Marion Davies

The Marion Davies papers span the years 1906–1961 (bulk 1928–1937 and 1951–1961) and encompass 5 linear feet. The papers consists 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. There is no material on William Randolph Hearst in the collection, and most of the correspondence that deals with him consists of condolences.

Gift of Gordon Mueller, 1992.