Blevins Davis

Blevins Davis (1903-July 16, 1971) was an American playwright and theatrical producer.

Blevins Davis, the only son of Charles A. Davis and his wife, grew up in Independence, Missouri. Davis grew up next to the Harry S. Truman family and was a lifelong friend and White House visitor of Harry, Bess and Margaret.

Davis attended old Kansas City Junior College and, for a short time in the class of 1925 at Princeton University. He graduated from the University of Missouri in 1925. After teaching in Independence, Davis studied at Yale University.

Davis returned to Independence and taught at the William Chrisman High School. He later worked at NBC in New York as the Educational Programs Supervisor. By 1949, Davis was the Ballet Theater of New York's president. He was also a member of the American National Theater Association's board of directors. Davis produced Hamlet at the Elsinore Castle in Denmark. It was the first American production of the play in Denmark. He produced the 1952 touring revival of Porgy and Bess, which starred Cab Calloway, William Warfield, and Leontyne Price. The State Department sponsored his taking the productions to Madrid and Moscow.

Davis became owner of a weekly Cripple Creek, Colorado newspaper in 1951. The Cripple Creek District Museum in Colorado was founded by Blevins Davis and Margaret Giddings in 1953. Due to financial obligations of more than $400,00, Davis sold his Glendale Farm in 1959.

In 1946, Davis married Marguerite Sawyer Hill, the widow of James N. Hill. Margaret was an art patron, socialite, and heiress to a railroad fortune. She owned Big Tree Farm in Glen Head, New York on Long Island.

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