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Pandora's Box Nov 17, 2023

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When one door closes, another opens. How might an eviction lead to a brand new life in a luxury hotel?

November 5th, 1932, Cobina Wright moves out of her Sutton Place home and now becomes homeless along with her 10 year daughter Lil Cobina Wright, Jr. At the last minute, an opportunity arrives to live at the luxurious Waldorf-Astoria hotel.

Other people and subjects include: William May Wright aka “Bill,” Lucius Boomer, Ted Saucier, Elsa Maxwell, William Waldorf Astor, Caroline Astor, Carrie Astor, Orme Wilson, Jr., Grace Wilson Vanderbilt, John Jacob Astor VI aka “Jakey,” Vincent Astor, Princess Ava Alice Astor Obolensky, James “Henry” Van Alen, William “Sam” Van Alen, Princess Louise Van Alen Mdivani, Josep Maria Sert, Alva Vanderbilt Belmont, Consuelo Vanderbilt, Jay Gould, Bertha Russell, Gladys Russell, George Russell, Wall Street Crash of 1929, moving, Sutton Place, Sutton Club, Waldorf-Astoria, Waldorf-Astoria Manhattan, Sert Room, Basildon Room, Jade Room, ballroom, The Gilded Age tv series, pain, joy, grit, resilience, hope

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Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: Smoke Gets In Your Eyes by Freddy Gardner, Album Elegance 2
Section 2 Music: The Younger Generation by Ray Noble, Album The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30s
Section 3 Music: Sing A Song of Sunbeams by Ronnie Munro & Orchestra, Albums Tea Dance 2 & The Great Bands Dance Bands Play Hits Of The 30s
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

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Dummy Accounts Oct 29, 2023

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One couple deals with more betrayal when litigation publicly reveals financial secrets.

September 23rd – October 27th, 1932, William May Wright, aka “Bill,” returns to New York to deal with litigation involving his former stockbroker firm. Cobina Wright hopes that they will be able to rekindle their relationship, but other troubles arise from the lawsuit as their financial troubles are announced in the press.

Other people and subjects include: Lil Cobina Wright, Jr., Doris Duke, Nanaline Duke, Walker Inman, James H.R. Cromwell aka “Jimmy,” Jessie Woolworth Donahue, cheating, affairs, Wall Street Crash of 1929, Wright, Slade, & Company, Shields Company, stockbroker, Ponzi scheme, pyramid scheme, dummy accounts, shell game, accounting, fraud, Casa Cobina, tracking down past details, 1932 court case, cheating, affairs, different language and wording, losing home to IRS, parental divorce, Savings and Loan, Arthur Anderson, Enron, other losses, cycle of history

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Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: A Foggy Day by Carroll Gibbons, Album Sophistication 3
Section 2 Music: Nightfall by Benny Carter & His Orchestra, Album Nightfall – Sophisticated Jazz Classics
Section 3 Music: Top Hat, White Tie and Tails by Carroll Gibbons & Boy Friends, Album Sophistication – Songs of the Thirties
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

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Dame Rumor Oct 14, 2023

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Deceptions run high as another divorce is announced and a grand home re-opens. Can’t these people get their stories straight already?

September 27th – October 14th, 1932, a divorce rumor spreads far and wide as involves one of the Mdivani siblings getting a divorce. But is it true, and if is so who? In other news, E.T. Stotesbury heads back to the United States on the maiden voyage of the Italian ocean liner Rex, but Mrs. Eva Stotesbury doesn’t arrive with him. Another Mdivani ends up in court.

Other people and subjects include: Doris Duke, Barbara Hutton, Cobina Wright, William May Wright, Prince Alexis Mdivani, Louis Van Alen, James “Henry” Van Alen, William “Sam” Van Alen, James H.R. Cromwell aka “Jimmy,” Oliver “Tony” Cromwell, Prince Serge Mdivani, Princess Mary McCormic Mdivani, formerly Princess Pola Negri Mdivani, Rudolph Valentino, Prince David Mdivani, Princess Mae Murray Mdivani, Princess Nina Mdivani Huberich, Princess Roussadana “Roussie” Mdivani Sert, Josep Maria Sert, Alva Vanderbilt Belmont, Frederick Prince, Michael Luddy, Marjorie Berger, General Pershing, Italian Premier Il Deuce Benito Mussolini, New York mayor James “Jimmy” Walker, President Herbert Hoover, FDR – Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Sam Insull, Ivar Kreuger, Caldwell & Company, 1932 presidential election, Ponzi schemes, Lionel Robbins, 1930s economic meltdown, great depression vs the Great Depression term, oil ventures, charter plane, air travel, ocean liner, Blue Riband, Nord Deutscher Llyod – North German Lloyd, Rex, Conte di Savoia, Bremen, Europa, Ile de France, Normandie, Aquitania, Olympic, Majestic, the Titanic, Whitemarsh Hall, Sutton Club, New York, Marble House, Ritz-Carlton, Genoa, Trieste, Gibraltar, Paris, Delaware River, Chicago, suicide, earthquake in Greece, World War II bombing, rumors, divorce, truth, public overly romantic lives, Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, unconscious coupling, Gwynneth Paltrow, Cold Play Chris Martin, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Halle Berry, Olivier Martinez, Joe Jonas, Sophie Turner, Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith

