William Randolph Hearst
American newspaper publisher (1863-1951) · United States · On the map · Politicians · Died at 88
William Randolph Hearst was an American newspaper publisher and politician. He laid the foundation for the Hearst family's mass media empire via his control of the Hearst Corporation.
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Marion Davies William produced When Knighthood Was in Flower (1922)
Lionel Barrymore William produced Unseeing Eyes (1923)
Forrest Stanley William produced When Knighthood Was in Flower (1922)
Seena Owen William produced Back Pay and Unseeing Eyes
Raoul Barré Also in Feet Is Feet: A Phable (1915)
Flora Finch William produced When Knighthood Was in Flower (1922)
Louis Wolheim William produced Little Old New York (1923)
Margaret Seddon William produced Quality Street (1927)
Gregory La Cava Also in A Smash-Up In China (1919)
Frederick Burr Opper Also in Throwing the Bull (1918)
George Siegmann William produced The Red Mill (1927)
Alma Rubens William produced Humoresque (1920)
Rudolph Valentino William produced Patria (1917)
Wallace Beery William produced Patria (1917)
Franchot Tone William produced Gabriel Over the White House (1933)
Conrad Nagel William produced Quality Street (1927)
Mischa Auer William produced Gabriel Over the White House (1933)
Owen Moore William produced The Red Mill (1927)
Anita Stewart William produced The Great White Way (1924)
Jean Parker William produced Gabriel Over the White House (1933)
William Worthington William produced Gabriel Over the White House (1933)
Miriam Battista William produced Humoresque (1920)
Spencer Charters William produced Little Old New York (1923)
Wyndham Standing William produced Bride's Play (1922)
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Hearst c. 1885
An ad asking automakers to place ads in Hearst chain, noting their circulation
A caricature of Hearst published in The Wasp, November 21, 1896
Left to right: Hearst, Robert G. Vignola, and Arthur Brisbane during the filming of Vignola's The World and His Wife in New York City in April 1920
Hearst, c. 1900
"The Wizard of Ooze," a 1906 political cartoon, shows Hearst as the Scarecrow character from the book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz sliding helplessly into a mud puddle while the stick that had held him upright still supports his hat. The cartoon was drawn by William Allen Rogers and published in Harper's Weekly.
A cartoon from the October 31, 1905, edition of Puck magazine; seen as supporting "Hoist" in his bid for governor are Happy Hooligan, Foxy Grandpa, Alphonse and Gaston, Buster Brown, The Katzenjammer Kids, and Maud the mule. All of these comic strips ran in newspapers owned by Hearst.About this person
His extravagant methods of yellow journalism influenced the nation's popular media by emphasizing sensationalism and human-interest stories. Hearst entered the publishing business in 1887 with Mitchell Trubitt after being entrusted with The San Francisco Examiner by his wealthy father, Senator George Hearst.
