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Originally Posted by BifRayRock
Text accompanying the image below (from LAPL) identifies several of the notables mentioned in recent posts. It does not identify the individual with the cropped head sporting the clerical collar or nehru jacket behind the grassy knoll, . . er . . .um canopy.  
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October 31, 1928 reads, "Photo shows a distinguished group of filmland notables at a welcome party honoring Marion Davies, famous star just returned from a three-month trip abroad. Standing, left to right, Lorraine Eddy, Matt Moore, Aileen Pringle, Louis B. Mayer, Gloria Swanson, Harry D'Arrast, Miss Davies, Louella O. Parsons, Ricardo Cortez, Charlie Chaplin, Norma Shearer, Irving G. Thalberg, Harold Lloyd and Robert Z. Leonard. Seated in foreground are Harry Crocker, left, and William Haines. The French room of the Ambassador was transformed into likeness of a Parisian cafe for the surprise party greeting Miss Davies."
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Damn, how many kids did Marion have? Patricia was born on a three-month trip abroad in 1923, but I guess not all Davies' extensive trips abroad produced children.
1928 was the year Davies made "Show People" with Billy Haines. They look good together here too (he's sitting at her feet).
Buenos Aires-born Harry d'Abbadie D'Arrast (1897-1968), shown standing on Marion's right, has a killer bio:
"Harry d'Arrast's entry into the movie industry was somewhat unusual--he was wounded while serving in the French army during WW I, and while recuperating in a military hospital met French-born American film director George Fitzmaurice, who invited him to come to Hollywood after he had recovered. He did so, and got work as a researcher and technical adviser on several films, including Charles Chaplin's A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate (1923), then became Chaplin's assistant on The Gold Rush (1925). He made his directorial debut in 1927 and directed seven films until he left Hollywood in 1933. Although his output was sparse, his films were universally acclaimed for their wit, sophistication, beautiful photography and smooth pacing. D'Arrast often found himself in conflict with his producers, however, for his refusal to cut corners and speed up production, and in 1933 departed Hollywood for Europe. He made one film in Spain, then returned to his home in France. He spent the rest of his life at his family estate outside of Monte Carlo, and made his living at the roulette tables in the Monte Carlo casino."
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