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Marion Davies left the Santa Monica Gold Coast in 1947, but some of the grandeur she envisioned lingers on.
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Her tiled pool was resurrected by the Annenberg family, opening it up last year for use by the
little people.
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Her guest house remains and it is open to all to sit and visit 6 days a week.
You see that visitors like George Bernard Shaw, Charlie Chaplin and of course Randolph Hearst were the company that she kept.
Incredible views, sumptuous interiors with amazing woodwork and a white picket fence still there.