5:15-6:15pm Docent tours of the Marion Davies Guest House
6:30-8:30pm Readings

Film historian Elaina Archer, producer/editor/writer of Captured on Film, The True Story of Marion Davies (dir. Hugh Munro Nealy, B/W & Color, 58 min, 2001), returns to introduce her documentary and screen rare home movies of Davies and Hearst at San Simeon with guests that include Irving Thalberg and John Gilbert.

Narrated by actress Charlize Theron, Captured on Film… is a documentary about the Hollywood legend whose acting career was overshadowed by her much-criticized love affair with newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst. The film features interviews with Davies' biographer Fred Guiles, film historians Kevin Brownlow, Jeanine Basinger, and Cari Beauchamp, film critic Charles Champlin, and actress Virginia Madsen, who researched Davies for her portrayal of the star in the made-for-TV movie The Hearst and Davies Affair (1985). While the press and the film Citizen Kane (1941) served to paint Davies as a hard-drinking gold digger with no talent, Captured on Film… reflects her true nature as a talented, hard-working actress and shrewd businesswoman. The documentary chronicles Davies's career and her relationship with Hearst, from their meeting in New York to his death in 1951, and contains rare clips from some of Davies' earliest films, recently rescued from nitrate decomposition, including The Cardboard Lover (1928), The Patsy (1928), When Knighthood Was in Flower, (1922) and Quality Street (1927). Winner of the 2002 Aurora award.

Visit http://www.aandfproductions.com/06.html for more information.

Stop by early for Beach House tours by docents from the Santa Monica Conservancy before every evening event, first come, first served. 

Tickets are free but seating is limited and reservations are required. If you would like to attend, please reserve online. Please plan to arrive by 6:15pm to retain your reservation. Late seating, even for reservation-holders, is not guaranteed. To adjust or cancel your reservation for this event, email beachhouse@smgov.net. We appreciate your keeping in touch!

Directions: The Beach House is located at 415 Pacific Coast Highway, Santa Monica, CA 90402 on the west side of Pacific Coast Highway, a half mile north of the California Incline and a half mile south of Chautauqua Blvd. Plenty of public parking is available - enter off PCH at the Beach House Way traffic light. Parking: $8 for a day pass ($10/day on weekends). The facility is also easily accessible by foot or bike from the beach bike path, although the beach closes at sunset. There is ample bike parking at racks throughout the site - remember to bring your own lock.

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General Info: The pool and fitness center are open! For hours, rates and more, visit http://www.annenbergbeachhouse.com, or call 310-458-4904. Back on the Beach Café is open daily 8am - 8pm (8am - 3pm Mondays).