and he also used frances marion who is one of the top screen writers in hollywood. she wrote screen plays for marion davies but also for every other leading star. she said that the place had almost nothing of the human about it. it so magical except for all the human beings who did their best to destroy the illusion with their behavior. it was prohibition and hearst was not a drinker. and very sadly, i think, marion davies she was. this was in "citizen cane" seemed a low blow for someone who was very kind to one and all that susan alexander cane was an opera singer who couldn't act, that may have been based on other kind of millionaires who were opera singer who couldn't sing. people thought that marion was an actor who couldn't act. the alcoholism of the character seems to have been a direct jab. i think that hearst didn't want the guests to over drink because the it was a temptation to marion. because it was a danger to the art collection. not many stories of wild parties. he after all was in his 60s and 70s and 80s and some of these guests were hardly out of thei

france who came to this country specifically, a, to defeat batman, and b, to take our academy awards. her latest is called "two days, one night." today it earned her an oscar nomination. please welcome marion> i'm good. >> jimmy: thank you for coming. i have to admit i've been practicing your name all day and i hope i got it right, did i? marion cotillard. >> yeah. >> jimmy: is that good? >> it's marion cotillard. >> jimmy: oh. i didn't do that. >> but it's close. >> jimmy: close enough? >> close enough. >> jimmy: i would imagine here in the united states people butcher it frequently. >> yeah. but -- so that's okay. i mean, if i would go to china and i had to pronounce chinese name i would probably -- i would probably pronounce it wrong. >> jimmy: that is a benevolent way of putting it i have to say. congratulations on your oscar nomination. that's a big deal. [ cheers and applause ] were you up? were you awake when the announcements were made? did you wake up early to see if your name would be mentioned? >> that was a big surprise for me. and i didn't expect -- expect -- i do accept it. i totally accept it. no, i didn't expect it at all. and i went to bed very, very late. >> jimmy: oh, yo