented to any person of African, Chinese or Japanese descent," September 17, 1953; copy of an investigator's report regarding Davies' property removed to the ranch, October 13, 1953; copy of a letter from Davies to Bautzer and Arnold Grant stating she wanted to be kept aware of her financial position, undated; handwritten note from Davies to Faith saying to contact Bautzer and tell him she wants to see him and that "I would sincerely like to get a divorce," undated; carbon of a letter regarding pay television, undated
folder 70

Bautzer, Grant, Youngman and Silbert 1952--1959

Record ID: 71312722

Scope and Content Note

letter from Gerald Lipsky to Tom Kennington regarding a bill from a company which devised the scheme to use "the profits from KISMET to subsidize Arthur Lake, et al. without paying tax on the income earned from KISMET," May 17, 1955; reply brief before the Tax Court of the United States in connection with Cosmopolitan Corp. and The Davies Building, Inc., October 13, 1958
folder 71

Bergman, Ingrid 1951--1951

Record ID: 71312723

Scope and Content Note

handwritten note from Ingrid Bergman, September 10, 1951; copy of telegram of reply, October 12, 1951
folder 72

Bills 1952--1961

Record ID: 71312724

Scope and Content Note

folder 73

Biography 1953--1954

Record ID: 71312725

Scope and Content Note

signed contract for Stanley Flink to write a biography of Davies, February 18, 1953; copy of agreement terminating the previous agreement, April 28, 1954
folder 74

Board, Robert 1952--1953

Record ID: 71312726

Scope and Content Note

folder 75

Boardman, Eleanor 1951--1952

Record ID: 71312727

Scope and Content Note

handwritten letter by Eleanor Boardman of condolence on W. R. Hearst's death, August 18, 1951; handwritten letter, 1951, 2 pages; carbon of a letter from Davies to Boardman, January 27, 1952; postcard from Boardman to Tom Kennington, 1952
folder 76

Brown, Captain Horace 1951--1951

Record ID: 71312728

Scope and Content Note

miscellaneous correspondence from friends and family members; letter from Richard Nixon asking for support during the primary elections, May 27, 1960; handwritten letter to the Board of Correction of Naval Records in support of Captain Nielson, undated; condolences
folder 77

Brown, Captain Horace--correspondence

Record ID: 71312729

Scope and Content Note

statement regarding divorce rumor
folder 78

Bull, Henry W. 1952--1952

Record ID: 71312730

Scope and Content Note

four handwritten notes from Bull; drafts of Davies's replies
folder 79

Business Administration Co. 1955--1959

Record ID: 71312731

Scope and Content Note

memos regarding various business and real estate matters; memo regarding the firing of an employee, January 10, 1956; copy of a letter from Davies to David [Martin] complaining that she has not been receiving financial statements, February 26, 1959
folder 80

C miscellaneous 1951--1958

Record ID: 71312732

Scope and Content Note

telegram from Regina Crewe, August 27, 1951; letter from Gladys Cecil regarding a member of Alcoholics Anonymous, October 23, 1951; copy of cable from Davies to Winston Churchill, October 28, 1951; letter from Irene Castle Enzinger, October 29, 1951; letter from the Community Chest, with attached red feather pin, June 9, 1952; telegram from Henry Clive, December 18, 1952; letter from Bennett Cerf saying he is interested in her biography, March 19, 1953; letter from John B. T. Campbell, September 24, 1954; handwritten letter from John Spencer Churchill wanting to know if she would consider him as a mural painter and sculptor for the Desert Inn, August 11, 1955; letter from Harry Coolidge, February 19, 1957; note from Mary Julia Crocker Sutton on the death of her brother Harry Crocker, ca. May, 1958; handwritten note from Regina Crewe, January 5, [19??]
folder 81

Christmas lists 1950--1955

Record ID: 71312733

Scope and Content Note

lists of gifts received and sent, cards received and sent
folder 82

Christmas lists 1956--1959

Record ID: 71312734

Scope and Content Note

folder 83

Cohen, Ruth Berk--correspondence 1954--1955

Record ID: 71312735

Scope and Content Note

correspondence regarding decorating the New York apartment
folder 84

Condolences 1961--1961

Record ID: 71312736

Scope and Content Note

telegrams, cards and letters from September 22 through September 24; letter from Tot Qualters, September 24, 1961
folder 85

Condolences 1961--1961

Record ID: 71312737

Scope and Content Note

telegrams, cards and letters from September 25 through September 27; letter from Arthur Levey of Skiatron, September 25, 1961; note from Sonia Clive, September 25, 1961; note from James A. Farley, September 26, 1961
folder 86

