The Bride's Play

The Bride's Play is a 1922 American silent romance film produced by William Randolph Hearst as a starring vehicle for Marion Davies.

[1][2][3] As described in a film magazine,[4] Aileen Barrett (Davies) and Sir Fergus Cassidy (Standing) have been neighbors for years.

The stunning location shooting was done at Point Lobos on the Monterey Peninsula, a about 150 miles north of San Simeon, where William Randolph Hearst had begun building his castle in 1919.

For the New York City premiere, Hearst commissioned a symphonic score by George Spink (who also plays the butler), but this music now seems lost.

[5] A print of The Bride's Play is preserved in the Library of Congress collection Packard Campus for Audio-Visual Conservation.

The Bride's Play, 1922 ad