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BLONDIE OF THE FOLLIES
August 29, 2017  | By David Bianculli  | 1 comment

TCM, 2:00 a.m. ET

 

Today is Marion Davies day on TCM. If her name isn’t that familiar as a star in the Hollywood constellation, try this: She was the B-list actress who was the mistress of media tycoon William Randolph Hearst, a relationship that was alluded to, and parodied, by Orson Welles in his classic film Citizen Kane. Her films are shown all day and evening, including 1928’s The Patsy at 6:30 p.m. ET, where she does her impressions of other silent-movie stars such as Lillian Gish. But the treasure, of sorts, arrives late, when TCM presents 1932’s Blondie of the Follies (pictured), a musical also featuring Robert Montgomery and Jimmy Durante.

 
 
 
 
 
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Neil
"Today is Marion Davies day on TCM. If her name isn’t that familiar as a star in the Hollywood constellation, try this: She was the B-list actress who was the mistress of media tycoon William Randolph Hearst..."

And (for fans of symphony orchestras, or anyone who has ever lived in or visited the San Francisco Bay area) the "Davies" in Davies Symphony Hall, home to Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony.
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