October 12th Rare Autograph & Document Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/12/2023
Marion Davies autograph. Encapsulated as part of a 2009 Donruss Americana set. Signed "Marion Davies" on a cut strip from a check about 2.75" x .75". The full size of the holder is 4.25 x 2.75". In fine condition.
Marion Davies (January 3, 1897 – September 22, 1961) was an American actress, producer, screenwriter, and philanthropist. While performing in the 1916 Follies, the nineteen-year-old Marion met the fifty-three-year-old newspaper tycoon, William Randolph Hearst, and became his mistress. Hearst took over management of Davies's career and promoted her as a film actress. Hearst financed Davies's pictures and promoted her career extensively in his newspapers and Hearst newsreels. He founded Cosmopolitan Pictures to produce her films. By 1924, Davies was the number one female box office star in Hollywood because of the popularity of When Knighthood Was in Flower and Little Old New York, which were among the biggest box-office hits of their respective years. By the time of her death, her popular association with the character of Susan Alexander Kane in the film Citizen Kane (1941) already overshadowed Davies' legacy as a talented actress. The title character's second wife—an untalented singer whom he tries to promote—was widely assumed to be based on Davies.
With One of a Kind Collectibles LOA
Marion Davies Signed Card
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