Millionheir

02/18/22 • 20 min

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Heiresses must always fight off fortune hunters willing to break their hearts for money. But there is another heir who presents a whole other level of danger.

Everyone gathers in Palm Beach for winter and lunch at the seasonal restaurant the Patio Lamaze. Barbara Hutton and Doris Duke meet and mingle with another heir and Broadway playboy Phil Plant, who is far more dangerous than all the rest.

Other people and subjects include: February 1931, Nanaline Duke, Franklyn Hutton, Jimmy Cromwell, Jessie Woolworth Donahue, James Donahue, Harry Winston, Evalyn Walsh McLean, Hope Diamond, Harry Winston, Mrs. Curtis Hutton aka Sophia Brownell, Countess Di Frasso, Constance Bennett, Adela Rogers St. Johns, Maise Caldwell, Morton Plant, Helene Jesmer, Claire Windsor, George LaMaze, personal injury lawsuit, triple homicide, Tinder Swindler, Inventing Anna, and the vulnerability of being conned.

Extra Notes / Call to Action:
Presidencies of the United States podcast by Jerry Landry, http://presidencies.blubrry.com/

Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.
Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: On The Beach At Bali Bali by Billy Merrin & His Commanders, Albums The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30s & Tea Dance 2
Section 2 Music: Ain’t She Sweet by Piccadilly Revels Band, Album Charleston – Great Stars Of the 20s
Section 3 Music: Temptation Rag by Harry Roy, Album The Great British Dance Bands
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

Heiresses must always fight off fortune hunters willing to break their hearts for money. But there is another heir who presents a whole other level of danger.

Extra Notes / Call to Action:
Presidencies of the United States podcast by Jerry Landry, http://presidencies.blubrry.com/

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Critic's Choice

Despite her own dire circumstances, one hostess continues her duties in supporting the arts. The show must always go on.

Supreme hostess Cobina Wright hosts a party to celebrate the Met opening of Deems Taylor’s new opera and Noel Coward. It’s another fabulous party, but everything seems to be an endless loop as things change while still staying the same.

Other people and subjects include: January – February 1931, Bill Wright, Algonquin Roundtable, George du Maurier, Owen Johnson, Dorothy Parker, Peter Pan, Daphne du Maurier (stories Rebecca & The Birds), Alfred Hitchcock, Lucrezia Bori, John Barrymore, Svengali, JM Barrie, Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla, Disney Fantasia, Russian ballet, Vaslav Nijinsky & Rite of Spring, Stravinsky, Lily James, Drew Barrymore, Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Freddie Highmore, and HBO’s Gilded Age & fortunes related to stories.

Extra Notes / Call to Action:
Instagram Gilded Age mentions: @MansionsoftheGildedAge, @TheGildedAgeSociety, and @GothamsGildedAge

@AsTheMoneyBurns & @PastPerfectVintageMusic
New York Adventure Club www.nyadventureclub.com

Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.
Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: Eeny Meeny Miney Mo by Harry Roy, Albums The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30s & Tea Dance 2
Section 2 Music: The Very Thought of You by Al Bowlly, Album More Sophistication
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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Believe It or Not

Many are talented and can do some pretty amazing things, but there is one trick that only a very few can do, Believe It or Not.

Plenty of manly activities fill the Palm Beach schedule amidst baseball, boxing, and burglaries. At the bat and base, Jimmy Cromwell and Phil Plant play for a charity police fundraiser.

Other people and subjects include: February 28th – March 5th, 1931, Barbara Hutton, Jimmy Cromwell, Bill Wright, (Ned) Ed Stotesbury, Marjorie Merriweather Post, EF Hutton, Jessie Woolworth Donahue, James Donahue, Prince Alexis Mdivani, Louise Van Alen, Elizabeth “Betty” Kent, Primo Carnera, Tommy Loughran, Horace Dodge, Jr., Atwater Kent, Max Baer, Albert Einstein, Frank Dolan, John Todd, charity events, Ripley’s Believe It or Not column & tv series, He-Man term in Our Gang and separate toy cartoon series, Buck Rogers, Daffy Duck as Duck Dodgers, and connection between Helene Jesmer & Batman’s Catwoman Julie Newmar.

Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.
Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 1 Music: Swingin’ The Blues by Benny Carter & His Orchestra, Album Perfect Blues
Section 2 Music: Swinging at Maida by Benny Carter & His Orchestra, Album Jazz Age!
Section 3 Music: I Feel Like A Feather In The Breeze 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