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HISTORY REMEMBERS

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Marion Davies is a figure who has passed into Hollywood legend even though she gets a bad rap these days

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Once the number one box office draw in Hollywood, Marion is now remembered as the mistress of William Randolph Hearst

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Orson Welles' seminal Citizen Kane is widely supposed to be based on newspaper tycoon Hearst and Marion

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In the film, Susan is portrayed, by Dorothy Comingore, as an untalented singer promoted by a wealthy newspaper publisher

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Citizen Kane's legacy did a disservice to Marion Davies with Welles himself trying to correct the record later

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Marion was very popular in her time and was considered a gifted actress with a talent for comedy

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She started out as a chorus girl and made her screen debut in 1917's Runaway Romany

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Marion was 21 when she began a relationship with Hearst who had pursued her for years

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In 1918, William Randolph Hearst formed Cosmopolitan Pictures and began promoting Marion

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In the next decade, Marion Davies appeared in about 30 films and was the top star in the early 20s

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However, Hearst's aggressive promotion of Marion Davies eventually did her career harm

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The advent of talkies sealed the decline of Marion's career – she had a persistent stutter

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Marion Davies and William Randolph Hearst never married – he was already married to Millicent who refused to divorce him

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Hearst died in 1951. Marion died in 1961 and is best remembered as Citizen Kane's Susan Alexander IRL

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