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Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: It’s the Talk of the Town by Ambrose, Album The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30s
Section 2 Music: Swingin’ The Blues by Benny Carter & His Orchestra, Album Perfect Blues
Section 3 Music: Says My Heart / You Leave Me Breathless by Carroll Gibbons, Album Elegance
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

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A Cozy Little Companion Oct 01, 2023

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An heiress is trapped and a love triangle exposed when forbidden lovers get caught beneath the sheets.

Late summer 1932, Barbara Hutton joins Princess Louise Van Alen Mdivani and Prince Alexis Mdivani at the Spanish countryside estate of his sister Princess Roussadana “Roussie” Midvani Sert. Over the course of the visit, the former royals entrap Barbara with a compromising situation.

Other people and subjects include: James “Henry” Van Alen, William “Sam” Van Alen, Silvia de Rivas de Castellane, Prince Serge Mdivani, Prince David Mdivani, Princess Nina Mdivani Huberich, Josep Maria Sert, Coco Chanel, Salvador Dali, Marlene Dietrich, Elsa Maxwell, Adela Rogers St. John, Mas Juny estate in Palamos, Spain, Montmarte district in Paris, bohemia, biography / biographies, determining facts, inaccuracies, redemption, family and friendship betrayals, seduction, fortune hunters, playboys, modern dating, online dating, lack of romance, negging, hetero-flexible, homo-flexible, dick pics, pornographic references, explicit come-ons, desire for romance, rebuilding life & love, divorce, true love, misaligned attraction, romance

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Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: Plain Mary Jane by Mrs. Jack Hylton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 2 Music: You Go To My Head by Joe Loss, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 3 Music: Love Walked In by Carroll Gibbons & The Savoy Hotel Orpheans, Album The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30s
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

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The Hunter Class Sep 17, 2023

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Despite small implosions everywhere, some hide their true situations while prancing around like prized ponies at a horse show.

Over the summer of 1932, James H.R. Cromwell, aka “Jimmy,” pursues Doris Duke around France. Meanwhile, his mother Eva Stotesbury and stepfather E.T. “Ned” Stotesbury sponsor a horse show back in the Philadelphia area even while they remain abroad. Doris’s mother Nanaline Duke grows suspicious over the state of the Stotesbury fortune.

Other people and subjects include: Cobina Wright, Walker Inman, Evalyn Walsh McLean, Delphine Dodge Cromwell Baker, Raymond Baker, Christine Cromwell, Anna Dodge Dillman, Louise Brooks, New York Governor Franklin Roosevelt, President Herbert Hoover, Grace Fortescue, Thalia Massie, Clarence Darrow, Billie Dove, Lydia Anita Vittoria Bodrero, Valentine Everit Macy, Jr., Max Krone, Earl of Poulett, Lord Fairhaven, Sir Alec Cunningham-Reid, Ruth Mary Clarisse Ashley, Mrs. John Hay Whitney, Two Leggons show gelding – horse, Bon Diable horse, Mrs. William DuPont, Quarryman horse, Philadelphia Riders and Drivers, Rush Hospital for Consumptives, debutante balls, fortune hunters, marriage proposals, Lindbergh kidnapping, private detective, bodyguards, limousine, Whitemarsh Hall, Stotesbury Clubhouse, Wissahickon Farms, horse show, hunter class, jumper, Cannes, France, Bar Harbor, Newport, London, Philadelphia, Venice, Whitemarsh Township, Springfield Township, Wissahickon Kennel Club, coal mining town Stotesbury, West Virginia, Stotesbury Cup, rowing, George Washington, American Revolution, Edwina Ashley, Lord Louis Mountbatten, Prince Philip, King Charles III – former Prince of Wales, Stotesbury Regatta Cup, legacy vs. fortune

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Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: Did You Mean It? By Jack Hylton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 2 Music: On The Air by Carroll Gibbons, Albums More Sophistication & Tea Dance 2
Section 3 Music: It Had To Be You by Carroll Gibbons, Album It’s Got To Be Love
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

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World's Best Kept Man Sep 02, 2023

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At another sunny beach enclave, a romance blooms into a twisted love triangle between a prince and two heiresses.

