What a doll she was; look at her naturally beautiful eyes and facial expressions. Cbelle823 is right! Wells was after Hearst and the resemblance to Marion as Susan Alexander is simply incorrect (frankly I think Wells was not parodying Davies as much as other boozing starlets of the time). See Siren's of The roaring 20's Marion Davies for more on her life, lovers and what major surprise came in 1990.
I just finished reading her autobiography...AMAZING!!! NOTHING like "Citizen Kane" which was nothing but crap of a movie!!! What a lady she was....FYI just to proove she was no gold digger....she sold her (52%...which was all, if not enough, from W.R.'s inheritance back to his boys for $1.00....now who among us would have done that???? Not me!!!! =-) RIP Marion....you rocked!!!!
Regarding Legal age of consent ... When I was a kid, the legal age of consent (with parental permission) for a girl to marry was 13 in Tennessee. And when my grandfather was a kid it was TEN. American culture has had some rapidly changing ideas about sexual maturity, and has delayed childhood into late adolescence, but most of the world's cultures have, historically speaking, put the age of sexual maturity as the age when marriage can take place.
The Composer was my grandfather. It was used several times in Woody Allen movies. It's been kind of neat seeing it so many times on Youtube in different versions.
Marianne was directed by Robert Z. Leonard, one of diva Mae Murray's husbands, and he may have influenced Marion's emoting... for comedic effect, I mean. If you read Davies' book "The Times We Had," you'd be impressed with Marion's modesty and wonder if she had any talent, but she certainly did.
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Marion was approx. 12-13 years old when the pervert William Randolph Hearst met her and started pursuing her. The old coot was about 55 years old at the time. Marion's parents ok'd the deal when she was about 16. They probably only cared that WR was mega-rich what kind of parents would allow their 16 year old daughter to date a 58 year old dude? She stayed with him till he died. PERVERT!!
You need to do a little more reading about Marion and WR. A true love story if there ever was one. His wife was also a show girl. You seem to be a nasty one. Since WR first saw Marion on the stage she was 15 and their relationship did not start until she was 18.
His wife millicent was no different, only Marion was slightly, but only slightly more talented. Marion was overated, so was Milly. Theyre both lucky they had a chance to be apart of anything Hearst offered them.
The idea that there can be no age difference between people for them to be "legally" involved is fairly current. Somebody just pulled this "18-years-old to be legal" out of the air, and American sheep have accepted it, even though many of their great-grandparents were having families before that age. Hearst offered Marion a spectacular life, and she was grateful. She could have married someone her own age and ended up living in a tenement, I suppose. What a loss for all of us.
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why you sicko - I can see you are sick and probably up to all kinds of vile no good things yourself. Anyone with an ounce of decency knows it's not right to pimp your daugheter out to some 56 yr old dude. If you said something like that in a room full of peers- you would be ostrasized and outcast and maybe worse. Why your point that unless some pedophile comes along and buys someone that they can't be successufl is RUBBISH what a stupid statement.
A lot of people forget that Marion Davies wasn't just a highly skilled impersonator, she was also quite adept in mimicking accents and altering her voice, which she would showcase throughout the '30s.
As for the film Marianne, this was an extremely risky and daring performance from Marion because impersonating a French peasant girl during the World War 1 is a difficult feat, especially for your first talkie. However, her attempt is undeniably charming and for the most part she succeeds.
Song written by Jesse Greer. I don't know much about him, but this is one of my favorites. Performed by many people through the years, often misinterpreted. I prefer it in its original fox trot style. People often lounge-jazz the chords up a bit, too. A shame.
Wonderful - just wonderful!
ForseePilot 5 months ago
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WeEatBrainz 6 months ago
I like the way when they do the song the second time, it's done in a different key to accommodate Ms. Davies; see if you can catch it!
SatchmoSings 6 months ago
This song has nothing stylistically to do with music done 11 years earlier though it's still a great song; Lester Young, in particular did it a lot.
This clip is excellent; I hope the rest of the film is just as good.
SatchmoSings 6 months ago
This was funny! hahahaha luv the comedy between these two ;).... nice song
upNyaBizznizz 7 months ago
Wasn't Davies a cutie?... and even though Gray was no Gable or Cooper, he had a wonderful singing voice, no?
ClarasBeau 10 months ago
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I saw this movie on TCM and loved it!!!!
RagamuffinBabyDoll 1 year ago
I like Marion in her silents and her early talkies, but by the mid 30s she looked bloated, overweight and ridiculously over-costumed.
wilburbonzo 1 year ago
is it Lawrence Gray singing or is he miming to a professional singer? historians say that there was allegedly no dubbing or anything in those days.
deepseadirt 1 year ago
Had Pickford not been there to show the world how to act in front of a camera I'm sure Davies could have done it, but probably know one else.
paulj0557 1 year ago
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I love her!What an amazing actress.
olie171 1 year ago
I love her!What an amazing actres.
olie171 1 year ago
Great video! Thumbs up"
creamofcardstv 1 year ago
Marion was great...she did not take herself seriously, but was a great talent....timing was perfect
nicksacop 1 year ago
great
melollylolly 2 years ago
What a doll she was; look at her naturally beautiful eyes and facial expressions. Cbelle823 is right! Wells was after Hearst and the resemblance to Marion as Susan Alexander is simply incorrect (frankly I think Wells was not parodying Davies as much as other boozing starlets of the time). See Siren's of The roaring 20's Marion Davies for more on her life, lovers and what major surprise came in 1990.
bqfoster 2 years ago
@bqfoster Where can you get a copy of the Sirens etc? Thanks
cushtichavi 1 year ago
P.S.....you've GOT to see the Hearst Castle in San Simeon, CA.....it's life altering!!