Condolences 1961--1961

Record ID: 71312738

Scope and Content Note

telegrams, cards and letters from September 28 through October 4; resolution from the Motion Picture Relief Fund, October 2, 1961; note from Bill Kennedy, October 2, 1961
folder 87

Condolences 1961--1961

Record ID: 71312739

Scope and Content Note

telegrams, cards and letters from October 5 through October 14
folder 88

Condolences--family and friends 1961--1961

Record ID: 71312740

Scope and Content Note

telegrams from Jack Mulhall, September 22, 1961, Pauline Garon Forrester, September 23, 1961, Gail and Howard Strickling, September 23, 1961, Louise and Hal Wallis, September 23, 1961, Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Durante, September 24, 1961, Constance Talmadge Giblin, September 24, 1961, John Farrow, September 24, 1961, Stevey and Buster Collier, September 26, 1961, and Spyros Skouras, September 26, 1961; contribution cards from Anita Louise Adler, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Fairbanks, and Bebe and Ben Lyon
folder 89

Cosmopolitan Corporation--correspondence 1953--1956

Record ID: 71312741

Scope and Content Note

memo from Mr. Irwin to Mr. Bautzer regarding the distribution rights to the Cosmopolitan films, July 2, 1956; handwritten list of officers
folder 90

Curley, Mary and Bil 1952--1961

Record ID: 71312742

Scope and Content Note

folder 91

D miscellaneous 1952--1961

Record ID: 71312743

Scope and Content Note

letter from James J. Daley with information about Davies' father, December 27, 1952; letter from Grace O. Dawley, August 11, 1961
folder 92

Dahlberg, Gilda 1951--1951

Record ID: 71312744

Scope and Content Note

folder 93

D'Arrast, Harry d'Abbadie 1951--1961

Record ID: 71312745

Scope and Content Note

handwritten letter congratulating Davies on her marriage and saying he intends to start a film if he can get a distributor, December 17, [1951] [includes handwritten page from Eleanor Boardman]; copy of letter from Davies thanking him for his recent letter and explaining how everything has changed, January 16, 1959; handwritten letter regarding Davies's broken leg, 1961
folder 94

Davies, Marion--autobiography

Record ID: 71312746

Scope and Content Note

introduction [?] to proposed book, 3 pages
folder 95

Davies, Marion--clippings 1932--1933

Record ID: 71312747

Scope and Content Note

folder 96

Davies, Rose 1948--1961

Record ID: 71312748

Scope and Content Note

inventory of house; telegram from Rose to Marion saying she had signed a contract to do "The Davies Sisters" and Marion had ten hours to change it, October 29, 1953; letter from Marion regarding Rose's conduct, December 11, 1953
folder 97

Desert Inn 1955--1960

Record ID: 71312749

Scope and Content Note

notes of a meeting, December 6, 1955
folder 98

E miscellaneous 1952--1956

Record ID: 71312750

Scope and Content Note

letter from Anna Ehrlich, July 12, 1952; receipt from the Entertainment Industry Committee for Eisenhower-Nixon, November 12, 1956
folder 99

F miscellaneous 1942--1961

Record ID: 71312751

Scope and Content Note

letter from Vincent X. Flaherty, September 13, 1951, 5 pages; note regarding Stanley Flink's article; handwritten note from Joan Fontaine, June 19, 1961
folder 100

Fowler, Gene 1951--1951

Record ID: 71312752

Scope and Content Note

handwritten letter by Gene Fowler, circa September 1951
folder 101

G miscellaneous 1938--1956

Record ID: 71312753

Scope and Content Note

telegram from Greta Garbo asking for help from intrusive newspapermen, March 12, 1938; letter from John Golden, November 14, 1952; note from Samuel Goldwyn, November 5, 1956
folder 102

Get-well messages 1961--1961

Record ID: 71312754

Scope and Content Note

cards, notes, letters, telegrams covering the period from April 15, 1961, through July 7, 1961; handwritten letter from Dorothy Mackaill, April 20, 1961; cards, with photographs, from Claire Windsor, June 5, 1961 and June 30, 1961; handwritten letter from Anita Colby, June 11, 1961; note from Douglas Fairbanks, June 23, 1961; handwritten note from Fay Bainter, June 25, 1961; letter from Frances Marion, July 4, 1961
folder 103

Get-well messages 1961--1961

Record ID: 71312755

Scope and Content Note

cards, notes, letters, telegrams covering the period from July 8, 1971, through September 21, 1961; note from Jules Stein, July 12, 1961; cards from Claire Windsor, July 25, 1961 and August 8, 1961; letter from Colleen Moore Hargrave recounting some of her memories of visiting San Simeon, August 1, 1961; letter from Eileen Ruby, August 2, 1961; telegram from Francis Lederer, undated
folder 104

