Author: GUILES, FRED LAWRENCE
Title: Marion Davies
Description: London, W. H. Allen. 1973, First Edition. (ISBN: 0491005040). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy in green cloth boards with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. xii + 419 pages. 90 illustrations. First British edition. The first full length biography of Marion Davies, one of the most controversial and mysterious women of our time. Ziegfeld Follies girl, movie star, and mistress of William Randolph Hearst for over three decades, her story is the story of Hollywood's golden era, of the American Dream. A woman who had as much power as the First Lady, who presided over mansions and castles, who had millions in jewels and art treasures and yet who, ironically enough, stammered when she spoke, was never able to marry the man she loved, and spent the last years of her life as a recluse. A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.87 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST D4A. Fine/Fine.

Keywords: Ziegfeld Follies, William Randolph Hearst, San Simeon, Cecil B de Mille, Gary Cooper, Dick Powell, Clark Gable, Carole Lombard, Hollywood 0491005040


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