- When Davies was in England, she learned that forgotten silent actress Florence Turner, who had been a star at Vitagraph, was destitute, a compassionate Davies paid for her and her mother to return to the United States, put them up in a hotel, and offered Turner a job with her production company.
- In 1993, the family of Patricia Lake (wife of actor Arthur Lake) revealed, upon her death, that she was actually the child of Marion and William Randolph Hearst. Van Cleve had been raised by Davies' sister Rose and had always been introduced as her niece and Lake as her nephew.
- She had a long-standing reputation in the film industry for being extremely kind to the casts and crews of her films, going so far as to pay hospital bills anonymously if she heard that they were sick.
- In 1930, Cecil Beaton announced that he was going to photograph the six most beautiful women in the movies. He chose Greta Garbo, Norma Shearer, Alice White, Dolores Del Río, Lillian Gish, and Marion Davies.
- She was William Randolph Hearst's mistress for over 30 years. It was widely considered the "worst kept secret in Hollywood" that she lived with him in California while his wife Millicent resided in New York. His wife would not grant him a divorce so that he could marry Davies. Davies retired from the screen in the late 1930s so she could be with Hearst as his health was declining. When Hearst lay dying in 1951 at age 88, Davies was given a sedative by his lawyer. When she awoke several hours later, she discovered that Hearst had passed away and that his associates had removed his body as well as all his belongings and any trace that he had lived there with her. His family had a big formal funeral for him in San Francisco. Davies did not attend.
- Contrary to popular myth, the character of Susan Alexander Kane (played by Dorothy Comingore) in Citizen Kane (1941) was not primarily based on her. Orson Welles told filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich that this wasn't the case. Business tycoon Harold Fowler McCormick's lavish promotion of the opera career of his second wife was the direct influence for the character. "As for Marion [Davies]," Welles said, "she was an extraordinary woman-nothing like the character Dorothy Comingore played in the movie.".
- For 37 years, William Randolph Hearst-anointed gossip columnist Louella Parsons regularly reported in her column the catchphrase: "Marion never looked lovelier". Most readers considered it a pandering cliché.
- She was famous for doing dead-on impersonations of celebrities at parties. At least, three impersonations became famous and successful into The Patsy (1928).
- For the most part, William Randolph Hearst always ensured that her silent film leading men were either gay or middle-aged.
- Aunt-in-law of actor Arthur Lake, who was best known for portraying Dagwood Bumstead in a series of Blondie movies in the 1940s and 1950s.
- Reportedly earned $10,000 per week during her 10-year reign at MGM (1924-34) and at Warners (1934-37) and additionally earned $10,000 per week as president of Cosmopolitan Productions from 1919 to 1939. In today's money, that comes out to more than $300,000 per week.
- In addition to her acting career, she spent much of her time at Cosmopolitan Pictures as a production manager. She had been appointed to this position by William Randolph Hearst, who wanted to keep her close to him.
- When Charles A. Lindbergh visited Hollywood in 1927, he wanted to meet his favorite star: Marion Davies. Lindbergh visited Davies on the set of The Fair Co-Ed (1927).
- Was invited to and attended the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy on January 20, 1961. Davies was a long-time friend of Joseph P. Kennedy and a staunch political supporter of the Kennedy family.
- Was a friend of George Bernard Shaw, who wanted her to play Eliza in Pygmalion (1938), which starred Leslie Howard. This would have reunited the two stars for the first time since Five and Ten (1931).
- Her tomb at Hollywood Forever Cemetery is often overlooked though it is an imposing structure. It is a miniature Greek temple on the east side of the lake very close to the grave of Tyrone Power. Her family name of Douras appears over the doorway.
- Being the practical joker that she was, she once got President Calvin Coolidge drunk by feeding him wine and telling him it was fruit juice.
- Using Variety's box-office charts for the top 20 markets, tracking Marion Davies's 33 films released between 1922 and 1937 shows that 8 of these films held a #1 ranking and that another 8 reached the #2 position.
- After the death of William Randolph Hearst in 1951, Marion Davies began to record notes for a planned autobiography. She never published these notes before her own death in 1961, but the tapes were eventually transcribed with notes and published as "The Times We Had" in 1975.
- In November 1959, she funded the clinic at UCLA, which is still called the Marion Davies Children's Clinic.
- Is portrayed by Virginia Madsen in The Hearst and Davies Affair (1985), by Heather McNair in Chaplin (1992), by Melanie Griffith in RKO 281 (1999), by Gretchen Mol in Cradle Will Rock (1999), by Kirsten Dunst in The Cat's Meow (2001), by Amanda Seyfried in Mank (2020), and by Chloe Fineman in Babylon (2022).
- Following her death, she was interred at Hollywood Memorial Cemetery (now Hollywood Forever Cemetery) in Los Angeles, California.
- As a long-time friend of Joseph P. Kennedy, Davies was invited to and attended the inauguration of John F. Kennedy on January 20, 1961. There are photographs of the inauguration that show her seated close to the President during his famous speech. Sadly, this was her last public appearance. She passed away eight months later.