Get-well messages--fans 1961--1961

Record ID: 71312756

Scope and Content Note

cards, notes, and letters covering the period from April 15, 1961 through June 28, 1961; letter from Col. Vincent J. Conrad, April 16, 1961; letter from Jamie McDenzie with information about Mrs. Warner Oland, April 18, 1961; letter from Richard James FitzGibbon describing how he met Davies on the set of ADAM AND EVA, June 20, 1961
folder 105

Get-well messages--fans 1961--1961

Record ID: 71312757

Scope and Content Note

cards, notes letters covering the period from June 29, 1961, through July 24, 1961
folder 106

Get-well messages--fans 1961--1961

Record ID: 71312758

Scope and Content Note

cards, notes, and letters covering the period from July 25, 1961, through August 23, 1961
folder 107

Get-well messages--fans 1961--1961

Record ID: 71312759

Scope and Content Note

cards, notes, and letters covering the period from August 24, 1961, through September 21, 1961
folder 108

Get-well messages--fans 1961--1961

Record ID: 71312760

Scope and Content Note

cards, notes, and letters covering the period from September 22, 1961, through October 12, 1961
folder 109

Gift lists 1959--1959

Record ID: 71312761

Scope and Content Note

folder 110

Grant, Arnold 1952--1959

Record ID: 71312762

Scope and Content Note

copy of telegram from Marion Davies asking Arnold Grant to present the summary of her autobiography to the Hearst Corp. and say they had five days to decide and that the price was $1,000,000, December 29, 1952; draft and carbon of letter from Davies detailing the way the Hearst Corp. had treated her, May 2, 1957
folder 111

H miscellaneous 1951--1961

Record ID: 71312763

Scope and Content Note

letter from Rose Hecht, circa 1951; handwritten letter from Olin Howland, January 15, [1952]; letter from "Miriam" regarding producing a play with Peter Lorre as star and Rouben Mamoulian directing, November 18, 1952; letter from Sandra Hearst saying that G. H. left her without a cent and she needs help, December 10, [1952]; letter from Russell [Hayden?] reporting on a television series about sports, July 24, 1954; letter to Dr. Fred Hunter from Davies saying she cannot stand anymore treatments, December 30, 1959; letter from Sol Lesser for the Hollywood Motion Picture and Television Museum Commission, June 22, 1961
folder 112

Head, Alice 1951--1961

Record ID: 71312764

Scope and Content Note

handwritten letters from Alice Head; copy of letter from Marion Davies discussing the elections and her sister, June 14, 1952
folder 113

Hearst Corporation 1951--1958

Record ID: 71312765

Scope and Content Note

carbon of note from Davies to Martin Huberth asking why she had not received notices of meetings, January 20, 1953
folder 114

Hearst Corporation--Berlin, Richard 1951--1960

Record ID: 71312766

Scope and Content Note

copy of a letter from Davies saying she intends to sue in order to get the vote back, April 5, 1956; copy of a telegram regarding the way the "Examiner" and the "Herald-Express" were covering BLONDIE, January 11, 1957; draft of a letter regarding the Hearst papers' treatment of Davies, undated
folder 115

Hearst Corporation--newspapers 1932--1932

Record ID: 71312767

Scope and Content Note

requests from Davies for news coverage
folder 116

Hearst, William Randolph--miscellaneous 1933--1933

Record ID: 71312768

Scope and Content Note

folder 117

Hopper, Hedda 1953--1961

Record ID: 71312769

Scope and Content Note

letter from Hedda Hopper describing the christening of John Clark Gable, June 28, 1961, 2 pages
folder 118

Huberth & Huberth 1951--1952

Record ID: 71312770

Scope and Content Note

information regarding New York real estate
folder 119

I miscellaneous 1951--1951

Record ID: 71312771

Scope and Content Note

folder 120

Inventories 1945--1951

Record ID: 71312772

Scope and Content Note

revised list of property of Marion Davies stored at San Simeon, April 11, 1946, and July 26, 1946; inventory of furnishings at 1501 Lexington Road, January 16, 1947
folder 121

Inventory--Santa Monica beach house 1938--1938

Record ID: 71312773

Scope and Content Note

inventory of 415 Palisades Beach Road, Santa Monica, California, taken May 11, 1938, to June 10, 1938
folder 122

J miscellaneous 1951--1951

Record ID: 71312774

Scope and Content Note

telegram from Peggy Hopkins Joyce, August 16, 1951; letter from Agnes Christine Johnston, September 12, 1951
folder 123

Jewelry 1951--1961

Record ID: 71312775

Scope and Content Note

folder 124

K miscellaneous 1951--1961

Record ID: 71312776

Scope and Content Note

handwritten letter from Doris Kenyon, July 3, 1961; handwritten note from Prince Aly Khan, undated
folder 125

