Much more than W.R. Hearst’s girlfriend
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 partner of newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst, Davies played hostess and mingled with some of the most fascinating people of the 20th century at his California coastal castle in San Simeon and at his other lavish estates. The one-time Ziegfeld Follies chorine could also count on her boyfriend to generously fund her…