ly , ▁and ▁Bur ied ▁Tre asure ▁all ▁with ▁new ▁music ▁scores . ▁ ▁Port ray als ▁of ▁Dav ies ▁Dav ies ▁was ▁commonly ▁assumed ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁insp iration ▁for ▁the ▁Susan ▁Alexander ▁character ▁port rayed ▁in ▁Or son ▁W elles ' s ▁Cit izen ▁K ane ▁( 1 9 4 1 ), ▁which ▁was ▁based ▁lo os ely ▁on ▁H ear st ' s ▁life . ▁This ▁led ▁to ▁various ▁port ray als ▁of ▁Dav ies ▁as ▁a ▁talent less ▁opportun ist . ▁In ▁his ▁for ew ord ▁to ▁Dav ies ' ▁aut obi ography , ▁The ▁Times ▁We ▁Had ▁( pub lished ▁post hum ously ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 5 ), ▁W elles ▁wrote ▁that ▁his ▁fict ional ▁creation ▁be ars ▁no ▁res embl ance ▁to ▁Dav ies : ▁ ▁That ▁Susan ▁was ▁K ane ' s ▁wife ▁and ▁Mar ion ▁was ▁H ear st ' s ▁mist ress ▁is ▁a ▁difference ▁more ▁important ▁than ▁might ▁be ▁guess ed ▁in ▁today ' s ▁changed ▁climate ▁of ▁opinion . ▁The ▁wife ▁was ▁a ▁pu ppet ▁and ▁a ▁prisoner ; ▁the ▁mist ress ▁was ▁never ▁less ▁than ▁a ▁prin cess . ▁H ear st ▁built ▁more ▁than ▁one ▁castle , ▁and ▁Mar ion ▁was ▁the ▁host ess ▁in ▁all ▁of ▁them : ▁they ▁were ▁pleasure ▁dom es ▁indeed , ▁and ▁the ▁Beautiful ▁People ▁of ▁the ▁day ▁fought ▁for ▁inv itations . ▁X an adu ▁was ▁a ▁lon ely ▁for tr ess , ▁and ▁Susan ▁was ▁quite ▁right ▁to ▁escape ▁from ▁it