▁of ▁newspaper ▁ty co on ▁William ▁Rand olph ▁H ear st . ▁ ▁He ▁then ▁took ▁over ▁management ▁of ▁her ▁career . ▁H ear st ▁fin anced ▁Dav ies ' ▁pictures ▁and ▁promoted ▁her ▁heavily ▁through ▁his ▁newsp apers ▁and ▁H ear st ▁News re els . ▁He ▁founded ▁Cos m opol itan ▁Pictures ▁to ▁produce ▁her ▁films . ▁H ear st ▁preferred ▁to ▁see ▁her ▁in ▁historical ▁dram as , ▁but ▁her ▁real ▁talent ▁was ▁in ▁comedy . ▁Today ▁Dav ies ▁is ▁remembered ▁mainly ▁as ▁H ear st ' s ▁mist ress ▁until ▁his ▁death , ▁and ▁as ▁the ▁host ess ▁of ▁many ▁lav ish ▁events ▁for ▁the ▁Hollywood ▁el ite . ▁In ▁particular , ▁her ▁name ▁is ▁linked ▁with ▁the ▁ 1 9 2 4 ▁sc andal ▁ab o ard ▁H ear st ' s ▁y acht ▁when ▁one ▁of ▁his ▁guests , ▁film ▁producer ▁Thomas ▁In ce , ▁died . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁film ▁Cit izen ▁K ane ▁( 1 9 4 1 ), ▁the ▁title ▁character ' s ▁second ▁wife — an ▁un tal ented ▁singer ▁whom ▁he ▁tries ▁to ▁promote — was ▁widely ▁assumed ▁to ▁be ▁based ▁on ▁Dav ies . ▁But ▁many ▁comment ators , ▁including ▁Cit izen ▁K ane ▁writer / direct or ▁Or son ▁W elles ▁himself , ▁have ▁def ended ▁Dav ies ' ▁record ▁as ▁a ▁gift ed ▁actress , ▁to ▁whom ▁H ear st ' s ▁patron age ▁did ▁more ▁harm ▁than ▁good . ▁She ▁retired ▁from ▁the ▁screen ▁in ▁ 1 9