HEARST, William Randolph.
William Randolph Hearst Signed Photograph.
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Item Number: RRB-152619
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Rare Portrait Photograph of Newspaper Magnate William Randolph Hearst; Inscribed by Him to Actress and Columnist Reine Davies
Striking original bust portrait photograph of the American newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst. Photographed by Harris and Ewing, the image captures Hearst looking directly into the camera. Inscribed diagonally in the image at lower left, "To Reine Davies who writes about the stars and is one. With best wishes from WR Hearst." The recipient, Reine Davies, was a Broadway actress and Hollywood gossip columnist and the elder sister of Marion Davies, the film actress who was Hearst's devoted companion for more than three decades. In very good condition. The piece measures 13.25 inches by 10.5 inches.
William Randolph Hearst was an American newspaper magnate who built the nation's largest newspaper chain and whose methods profoundly influenced American journalism during the Great Depression and beyond. He later expanded into magazines, creating the largest newspaper and magazine business in the world. His flamboyant brand of yellow journalism helped shape modern mass media, and his life and career famously inspired Orson Welles's film Citizen Kane. Hearst's grand California estate at San Simeon, known as Hearst Castle, became a legendary gathering place for the political and Hollywood elite of his day.
William Randolph Hearst Signed Photograph.
$1,850.00
In Stock