The Tower - 4th Anniversary Bonus Episode

After years of struggle, a hostess gets to throw her most famous and popular annual event once again, so come and see who attends.April 1933, Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus arrives in New York, but everyone is more interested in the return of Cobina Wright’s Circus Ball at the Waldorf-Astoria.Other people and subjects include: James HR Cromwell aka “Jimmy,” William May Wright aka “Bill,” Prince Serge Obolensky, Elsa Maxwell, President Franklin Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, Prince David – Prince of Wales, King Edward VIII – Duke of Windsor, Wallis Simpson – Duchess of Windsor, Viscountess Thelma Morgan Furness, Virginia “Birdie” Graham Fair Vanderbilt, Lili Damita, Raymond Guest, Tony Biddle, servants Bruce & Fred, William “Bill” Paley, Samuel Klein, Mrs. Alexander Hamilton, Sally Tevis, Mrs. E. Marshall Field, Mrs. James Roosevelt, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Dall, Mr. & Mrs. John Hearst, Grand Duchess Marie, Countess de Forceville, bluebloods, George Gershwin, Ed Wynn, Eva La Galliene, Jimmy Durante, Hope Williams, Noel Coward, Fred Astaire, Clifton Webb, Fanny Ward, Beatrice Lillie, Fanny Brice, Charles Winninger, Lupe Velez, Cleon Throckmorton, Peter Arno, Cecil Beaton, Rosamund Pinchot, Rudy Vallee, Erna Gilsow, Lucrezia Bori, Marilyn Monroe, giraffe women – Red Karens from Karen Hills, Burma, National Geographic magazine, the Little Season, trained seal, donkey, elephants, calliope, ball park mustard, costume themes (Paris Apaches, Siamese twin, peasants, snake charmers, harem, cowboys, Cossack rider, aerialist, tight rope, juggler, pantomime, Pierrot, Pierrete, Annie Oakley, cellophane sylph) Greatest Show on Earth, Circus Ball, Society Circus Ball, Sassiety Circus, April in Paris, Butterfly Ball, Metropolitan Opera Ball, Nineteenth Century Parisian Carnival, beer garden, Prohibition, Cullen-Harrison Act of 1933, legalizing beer & wine, ocean liners Bremen, Olympic, Ile de France, Waldorf-Astoria New York, Jade Room Basildon Room, Grand Ballroom, Madison Square Garden, Colony Club, Ritz-Carlton, memoirs, multiple events of same name, blended details, circus, Ancient Rome, Ancient Greece, gladiators, menagerie, amphitheater, Philip Astley, John Bill Ricketts, George Washington, Joshuah Purdy Brown, Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus, P.T. Barnum, James Anthony Bailey, Golden Jubilee tour, traveling circus, traveling museum, canvas tent, Soviet circus, Lenin, Moscow Circus School, gymnastics, China, acrobatics, tin type – melanotype – ferrotype, metal polaroid, Daguerrotype, Adolphe Alexandre Martin, Civil War, Wild West, World War I, World War II, animal rights, carnivals, Middle Ages, Renaissance, minstrel shows, Greek god Dionysus, Roman god Saturnalia, Germanic Nordic goddess Nerthus, Carnival of Venice, Napoleon, Carnivale international locations, Mardi Gras, Boy Scouts of America, W.D. Boyce, Scouting Movement (British), James Baden-Powell, London fog, YMCA, Ernest Thompson Seton, Woodcraft Indians, Daniel Carter Beard, Sons of Daniel Boone, resilience, hope, chaotic times, pandemic, recovery, historical footage of war times, gas masks, bunny costumes, Lebanon Civil War, women having tea, humanity, better times--Extra Notes / Call to Action:New York Adventure Club www.nyadventureclub.comMansions of the Gilded Age & The Gilded Age Society by Gary LawranceInstagram: @MansionsoftheGildedAge and @TheGildedAgeSocietyhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/mansionsofthegildedagehttps://www.youtube.com/c/MansionsOfTheGildedAgeShare, like, subscribe--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 BandsSection 1 Music: Eeny Meeny Miney Mo by Harry Roy, Albums The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30s & Tea Dance 2Section 2 Music: Organ Grinder’s Swing by Jack Payne, Album The Great British Dance BandsSection 3 Music: One Two, Button Your Shoe by Jack Hylton, Album The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30sEnd Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands--https://asthemoneyburns.com/TW / IG – @asthemoneyburnsTwitter – https://twitter.com/asthemoneyburnsInstagram – https://www.instagram.com/asthemoneyburns/Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/asthemoneyburns/