- Her starring talkie debut in Marianne (1929) came after an aborted attempt to film The Five O'Clock Girl (1928) and a never-started adaptation of the Broadway musical "Rosalie." Marianne (1929) was also shot as a silent film with with a different supporting cast.
- Marion Davies made imprints of her hands and feet in cement at Grauman's Chinese Theater on May 13, 1929. She was the 13th star to do so. Her message read, "To Sid Grauman the genius of the theatre from your pal Marion Davies.".
- Marion Davies was a top MGM star for 10 years, from 1924 to 1934.
- She and Rudolph Valentino were crowned Queen of the Screen and King of the Screen, respectively, by theater owners at the Motion Picture Carnival in May 1924.
- In films from 1917 to 1937, she never appeared as an extra, a bit player, or a supporting player.
- Starred in 48 films over a 20-year period.
- As of 2017, only one of Davies' movies has been voted into the National Film Registry. Show People (1928) was inducted in 2003. With the 2017 restoration of When Knighthood Was in Flower (1922), it becomes a strong candidate for inclusion. Other Davies films that could be inducted are The Patsy (1928), Little Old New York (1923), Enchantment (1921), and The Bride's Play (1922).
- Profiled in the book "Funny Ladies" by Stephen M. Silverman. (1999)
- During the 1960 Democratic Convention held in Los Angeles, California, Davies turned her house over to Joseph P. Kennedy.
- Was nicknamed "Queen of the Screen," starring in nearly four dozen feature films (30 silents and 16 talkies) between 1917 and 1937. She also appeared as herself in a handful of short subject films.
- She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6326 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on February 8, 1960.
- Had months of training for a fencing scene in the mega-hit When Knighthood Was in Flower (1922).
- Marion Davies was listed in the Quigley Top Ten Money-Making Stars poll four times: 1921 (ranked#7) 1923 (#5) 1924 (#2) and1925 (#3).
- Davies was offered the Ina Claire role in Claudia (1943), but William Randolph Hearst objected to her playing a supporting role as well as a character who died in a movie.
- Starring in nearly four dozen films between 1917 and 1937, she appeared with some of the all-time greats, including Clark Gable, Marie Dressler, Gary Cooper, William Powell, Norma Shearer, William Haines, Harrison Ford, Billie Dove, Robert Montgomery, Leslie Howard, Bing Crosby, Mary Astor, Ray Milland, Charles Chaplin, Forrest Stanley, Johnny Mack Brown, Joel McCrea, Conrad Nagel, Dick Powell, Marie Prevost, Claude Rains, Pat O'Brien, Jean Parker, Irene Rich, Lawrence Gray, and Jimmy Durante.
- William Randolph Hearst reportedly tried to push MGM production boss Irving Thalberg to cast Davies in the title role in Marie Antoinette (1938), but Thalberg gave the part to his wife, Norma Shearer. Hearst had previously attempted to get Davies cast as Elizabeth Barrett Browning in The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934), a role that also went to Shearer.
- William Randolph Hearst launched an Oscar campaign for Davies to receive a Best Actress nomination for Peg o' My Heart (1933), but she was not nominated.
- When Charles A. Lindbergh visited Hollywood in 1927, Marion Davies hosted a private reception for the aviator. At the official MGM reception for Lindbergh, he was flanked by superstars Marion Davies and Mary Pickford.
- She was the longtime, and sometimes long distance, mistress of newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst. Their life together was dubiously mirrored in the films Citizen Kane (1941), RKO 281 (1999), Mank (2020) and more factually in The Cat's Meow (2001).
- Appeared in 10 Broadway shows between 1914 and 1920, including the "Ziegfeld Follies of 1916".
- In 1928, The Five O'Clock Girl (1928) started production. It was meant to be the talkie debut for star Marion Davies, but production was shuttered after a few weeks. Production stills exist, although no film elements are known to survive. Technical difficulties with the primitive sound equipment were blamed.
- Victor Herbert composed the "Marion Davies March" in her honor for the film premiere of When Knighthood Was in Flower (1922), the biggest hit film of the year.
- A book about Marion Davies' silent films, "The Silents Films of Marion Davies," by Edward Lorusso was published in 2017.
- Marion Davies and Rudolph Valentino were named Queen and King of the Screen by theater owners for being the #1 box office stars of 1923. They were crowned at a March 1924 ball at the Astor Hotel in New York City. Davies had the mega-hits When Knighthood Was in Flower (1922) and Little Old New York (1923) playing in theaters in 1923.
- Younger sister of actress Reine Davies and Rosemary Davies.
- Marion Davies staged and directed the dance sequences in the now lost film Buried Treasure (1921).
- Joseph Urban designed many of Davies' silent movies, specializing in everything from Art Deco to Gothic castles and interiors, utilizing his experience as a designer for the Metropolitan Opera in New York. His work can be seen in surviving Davies films like The Restless Sex (1920), Enchantment (1921), The Bride's Play (1922), Beauty's Worth (1922), When Knighthood Was in Flower (1922), Little Old New York (1923), Yolanda (1924), Janice Meredith (1924), and Zander the Great (1925).
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