Cebelle823 2 years ago
I just finished reading her autobiography...AMAZING!!! NOTHING like "Citizen Kane" which was nothing but crap of a movie!!! What a lady she was....FYI just to proove she was no gold digger....she sold her (52%...which was all, if not enough, from W.R.'s inheritance back to his boys for $1.00....now who among us would have done that???? Not me!!!! =-) RIP Marion....you rocked!!!!
Cebelle823 2 years ago
Regarding Legal age of consent ... When I was a kid, the legal age of consent (with parental permission) for a girl to marry was 13 in Tennessee. And when my grandfather was a kid it was TEN. American culture has had some rapidly changing ideas about sexual maturity, and has delayed childhood into late adolescence, but most of the world's cultures have, historically speaking, put the age of sexual maturity as the age when marriage can take place.
mrblatherwick 2 years ago
Great song
ikevyoiPhone3G1996 2 years ago
This, by the way, was one of Judy Garland's favorite songs.
waynebrasler 2 years ago
Davies a great comedienne hobbled by Hearst's overbearing insistence on pushing her stardom when she could make it on her own.
waynebrasler 2 years ago
British Jack Hyltons Bands version of this is just the best.Great song.
mic33george 2 years ago
GREAT video..Always glad to see stuff from before I was born. Only one I have here at youtube from 1929 is Marion Harris singing Afraid Of You
SJA1949 2 years ago
I've got the Johnny Johnson Scroll Label Victor Dance record of this Cute Song, and this a sweet clip and interpretation of this song from 1929.
78timothy 3 years ago
The Composer was my grandfather. It was used several times in Woody Allen movies. It's been kind of neat seeing it so many times on Youtube in different versions.
TeamDebutaunt 3 years ago
Marianne was directed by Robert Z. Leonard, one of diva Mae Murray's husbands, and he may have influenced Marion's emoting... for comedic effect, I mean. If you read Davies' book "The Times We Had," you'd be impressed with Marion's modesty and wonder if she had any talent, but she certainly did.
defundthewar 3 years ago
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Marion was approx. 12-13 years old when the pervert William Randolph Hearst met her and started pursuing her. The old coot was about 55 years old at the time. Marion's parents ok'd the deal when she was about 16. They probably only cared that WR was mega-rich what kind of parents would allow their 16 year old daughter to date a 58 year old dude? She stayed with him till he died. PERVERT!!
Onionsayswhat 3 years ago
You need to do a little more reading about Marion and WR. A true love story if there ever was one. His wife was also a show girl. You seem to be a nasty one. Since WR first saw Marion on the stage she was 15 and their relationship did not start until she was 18.
52Sterling 3 years ago 3
ok so 15 is ok for some 55 yr old? oh so 18 makes it ok? roflmao - you don't even know how sick you are.
Onionsayswhat 2 years ago
His wife millicent was no different, only Marion was slightly, but only slightly more talented. Marion was overated, so was Milly. Theyre both lucky they had a chance to be apart of anything Hearst offered them.
dz2ny 2 years ago
The idea that there can be no age difference between people for them to be "legally" involved is fairly current. Somebody just pulled this "18-years-old to be legal" out of the air, and American sheep have accepted it, even though many of their great-grandparents were having families before that age. Hearst offered Marion a spectacular life, and she was grateful. She could have married someone her own age and ended up living in a tenement, I suppose. What a loss for all of us.
sheetmusic1624 2 years ago
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why you sicko - I can see you are sick and probably up to all kinds of vile no good things yourself. Anyone with an ounce of decency knows it's not right to pimp your daugheter out to some 56 yr old dude. If you said something like that in a room full of peers- you would be ostrasized and outcast and maybe worse. Why your point that unless some pedophile comes along and buys someone that they can't be successufl is RUBBISH what a stupid statement.
Onionsayswhat 2 years ago
A lot of people forget that Marion Davies wasn't just a highly skilled impersonator, she was also quite adept in mimicking accents and altering her voice, which she would showcase throughout the '30s.
As for the film Marianne, this was an extremely risky and daring performance from Marion because impersonating a French peasant girl during the World War 1 is a difficult feat, especially for your first talkie. However, her attempt is undeniably charming and for the most part she succeeds.
thisgunforhire05 3 years ago 3
wow, MARIAN 1ST TALKIE, and she sang GOOD"
whos the music composer ?
GREATsong,
sound like maybe a COLE PORTER song?
wonder, if anyone has a movieCLIP
of BOB HOPES' 1st musical movie 1930*
where he sings one of COLE PORTERS
songs "YOU" do something to me" ...
I just love COLE PORTER music,
thanks.
rosieyposie7 4 years ago
Song written by Jesse Greer. I don't know much about him, but this is one of my favorites. Performed by many people through the years, often misinterpreted. I prefer it in its original fox trot style. People often lounge-jazz the chords up a bit, too. A shame.
bepmep76 4 years ago
Excerpt from the movie "Marianne"
DirkPendelock 4 years ago