Kennedy family 1953--1960

Record ID: 71312777

Scope and Content Note

wedding invitation to Eunice Kennedy's wedding; photocopy of handwritten letter from Rose Kennedy, May 27, 1953; photocopy of John F. Kennedy's wedding invitation; photocopy of handwritten letter from Jacqueline Kennedy, September 26, 1953 [includes handwritten note by John F. Kennedy]
folder 126

Kennington, Tom 1951--1958

Record ID: 71312778

Scope and Content Note

carbon of a letter from Tom Kennington to Mr. Bautzer discussing the ending of the contract with Stanley Flink, February 16, 1954; handwritten notes, some by Davies
folder 127

Kismet 1953--1954

Record ID: 71312779

Scope and Content Note

letter detailing amount of money invested in the play, October 14, 1953; statements covering the period from February 1954, through July 31, 1954
folder 128

L miscellaneous 1926--1926

Record ID: 71312780

Scope and Content Note

article, "Mademoiselle from Armentieres," by Albert Shelby LeVino, 1926 [inscribed by Mr. LeVino to Harry Allen, September 26, 1926]; private investigation report on Louis R. Lurie, September 17, 1951; copy of a telegram from Davies to Burt Lancaster regarding Pat Deasy, February 26, 1952
folder 129

Lake, Arthur 1953--1955

Record ID: 71312781

Scope and Content Note

second draft teleplay (MEET THE FAMILY IN GUATEMALA) by Art Lauring for proposed television series, undated, 20 pages; letter from Madeline Christopher to Arthur Lake discussing possible sponsors, February 16, 1955
folder 130

Lederer, Charles 1906--1906

Record ID: 71312782

Scope and Content Note

letter from Davies's grandfather, January 21, 1906; correspondence regarding the sale of the Desert Inn; statement for M-H Television Productions, December 11, 1959
folder 131

M miscellaneous 1951--1961

Record ID: 71312792

Scope and Content Note

telegram from Gen. Douglas MacArthur to W. R. Hearst, January 28, 1951; telegram from Dorothy Mackaill, December 30, 1951; letter signed by Irene Dunne, Barbara Stanwyck, and Loretta Young asking Davies to join the Women's Committee for the Masquers' Revel, July 1952; handwritten Christmas card from Mackaill, December 1952; handwritten letter from Mrs. Douglas MacArthur, 1950s
folder 132

M-H Television Productions, Inc. 1953--1959

Record ID: 71312793

Scope and Content Note

carbon of letter from Gerald Lipsky to Harold Orenstein regarding an investment in the new George Axelrod show, November 1, 1956
folder 133

Marion Davies Clinic 1951--1960

Record ID: 71312794

Scope and Content Note

financial statements; minutes of meetings; reports on operation; correspondence with UCLA
folder 134

Marion Davies Foundation 1952--1957

Record ID: 71312795

Scope and Content Note

copy of the agreement between the University of California and the Foundation regarding the Marion Davies Clinic, October 15, 1952 [attached to welfare exemption affidavit, April 1, 1953]; notice of proceedings to dissolve the foundation, June 12, 1957
folder 135

Miscellaneous 1926--1957

Record ID: 71312796

Scope and Content Note

description and essay on painting "Mrs. Robert Lovell Gwatkin," 1926; program for the Olympic Auditorium, September 8, 1931; Brown Derby credit card #1547, 1952; screenplay (BEYOND ZERO) by James Leicester, 1957, 101 pages; financial information; last page of discussion between Mr. Maree, Mr. Bautzer, and Davies regarding investments where she says "money lying in the bank is a terrible temptation to me and if get touched for some I can't do anything about it. When I have it my relatives can smell it," 1950s
folder 136

Miscellaneous--New York 1952--1952

Record ID: 71312797

Scope and Content Note

handwritten card by Horace [Brown]; notes; messages
folder 137

Morrison, Charlie 1951--1952

Record ID: 71312798

Scope and Content Note

telegram from Charlie Morrison regarding a plan to take over the Bel-Air Hotel, January 21, 1952
folder 138

N miscellaneous 1952--1961

Record ID: 71312799

Scope and Content Note

letter from Mickey Neilan, 1958
folder 139

O miscellaneous 1951--1956

Record ID: 71312800

Scope and Content Note

handwritten note from Captain The O'Higgins, with photographs of him and his wife, November 4, 1951; report by Edward B. Olson about the condition of Davies's film collection, December 4, 1951; letters from Sally O'Neil, October 21, 1952, and undated
folder 140

