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 ...

Amanda Seyfried hopes her performance in “Mank” helps flip the script for how people view one of Hollywood’s earliest movie stars. In the now-streaming Netflix film, Seyfried plays Marion Davies, who ...

On Sunday, Jan. 11, everyone's invited to "Happy Birthday, Marion!" at the Annenberg Community Beach House. Celebrate with the Santa Monica Conservancy as they turn the spotlight on Marion Davies: ...

Mank‘s Amanda Seyfried had three words to describe receiving her first Golden Globe Nomination on Wednesday: “so f*cking awesome.” The Mamma Mia! and Les Miserables actress will compete alongside ...

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Like other legendary women in history — from Anne Boleyn to Madame du Barry — silent film star Marion Davies enjoyed the perks that came with being the girlfriend of a powerful man. As the longtime ...

Many people think of William Randolph Hearst as a newspaper mogul, but it turns out that in his heyday, he was known for a few other things: his lavish parties at his house, Hearst Castle, and his ...

During the run of the Ziegfeld Follies of 1917, a man in his mid-50s kept reappearing in the audience night after night—always buying two tickets, one for himself, one for his hat—to stare at a blonde ...

Mank is a biopic about the man who wrote Citizen Kane. But there's also a woman in the story: Marion Davies, a silver screen star and mistress of William Randolph Heart. She's pictured above in 1932.