Happy Birthday, Marion! 2020

When: This event is in the past
January 26 11:00am – 2:00pm, 2020

Location: Annenberg Community Beach House 415 Pacific Coast Hwy Santa Monica, CA

Join the Santa Monica Conservancy in celebrating Happy Birthday, Marion! This free event, for all ages, celebrates silent film actress, philanthropist, famed party hostess, and original Beach House resident, Marion Davies.

From 11 am – 2 pm guests can cut a rug with LA Love Band and dancers from Arthur Murray Santa Monica, delight in sleight of hand with entertainer Tom Frank, and enjoy snapping vintage-style photos. Conservancy docents in vintage attire will evoke Marion’s Hollywood circle and Davies’ biographer Lara Fowler offers insight into Marion’s life at the 1928 Julia Morgan designed Guest House. New to this year’s annual event is a group photo of costumed guests and a cakewalk.

At 1:30 p.m. a bubbly toast will cap the interactive portion of the event. At 2 p.m. the Guest House will close, the festivities conclude, and guests will move to the Event House where film historian Elaina Friedrichsen will introduce the 1933 MGM film Peg o’ My Heart, produced by and starring Marion Davies.

Guests are welcome to come in their favorite Gold Coast era attire or in costume as if attending one of Davies’ famed costume parties. To attend the event, RSVP here.

Reservations are recommended. All ages welcome. Parking is available in the lot for $3 per hour or $8 per day. Ample bike parking is available; please bring a lock. A Breeze Bike Share station is conveniently located at the Annenberg Community Beach House.