Orry-Kelly--correspondence 1961--1961

Record ID: 71312801

Scope and Content Note

handwritten letter from Orry-Kelly with draft of chapter from his autobiography regarding Davies; handwritten letter
folder 141

P miscellaneous 1948--1961

Record ID: 71312802

Scope and Content Note

note from Mary Pickford, August 22, 1952; letter from Arthur La Vove of Pan Am asking when the MEET THE FAMILY films would be shown, March 56; inventory of furs, March 5, 1956; handwritten letter from George W. Poschner, May 21, 1961; letter from Burt Prelutsky and Lanny Sher, June 21, 1961; draft of note from Davies to Pickford, undated
folder 142

Parke-Bernet Galleries 1951--1952

Record ID: 71312803

Scope and Content Note

correspondence regarding objects owned by Marion Davies sold by the gallery; handwritten letter from Davies to A. Morgan Maree regarding the contract, September 1951; catalog for sale of books and manuscripts, March 1952; catalog for sale of furniture, June 1952
folder 143

Personnel 1951--1955

Record ID: 71312804

Scope and Content Note

folder 144

R miscellaneous 1951--1961

Record ID: 71312805

Scope and Content Note

letters from Elizabeth Apperson Renick, October 9, 1951, October 19, 1951, and November 17, 1951; letters from Charlie Rounds regarding the auction of material by Parke-Bernet, December 14, 1951; letter from Marilyn and Johnnie Ray, circa 1952
folder 145

Real estate 1952--1959

Record ID: 71312806

Scope and Content Note

general business correspondence regarding the sale of property owned by Davies
folder 146

Rockefeller, Bobo 1952--1952

Record ID: 71312807

Scope and Content Note

handwritten letters from Mrs. Rockefeller [wife of Winthrop]; handwritten card
folder 147

S miscellaneous 1931--1931

Record ID: 71312808

Scope and Content Note

note from Dore Schary, November 26, 1951; note from Georgia and Red Skelton, February 1952; letter from Harleigh (?) at MGM, February 8, 1952 [probably from the publicity department]; carbon of letter to Mr. Silbert regarding Henry Clive, January 13, 1954
folder 148

Skiatron Corp. 1958--1959

Record ID: 71312809

Scope and Content Note

folder 149

Studio biography

Record ID: 71312810

Scope and Content Note

MGM studio bio of Davies inscribed to Tom by Harleigh
folder 150

T miscellaneous 1951--1960

Record ID: 71312811

Scope and Content Note

report stating that there was no tap on any of the telephone lines at the house, October 5, 1951; letter from John Tebbel saying he is working on a biography of W. R. Hearst, October 25, 1951; copy of telegram from Davies to Gene Tierney, February 27, 1952
folder 151

Talmadge, Constance 1951--1957

Record ID: 71312813

Scope and Content Note

handwritten postcard from Constance Talmadge, December 6, 1951; handwritten letter, circa 1954; handwritten card thanking Davies and Brown on their flowers sent in remembrance of Norma Talmadge, 1957
folder 152

Taxes 1951--1956

Record ID: 71312814

Scope and Content Note

folder 153

Travel--New York 1952--1952

Record ID: 71312815

Scope and Content Note

folder 154

U miscellaneous 1952--1957

Record ID: 71312816

Scope and Content Note

letter from Major General Joe W. Kelly stating that her offer of a contribution for heating systems in Alaska was not necessary, January 19, 1957
folder 155

Unidentified 1951--1951

Record ID: 71312817

Scope and Content Note

telegram from "Jim," August 25, 1951; Christmas card from "Berli," 1951; note from Marguerite [Lamkin], undated [found in envelope from Speed Lamkin, December 24, 1952]; letter to "Frank" from "Norma," undated; postscript to note from Davies saying that she does not "consider the picture of Geo. Hearst and the executives at the Mocambo party of any news value," undated; two notes in shorthand
folder 156

Unidentified--photographs

Record ID: 71312818

Scope and Content Note

one 3¼x4 photograph of three men [Anicito Lagen, Rody Barreta, Calixto Ruega]; one 3x3¼ photograph of a man ["example for retouching" on back]; one 2½x3½ photograph of a woman standing in snow before a building; one 2¼x5 photograph of a woman before the gateway [of a ruin?]
folder 157

University of California 1952--1959

Record ID: 71312819

Scope and Content Note

letter from Dean Stafford L. Warren regarding the new School of Medicine at UCLA, February 11, 1952; letter from President Robert Sproul regarding the dissolution of the Marion Davies Foundation and the proposed gift of $1.5 million to the university, December 14, 1956; handwritten letter to Stafford [L. Warren] saying that she may be able to give some jewelry in order to pay for the new laboratory, undated
folder 158

