William Randolph Hearst

He created one of the great film classics of all time, but Orson Welles also did a major disservice to actress Marion Davies with "Citizen Kane." The writer/director/star's landmark 1941 film is a thinly veiled and highly critical account of newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst. Welles was also unsparing in his depiction of his protagonist Charles Foster Kane's second wife, Susan Alexander -- a boozy, suicidal and hopelessly untalented would-be opera singer.

As part of the "William Hearst, Marion Davies and Hollywood" series at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Blaine Bartell, senior newsreel preservationist at UCLA Film and Television Archive, will present a series of restored examples from the Hearst Metrotone News Collection at UCLA on Saturday evening. "Hearst was in partnership with the Fox corporation in order to have access to the sound-on-film technology," Bartell said.

The rich are getting richer, and their properties are getting pricier. The 1920s-era Beverly Hills mansion of William Randolph Hearst and Marion Davies was put on the market Monday for $165 million, making it the nation's most expensive residential listing. The pink stucco, H-shaped estate, dubbed Beverly House by the late newspaper magnate, is spread across 6.5 acres north of Sunset Boulevard.

A probate rumble, plus the legal affairs of Johnnie Cochran, Elke Sommer, Carrie Fisher, Spiderman and Godzilla. For decades, heirs of newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst have lived in fear of a clause in his will known by the daunting legal term in terrorem. It means what it says. Be afraid. Be very afraid. Challenge this will and you won't see a dime. And don't even think about suing.