Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion Davies

5.5

Genre: Documentary TV Movie
Run time: 57 min
Premiere: 2001. February 14.

Director: Hugh Munro Neely
Writer: Elaina Archer Hugh Munro Neely John J. Flynn
Starring: Charlize Theron Jeanine Basinger Cari Beauchamp Robert Board

Blonde, beautiful and talented, Marion Davies was the first and funniest screwball comedienne. As star of two of the best comedies ever made, Show People and The Patsy, she combined zany slapstick and exuberant mimicry. Glamorous, witty and kind, both on screen and off, Davies was also famous for her 35-year-long love affair with William Randolph Hearst.