V miscellaneous 1951--1960

Record ID: 71312820

Scope and Content Note

letter from Karl H. von Wiegand, September 4, 1951; handwritten note asking Tom to send a wire to Louise Van Allen apologizing for the incident with Bill Hearst Jr., circa 1952?
folder 159

W miscellaneous 1951--1961

Record ID: 71312821

Scope and Content Note

handwritten letter from Kathlyn Williams, June 1952; teaser script for GEORGE WEST'S TOMORROW'S LEADERS, November 27, 1956
folder 160

Will Rogers's memorial 1935--1935

Record ID: 71312822

Scope and Content Note

letters suggesting memorials in honor of Will Rogers; poems; letter from the Chuck Wagon Trailers, August 23, 1935; letter from Lillian Drew mentioning that she worked with Rogers, September 6, 1935
 

2017 additions/Production files

folder 161

ADAM AND EVA--scrapbooks Circa 1923--1923

Record ID: 71586912

Scope and Content Note

one 8x10 photo of scrapbook page
folder 162

THE BACHELOR FATHER--scrapbooks Circa 1931--1931

Record ID: 71586914

Scope and Content Note

11 scrapbook leaves with reviews and clippings
folder 163

BEVERLY OF GRAUSTARK--scrapbooks Circa 1926--1926

Record ID: 71586915

Scope and Content Note

two 8x10 photos of scrapbook leaves
folder 164

THE BRIDE'S PLAY--scrapbooks Circa 1922--1922

Record ID: 71586916

Scope and Content Note

two 8x10 photos of scrapbook leaves
folder 165

CAIN AND MABEL--scrapbooks Circa 1936--1936

Record ID: 71586917

Scope and Content Note

25 scrapbook leaves, with clippings and reviews
folder 166

THE CARDBOARD LOVER--scrapbooks Circa 1928--1928

Record ID: 71587573

Scope and Content Note

four scrapbook leaves, with clippings and review
folder 167

EVER SINCE EVE--scrapbooks Circa 1937--1937

Record ID: 71587584

Scope and Content Note

twenty scrapbook leaves, with clippings, reviews, and four photographs
folder 168

THE FAIR CO-ED--scrapbooks Circa 1927--1927

Record ID: 71587586

Scope and Content Note

two 8x10 photographs of scrapbook leaves
folder 169

FIVE AND TEN--scrapbooks Circa 1931--1931

Record ID: 71587754

Scope and Content Note

six scrapbook leaves, with clippings and reviews
folder 170

THE FLORODORA GIRL--scrapbooks Circa 1930--1930

Record ID: 71587798

Scope and Content Note

nine scrapbook leaves, with clippings and reviews
folder 171

GOING HOLLYWOOD--scrapbooks Circa 1933--1933

Record ID: 71587803

Scope and Content Note

twenty-two scrapbook leaves, with clippings, reviews, and one photograph
folder 172

HEARTS DIVIDED--scrapbooks Circa 1936--1936

Record ID: 71587822

Scope and Content Note

twenty-one scrapbook leaves, with clippings and reviews
folder 173

HOLLYWOOD REVUE--scrapbooks Circa 1929--1929

Record ID: 71587827

Scope and Content Note

four scrapbook leaves, with clippings
folder 174

IT'S A WISE CHILD--scrapbooks Circa 1931--1931

Record ID: 71587834

Scope and Content Note

seven scrapbook leaves, with clippings and reviews
folder 175

JANICE MEREDITH--scrapbooks Circa 1924--1924

Record ID: 71587840

Scope and Content Note

one 8x10 photograph of scrapbook leave
folder 176

LIGHTS OF OLD BROADWAY--scrapbooks Circa 1925--1925

Record ID: 71587849

Scope and Content Note

one 8x10 photograph of scrapbook leave
folder 177

LITTLE OLD NEW YORK--scrapbooks Circa 1923--1923

Record ID: 71587853

Scope and Content Note

one 8x10 photograph of scrapbook leave
folder 178

MARIANNE--scrapbooks Circa 1929--1929

Record ID: 71587932

Scope and Content Note

nine scrapbook leaves, with clippings and reviews
folder 179

NOT SO DUMB--scrapbooks Circa 1930--1930

Record ID: 71587933

Scope and Content Note

fourteen scrapbook leaves, with clippings
folder 180

OPERATOR 13--scrapbooks Circa 1934--1934

Record ID: 71587934

Scope and Content Note

seventeen scrapbook leaves, with clippings, reviews, and one photograph
folder 181