Summers 1931 & 1932, the interchange of people and events cause a blurring of timelines. At fashion designer Jean Patou’s residence, sparks between Prince Alexis Mdivani and Barbara Hutton reverses a love triangle much to the humiliation of Princess Louise Van Alen Mdivani a little over a year into her marriage.

Other people and subjects include: Elsa Maxwell, Princes Roussadana “Roussie” Mdivani Sert, Josep Maria Sert, Prince Serge Mdivani, Prince David Mdivani, Daisy Van Alen, James “Henry” Van Alen, William “Sam” Van Alen (*not mentioned directly), Doris Duke, Nanaline Duke, Jessie Woolworth Donahue, Frederick Vanderbilt, Audrey “Chico” Kilvert, Silvia de Rivas de Castellane, Lost Midnight Brigade, Alice-Leone Moats, William Fisk, Countess Dorothy Di Frasso, Gary Cooper, Cholly Knickerbocker, Noel Coward, Cole Porter, Caroline Astor, Place Etats-Unis, Waldorf Astoria Sert murals, Biarritz, Cannes, various unreliable sources, complications in reconstructing timelines, social media, artificial intelligence, Paris Hilton, Prince Harry, Meghan Markle

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Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: Sunshine by Jack Hylton, Album Fascinating Rhythm – Great Hits of the 20s
Section 2 Music: One In A Million by Brian Lawrance, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 3 Music: You Hit The Spot by Carroll Gibbons, Album The Age of Style – Hits from the 30s
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

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Millionaires Convention Aug 21, 2023

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Many feeling the economic pinch lower summer participation. But those who remain wealthy gather for another round of seaside fun.

August 1932, many millionaires return for another Tennis Week and more yacht races in Newport, Rhode Island. Frank Shields joins other tennis stars on the courts, while Vincent Astor and his yacht Nourmahal focus on seafaring activities. This sleepy seaside enclave is having one of its best seasons in over a decade, but the biggest news is the recent sale of Marble House.

Other people and subjects include: William “Sam” Van Alen, Elizabeth “Betty” Kent Van Alen, James “Henry” Van Alen, Eleanor Van Alen, Princess Louise Van Alen Mdivani, Prince Alexis Mdivani, Frank Shields, John Jacob Astor VI aka “Jakey,” Doris Duke, Nanaline Duke, Barbara Hutton, Huntington Hartford, Henrietta Hartford, Mary Lee Epling Hartford, Helen Dinsmore Astor, Caroline Astor, Carrie Astor, John Jacob Astor IV aka “Jack,” William Backhouse Astor, Jr., William K. Vanderbilt, Alva Vanderbilt Belmont, Consuelo Vanderbilt, Duke of Marlborough, Jacques Balsan, Harold Vanderbilt aka “Mike,” Oliver H.P. Belmont, Elise Robson Belmont, Alice Vanderbilt, Cornelius Vanderbilt II, Grace Wilson Vanderbilt, Cornelius “Neily” Vanderbilt III, Cornelius “Neil” Vanderbilt, Gladys Vanderbilt Szechenyi, Gladys Szechenyi, Gloria Vanderbilt, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, Ellsworth Vines, Wilmer Allison, Gregory Mangin, George Lott, Bunny Austin, Fred Perry, Clyde Adams, Maud Barger-Wallach, Mary Booker, Ogden Mills, Frederick Prince, William Stewart, Mrs. William Goadby “Queenie” Loew, Atwater Kent, King Edward VII of England, King George V of England, Queen Elizabeth II of England, King Charles III of England, Astor Cup, King’s Cup, America’s Cup, Nourmahal, Weetamoe, Vanitie, Lone Star, Marble House, Beechwood, Beaulieu, Rough Point, Seaverge, Wakehurst, the Elm, By-The-Sea, Crossways, Newport Casino, Clambake Club, Bailey’s Beach, Richard Morris Hunt, Charles Lindbergh, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Jon Morrow Lindbergh, lottery winner, David Lee Edwards, Gloria MacKenzie, Edwin Castro

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**Section 1 Music:**Sunshine by Jack Hylton, Album Fascinating Rhythm – Great Hits of the 20s

**Section 2 Music:**One In A Million by Brian Lawrance, Album The Great British Dance Bands

Section 3 Music: You Hit The Spot by Carroll Gibbons, Album The Age of Style – Hits from the 30s

End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

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Ties That Bind Aug 06, 2023

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Hoping that a change in political power will end the ongoing Great Depression, one heir vows his continuing and undying support to a presidential nominee.

