Silver gelatin oversized matte photograph with scalloped border with "James Manatt / Hollywood" blind stamped on the lower right-hand corner, inscribed, "To Mary Pickford / with deepest / admiration / from W.R. Hearst / who is, and always / has been and / always will be / a devoted fan." Together with an 8 x 10 in. matte photograph of Pickford with Marion Davies at a San Simeon costume party, stamped "Kindly Credit / Manatt / MGM." Receiving an invitation to Hearst Castle in 1920s and '30s Hollywood was the only honor greater than receiving an invitation to Pickfair. Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford spent many an evening with Hearst and his mistress, actress Marion Davies, at costume parties and other soirées. Pickford and Davies remained friends even after both Hearst and Fairbanks had died and both women had remarried. 10 x 13.25 in.
Silver gelatin oversized matte photograph with scalloped border with "James Manatt / Hollywood" blind stamped on the lower right-hand corner, inscribed, "To Mary Pickford / with deepest / admiration / from W.R. Hearst / who is, and always / has been and / always will be / a devoted fan." Together with an 8 x 10 in. matte photograph of Pickford with Marion Davies at a San Simeon costume party, stamped "Kindly Credit / Manatt / MGM." Receiving an invitation to Hearst Castle in 1920s and '30s Hollywood was the only honor greater than receiving an invitation to Pickfair. Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford spent many an evening with Hearst and his mistress, actress Marion Davies, at costume parties and other soirées. Pickford and Davies remained friends even after both Hearst and Fairbanks had died and both women had remarried. 10 x 13.25 in.
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