PAGE MISS GLORY--scrapbooks Circa 1935--1935

Record ID: 71587938

Scope and Content Note

thirty-one scrapbook leaves, with clippings and reviews
folder 182

THE PATSY--scrapbooks Circa 1928--1928

Record ID: 71587945

Scope and Content Note

six 8x10 photographs of scrapbook leaves
folder 183

PEG O' MY HEART--scrapbooks Circa 1933--1933

Record ID: 71587946

Scope and Content Note

fourteen scrapbook leaves, includes clippings, reviews, and one 4½x6½ photograph
folder 184

POLLY OF THE CIRCUS--scrapbooks Circa 1932--1932

Record ID: 71588082

Scope and Content Note

nineteen scrapbook leaves, with clippings and reviews
folder 185

QUALITY STREET--scrapbooks Circa 1927--1927

Record ID: 71588085

Scope and Content Note

three scrapbook leaves, with clippings and reviews
folder 186

THE RED MILL--scrapbooks Circa 1927--1927

Record ID: 71588087

Scope and Content Note

one scrapbook leave, with clippings and reviews
folder 187

RUNAWAY ROMANY--scrapbooks Circa 1917--1917

Record ID: 71588088

Scope and Content Note

one 8x10 photograph of scrapbook leave
folder 188

SHOW PEOPLE--scrapbooks Circa 1928--1928

Record ID: 71588089

Scope and Content Note

six scrapbook leaves, with clippings and review
folder 189

TILLIE THE TOILER--scrapbooks Circa 1927--1927

Record ID: 71588090

Scope and Content Note

seven scrapbook leaves, with clippings and a review
folder 190

WHEN KNIGHTHOOD WAS IN FLOWER--scrapbooks Circa 1922--1922

Record ID: 71588091

Scope and Content Note

three 8x10 photographs of scrapbook leaves
folder 191

YOLANDA--scrapbooks Circa 1924--1924

Record ID: 71588092

Scope and Content Note

three 8x10 photographs of scrapbook leaves
folder 192

THE YOUNG DIANA--scrapbooks Circa 1922--1922

Record ID: 71588093

Scope and Content Note

four 8x10 photographs of scrapbook leaves
folder 193

ZANDER THE GREAT--scrapbooks Circa 1925--1925

Record ID: 71588094

Scope and Content Note

six 8x10 photographs of scrapbook leaves
 

2017 additions/Subject files

folder 194

Biographical

Record ID: 71588095

Scope and Content Note

biographical sketch of Davies's father, Bernard James Douras
folder 195

Clippings 1915--1915

Record ID: 71588097

Scope and Content Note

ad for SUNDAY (1915) with Reine Davies
folder 196

Estate--legal 1969--1969

Record ID: 71588098

Scope and Content Note

copy of Second and Final Account and Report of Executor and Petition for Its Settlement, For Allowance of Commissions and Fees for Extraordinary Services and for Final Distribution; supporting Exhibits and Schedules
folder 197

Estate--legal 1961--1965

Record ID: 71588100

Scope and Content Note

account of Gregson Bautzer, executor of the estate of Marion Douras Brown, deceased, for the period from September 22, 1961 through August 31, 1963; account of Gregson Bautzer, executor of the estate of Marion Douras Brown, deceased, for the period from September 1, 1963 through March 31, 1965
folder 198

Estate--legal 1968--1970

Record ID: 71588101

Scope and Content Note

account of Gregson Bautzer, executor of the estate of Marion Douras Brown, deceased, for the period from December 1, 1968 through November 30, 1970; copy of First Interrogatories of Legatees Patricia Van Cleve Lake and Arthur Patrick Lake, Jr., dated September 11, 1970
folder 199

Estate--legal 1969--1970

Record ID: 71588102

Scope and Content Note

notice of motion to vacate order of court dated March 4, 1963, executed April 4, 1969; Points and Authorities in Support of objections to First Account current and Second and Final Account and Report of Executor and Petition for Its Settlement and for Allowance of Commissions and Fees for Extraordinary Services and for Final Distribution, April 4, 1969
folder 200

Hearst, William Randolph--correspondence 1949--1949

Record ID: 71588103

Scope and Content Note

letter from J. D. Gortatowsky to Hearst regarding business plans for the Los Angeles Option and how making it a tabloid would affect the Los Angeles market, October 1, 1949, 3 pages; envelope addressed to Mrs. M. Douras, La Paz Ranch, Montecito, Santa Barbara Calif. [handwritten by Hearst; letter not included]
folder 201

Hearst, William Randolph--miscellaneous 1951--1951

Record ID: 71588262

Scope and Content Note

card edged in black saying "Mrs. William Randolph Hearst and family gratefully acknowledge your kind thought and expression of sympathy"
folder 202

Hearst, William Randolph--poetry

Record ID: 71588272

Scope and Content Note

three handwritten poems [by Hearst]; typed poem to Marion [Davies]; printed poem
folder 203