A lifelong friendship develops between a young heir and his neighbor, a distant relative and a future president. Through personal tragedies and triumphs, Vincent Astor and Franklin Delano Roosevelt support each other to establish common goals to help the poor as well as have fun and playfulness.

Other people and subjects include: John Jacob Astor VI aka “Jakey,” Princess Ava Alice Muriel Astor Obolensky, Helen Dinsmore Astor, Caroline Astor, John Jacob Astor IV aka “Jack,” Lady Ava Lowle Willing Astor Ribblesdale, Madeleine Talmage Astor Force, Sara Delano Roosevelt, John Jacob Astor I, William Backhouse Astor, Sr., Laura Astor Delano, William Backhouse Astor, Jr., Helen Schermerhorn Astor Roosevelt, President Theodore Roosvelt, Kermit Roosevelt, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, Alice Roosevelt, James Roosevelt I, James Roosevelt Roosevelt aka “Rosey” Rosie Rosy, Tadd Roosevelt, Helen Roosevelt, George Roosevelt, FDR’s son James Roosevelt II, Warren Delano, Jr., Franklin Hughes Delano, Phillippe De Lannoy – Philip Delano, John Raskob, Dutchess County, Rhinebeck, Hyde Park, Ferncliffe, Springwood, Beechwood, Noma yacht, Nourmahal yacht, opium trade, snobbery, Knickerbockers, Mayflower passengers, Plymouth colonists, New York governor mansion, 1932 presidential race, New Deal reforms, Harvard, Columbia, law school, Titanic, polio, World War I, Lusitania, World War II, Assistant Secretary to the Navy, President Woodrow Wilson, President Herbert Hoover, Cuff Links Gang, Nourmahal Gang, King Edward VIII – Prince of Wales – Duke of Windsor, King George VI – Prince Albert – Duke of York, Queen Elizabeth – Queen Mum, Queen Elizabeth II, King Charles III, Prince William, John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Ulysses S. Grant, William Harrison, Benjamin Harrison, William Taft, Zachary Taylor, Martin Van Buren, George Washington, Betsey Cushing, Mary “Minnie” Cushing, Barbara “Babe” Cushing, Stanley Mortimer, Jr., William “Bill” Paley, presidential election 2024, friends, neighbors, family, kinship, step-sibling vs. half sibling

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If possible, please consider donating blood via Red Cross, https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/find-drive

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Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

Section 1 Music: Crazy Rhythm by Victor Silvester, Album The Great British Dance Bands

**Section 2 Music:**Eeny Meeny Miney Mo by Harry Roy, Albums The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30s & Tea Dance 2

Section 3 Music: One Two, Button Your Shoe by Jack Hylton, Album The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30s

End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

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A Special Touch Jul 24, 2023

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A tennis sensation returns to play both on and off the courts. Wherever he goes hijinks will ensue.

June – August 1932, plenty of sports competitions are occurring around the world. Frank Shields returns for Wimbledon and Davis Cup with more antics with his teammates.

Other people and subjects include: Huntington Hartford, John Jacob Astor VI aka “Jakey,” James “Henry” Van Alen, William “Sam” Van Alen, Rebecca “Billie” Tenny Shields, Julie Seligson, Wilmer Allison, Helen Wills Moody Roark, Baron Gottfried von Cramm, Daniel Prenn, Bunny Austin, Fred Perry, Betty Nuthall, Jean Borotra, Jiro Sato, Roger Federer, Serena Williams, Steffi Graff, Dorothea Lambert Chambers, Pete Sampras, Novak Djokovic, William Renshaw, Andre Agassi, Chris Eubanks, Carlos Alcaraz, Boris Becker, Lottie Dod, Wilfred Baddeley, Martina Hingis, Andy Murray, Amateur Era, Open Era, massage, tennis fashion trend knee length skirts, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Queen Mary of England, King George V of England, King Manuel of Portugal, King Gustav V of Sweden, Miss Verle Lowe, Jesse Owens, Olympics 1936 Berlin, Wimbledon 1932, Wimbledon 1931, Davis Cup, Wimbledon records, Davis Cup records, Olympics 1932, Los Angeles, Olympics Village, Olympic Boulevard, Baron Takeichi Nishi, horse Uranus, Olympic mascot Smoky, female Olympic events, Babe Didrickson, Stanislawa Walasiewicz, intersex, homosexuality, dangers in sports, gladiator games, soccer / football in Mayan rituals, polo, Persian cavalry, athlete comradery, dangers in sports, rise of Nazi regime, Nazi athlete bans & imprisonments, protests, Aryan ideology and supremacy, good sportsmanship, definitions and metrics, Katherine Middleton – Princess of Wales – Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William – Prince of Wales, Prince George of Wales, Princess Charlotte of Wales

