In Popular Culture
1961 Citizen Hearst: A Biography of William Randolph Hearst by W.A. Swanberg
1996 saw the publication of Murder at San Simeon (Scribner) a novel by Patricia Hearst (William Randolph's granddaughter) and Cordelia Frances Biddle. It's a fictionalized version of this murder, presenting Chaplin and Davies as lovers and Hearst as the jealous old man unwilling to share his mistress with anyone else.
The 1999 film RKO 281, about the making of Citizen Kane, includes a scene depicting Mankiewicz telling Welles of his account of the incident.
A 2001 film directed by Peter Bogdanovich, The Cat's Meow, tells a tale based on the rumors. Bogdanovich claims that he heard the story of Ince's death from director Orson Welles, who in turn said he heard it from writer Herman J. Mankiewicz while they were writing Citizen Kane. In Bogdanovich's film, Ince is portrayed by Cary Elwes. It was adapted by Steven Peros from his own play.
Read more about this topic: Thomas H. Ince
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