Hearst, William Randolph--telegrams 1918--1930

Record ID: 71588280

Scope and Content Note

forty-three telegrams from William Randolph Hearst to Marion Davies, many saying how much he misses her [some signed "Daddy" or "H"]; telegram saying he could only make out a few words from the phone call but he "understood you to say first that Conway Tearle would not pose for retakes / He will pose if paid enough and I have wired Joe Moore to pay him his price / If he refuses altogether I will retake the whole picture later and leave him out altogether," July 25, 1919 [probably referring to APRIL FOLLY (1920)]; telegram saying he was "told you have YOLANDA made way you wanted . . . when you want extra scenes take them but some other scenes should be eliminated because we can only get certain number into picture / In your pictures made by your Madison Company you are the boss," August 5, 1923; two handwritten draft telegrams, one page and six pages
folder 204

Interviews--transcripts

Record ID: 71588282

Scope and Content Note

transcript of oral history with Marion Davies, undated pages 1-150 [photocopy of annotated copy]
folder 205

Interviews--transcripts

Record ID: 71588285

Scope and Content Note

transcript of oral history with Marion Davies, undated, pages 151-305 [photocopy of annotated copy]
folder 206

Interviews--transcripts

Record ID: 71588286

Scope and Content Note

transcript of oral history with Marion Davies, undated pages 1-150 [photocopy of annotated copy]
folder 207

Interviews--transcripts

Record ID: 71588287

Scope and Content Note

transcript of oral history with Marion Davies, undated pages 151-305 [photocopy of annotated copy]
folder 208

Interviews--transcripts

Record ID: 71588291

Scope and Content Note

photocopies of miscellaneous pages of oral history, pages 523-535, 909-921, 16/5-16/11, 1327-1330, and 19-32 [annotated]
folder 209

Miscellaneous 1965--1975

Record ID: 71588293

Scope and Content Note

letter to Barbara and LZ from unidentified, January 7, 1965; print "l'amour et Zaza" by Lee, November 1975, 17/26; tag reading "Marion Davies estate papers"
folder 210

Pictorial material 1927--1927

Record ID: 71588294

Scope and Content Note

miscellaneous images of Davies, one of her from FAIR COED used for column
folder 211

Real Estate 1953--1953

Record ID: 71588295

Scope and Content Note

Documents regarding lease between The Davies Building, Inc., landlord and 460 Park Corp., tenant
folder 212

Real Estate Circa 1953--1953

Record ID: 71588297

Scope and Content Note

memorandum and exhibits annexed leading to leasehold of 57th Street and Park Aenue land by the Davies Building, Inc.
folder 213

Scrapbook--miscellaneous

Record ID: 71588299

Scope and Content Note

eighteen scrapbook leaves, described on pages as "miscellaneous pictures with Marion Davies"
folder 214

Scrapbook--screen test

Record ID: 71588300

Scope and Content Note

three scrapbook leaves with clippings of "screen test for Twelfth Night"
folder 215

Scrapbook--social and private life

Record ID: 71588301

Scope and Content Note

fourteen scrapbook leaves with clippings
 

Oversize

 

THE CARDBOARD LOVER--accounting Circa 1928--1928

Record ID: 71312823

Scope and Content Note

accounting detail
 

THE FAIR CO-ED--accounting Circa 1927--1927

Record ID: 71312825

Scope and Content Note

accounting detail
 

Guest book 1937--1938

Record ID: 71312826

Scope and Content Note

leatherbound volume with the following signatures: (1) first page includes Eleanor Boardman, Charles Chaplin, Claudette Colbert, Harry Crocker, Bebe Daniels, Harry d'Arrast, Louella Parsons, Jack Pickford, King Vidor, and others; (2) second page (dated April 10, 1937) includes Hedda Hopper, Alice Marble, Frances Marion, Aileen Pringle, Hal Roach, and others; (3) third page (dated March 13, 1937) signed by Lloyd Pantages and a few others; (4) fourth page (dated March 23, 1938) and fifth page (undated) each signed by two people
 

Guest book

Record ID: 71312827

Scope and Content Note

wooden album covers, with "MD" carved in large letters on front cover; page with a short inscription signed by Clara Blandick
 

Hearst, William Randolph 1924--1924

Record ID: 71588503

Scope and Content Note

handwritten letter from W. R. [Hearst] to "Dearest sweetheart" describing the weather in New York, the decoration of the apartment and how hard it is to find "fine things" from the dealers in the East, how lonely he has been and that he has just decided to go back to California and hopes Davies can meet him at the Grand Canyon, postmarked August 16, 1924, 3 pages; envelope addressed to "M. Douras; 910 Bedford Avenue; Beverly Hills; Los Angeles; California"