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Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

Section 1 Music: Kansas City Kitty by The Rhythmic Eight, Album Fascinating Rhythm – Great Hits of the 20s

Section 2 Music:It’s An Old Southern Custom by Carroll Gibbons, Album The Age of Style – Hits from the 30s

Section 3 Music:Eeny Meeny Miney Mo by Harry Roy, Albums The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30s & Tea Dance 2

End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

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Social Swirl Jul 08, 2023

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Annual summer competitions and events are in full swing, and a once unfashionable heiress is now as notably stylish as a queen.

June 1932 brings lots of bad news that bleeds into July 1932 with Lindbergh kidnapping and hoax trials and the collapse of the Insull energy empire.Thus distraction and fascination is back on the wealthy as they enjoy their summer activities. Doris Duke makes fashionable statements at Royal Ascot and a dinner party.

Other people and subjects include: Nanaline Duke, Princess Louise Van Alen Mdivani, Prince Alexis Mdivani, Daisy Van Alen, William “Sam” Van Alen, James “Henry” Van Alen, Princess Mary McCormic Mdivani, Prince Serge Mdivani, Princess Mae Murray Mdivani, Prince David Mdivani, John Jacob Astor VI aka “Jakey”, Vincent Astor, Helen Astor, Madeleine Talmage Astor Dick, Enzo Fiermonte, Cornelius “Neil” Vanderbilt IV, Grace Wilson Vanderbilt, Alice Vanderbilt, Countess Gladys Vanderbilt Szechenyi, Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney – Gertrude Vanderbilt, Virginia “Birdie” Graham Fair Vanderbilt, Caroline Astor, Mrs. M. Orme Wilson – Carrie Astor, Alva Vanderbilt Belmont, William K. Vanderbilt, Harold Vanderbilt, William H. Vanderbilt, Gloria Vanderbilt, Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt, Viscountess Thelma Morgan Furness, Queen Mary of England, Prince of Wales – Prince David – King Edward VIII – Duke of Windsor, Josephine Hartford Makarov, Evalyn Walsh McLean, Charles Lindbergh, Gaston Means, Violet Sharpe, John Hughes Curtis, Lindbergh kidnapping, fraud, hoaxes, Earl of Poulet, Bridget Poulet, Sam Insull, Insull energy empire collapse, John D. Rockefeller, Edith Rockefeller McCormick, Mrs. “Syrie” Somerset Maugham, Liza Maugham, Constance Bennet, Garrow Greer, Dr. Wallace Murphy, all-white décor trend, Astor yacht Nourmahal, Chicago Civic Opera, Chicago, Newport, London, Royal Ascot, Buckingham Palace, royal garden party, 1932 Olympics, repetition device for reconnecting & familiarizing the past, synchronicity, rabbit holes, ties that bind, HBO’s The Gilded Age tv series, accolades change to criticisms, wealth and fame magnification of attention, schadenfreude, malicious envy, self-righteous indignation Titanic, Titan submersible, immigrant boat disaster, Hamish Harding’s son, Cardi B, Blink-182 concert, public humiliation and flogging, fishbowl microscope, Meghan Markle, Prince Harry, social media posts, social blunders, scandal

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Thursday, July 13th, 8pm EST / 5pm PST – Waldorf Astoria Hotel Part 1: A New Standard of Luxury (pre-1929), Come learn more about the Astor family dispute behind the famous hotel and its construction as well as the hotel's influence on luxury travel and fine dining. Connections to the Titanic as well as other events and famous people will also be explored. But all good things come to an end.

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Thursday, July 20th, 8pm EST / 5pm PST – Waldorf Astoria Hotel New York Part 2: Manhattan's Grandest Hotel (1931-present), The second version of this fine luxury hotel comes during the dawn of new era which will bring new challenges and excitement. A lingering Astor family connection adds to the saga until a new family the Hilton dynasty rises and takes over. More celebrities and events will add to allure of this hotel. Finally, updates reveal the recent renovations, an auction, and the future for the third incarnation.

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Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

Section 1 Music: With Thee I Swing by Carroll Gibbons, Album The Age of Style – Hits from the 30s

Section 2 Music:Ain’t She Sweet by Piccadilly Revels Band, Album Charleston – Great Stars Of the 20s

Section 3 Music:Plain Mary Jane by Mrs. Jack Hylton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

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