▁Since ▁E ve ▁( 1 9 3 7 ). ▁Mir ror ing ▁events ▁at ▁M GM , ▁W arn ers ▁purchased ▁the ▁rights ▁to ▁the ▁play ▁T ov ar ich ▁for ▁Dav ies , ▁but ▁the ▁film ▁version ▁T ov ar ich ▁was ▁given ▁to ▁Claud ette ▁Col bert . ▁H ear st ▁sho pped ▁Dav ies ▁and ▁Cos m opol itan ▁for ▁another ▁year , ▁but ▁no ▁de als ▁were ▁made , ▁and ▁the ▁actress ▁officially ▁retired . ▁In ▁ 1 9 4 3 , ▁Dav ies ▁was ▁offered ▁the ▁role ▁of ▁Mrs . ▁Brown ▁in ▁Claud ia , ▁but ▁H ear st ▁dis su aded ▁her ▁from ▁taking ▁a ▁supporting ▁role ▁and ▁t arn ishing ▁her ▁st arring ▁career . ▁In ▁her ▁ 4 5 ▁feature ▁films , ▁over ▁a ▁ 2 0 - year ▁period , ▁Dav ies ▁had ▁never ▁been ▁anything ▁but ▁the ▁star ▁and ▁always ▁got ▁first ▁b illing . ▁The ▁only ▁exceptions ▁were ▁films ▁in ▁which ▁she ▁appeared ▁as ▁herself , ▁and ▁un cred ited ▁came o ▁appearances . ▁ ▁When ▁Cos m opol itan ▁fol ded , ▁Dav ies ▁left ▁the ▁film ▁business ▁and ▁retre ated ▁to ▁San ▁S ime on . ▁Dav ies ▁would ▁later ▁state ▁in ▁her ▁aut obi ography ▁that ▁after ▁many ▁years ▁of ▁work ▁she ▁had ▁had ▁enough ▁and ▁decided ▁to ▁dev ote ▁herself ▁to ▁being ▁H ear st ' s ▁" comp an ion ▁and ▁conf id ante ". ▁In ▁truth , ▁she ▁was ▁intens ely ▁am bit ious , ▁but