6/12/2023 0 Comments The Times We Had by Marion Davies![]() ![]() I came to believe, as a young adult, that three of my uncles who were younger than Bill had even more disdain for her. Jr., widely known as Bill Hearst), had reservations about Marion Davies. I knew that my dad, one of five sons (W.R. It seemed like a marvelous Disneyland, with sun-filled gardens, a compound on the scale of a hilltop Spanish village, an amazing art collection, and grand architecture-which meant nothing to me then, except that it was something impressive, extraordinary, rare and the garden smelled very good. As a little boy, I spent summer vacations at San Simeon, his castle in Central California. A dutiful grandson, I’ve always had the greatest regard for my grandfather. Time tends to soften the intensity of family wounds. ![]() It isn’t every day you are asked to review the biography of your grandfather’s mistress. ![]()
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