A fortune hunter makes the final play to capture his main prize, but his final move might involve his recently discarded former prey.April 1933, Barbara Hutton continues her South Seas trip shopping for jade and avoiding press questions about her romantic status. Then she gets a big surprise while in Bangkok. Could her luck have finally changed?Other people and subjects include: Prince Alexis Mdivani, Louise Van Alen – formerly Princess Mdivani, Daisy Van Alen, Princess Roussadana “Roussie” Mdivani Sert, Josep Maria Sert, Princess Nina Mdivani Huberich, referred but not directly mentioned - Prince Serge Mdivani & Prince David Mdivani (plus wives Pola Negri, Mary McCormick, & Mae Murray), General Zakhari Mdivani, Franklyn Hutton, Irene Curley Bodde Hutton, Germaine “Ticki” Touquet, Countess Silvia de Rivas de Castellane, Count Boniface “Boni” de Castellane, Anna Gould de Castellane, Joseph Stalin, Russian Tsar Nicolas II Romanov, Phil Plant, James Blakeley, Raymond Guest, Morley Kennerley, Jean Kennerley, American consul, Bolshevik Revolution, Sino-Japanese situation, engagement, blackmail, divorce settlement, jade, jade luck monkeys, black pearl platinum engagement ring, black nail polish, telegrams, international phone calls, ocean liners Conte Ross, Ile de France, & Chitral, Dutch airplane, Radio City Music Hall, Palm Beach, Florida, Paris, Marseilles, France, Bangkok, Siam (modern Thailand), Saigon, French Indochina (modern Vietnam), Singapore, South Seas, the Orient, biographies and contemporary articles, tracking down dates and details, micro details, differing accounts, developing & researching for a tv show, questions in creation, fictionalization, choices, revealing all, story aftermath & ending, new reveals, overarching connections & threads, jewelry collection, jewel history & provenance, dating, romance, A.I. – artificial intelligence, objectification, myths, allegory, fairy tales & dark side, divorce--Extra Notes / Call to Action:Ye Olde Crime podcast by Lindsay Valenty and Madison Stanglhttps://www.yeoldecrimepodcast.com/https://pod.link/1514461061My Cramp Word episodehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIK4wtHDKjw&t=8shttps://www.yeoldecrimepodcast.com/episodes/bonus-as-the-money-burnshttps://pod.link/yeoldecrime/episode/c79c513f624a90527dd4fa8db9141fd2Share, like, subscribe--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 BandsSection 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 2Section 2 Music: Red Sails In The Sunset by Casani Club Orchestra, Album The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30sSection 3 Music: Let’s Fall In Love For The Last Time by Mantovani & His Tipica Orchestra, Albums The Great British Dance Bands & Tea Dance 2End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands--https://asthemoneyburns.com/TW / IG – @asthemoneyburnsTwitter – https://twitter.com/asthemoneyburnsInstagram – https://www.instagram.com/asthemoneyburns/Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/asthemoneyburns/

All they want is love. Everyone else wants their fortune.Fourth Year Anniversary recap and future storylines.Other people and subjects include: Barbara Hutton, Doris Duke, heirs, heiresses, marriages, divorces, weddings, scandals, betrayals, royalty, taxes, sports, life changes, challenges, envy, listener interactions--Extra Notes / Call to Action:Past Perfect Vintage Radio – Amazon’s Alexa, TuneIn Radio, myTunerRadio appshttps://www.pastperfect.com/radio/www.pastperfect.comMansions of the Gilded AgeInstagram: Mansions of the Gilded Age and The Gilded Age Society by Gary Lawrancehttps://www.facebook.com/groups/mansionsofthegildedagehttps://www.youtube.com/c/MansionsOfTheGildedAgeNew York Adventure Club www.nyadventureclub.com Stories of the Gilded Age *formerly Power Privilege & MoneyFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/powerprivilegemoneyInstagram: @powerprivilegemoneyWhat’s Her Name Podcast by Dr. Katie Nelson and Olivia Meiklehttps://whatshernamepodcast.com/https://pod.link/1320638747The Queens Podcast by Katy Hearne-Church and Nathan Foster, https://shows.acast.com/queenshistorypodcastThe History Detective podcast by Kelly Chasehttps://historydetectivepodcast.com/https://pod.link/1522188386Talking Billions podcast by Bogumil Baranowskihttps://www.talkingbillions.co/https://pod.link/1656293892Ye Olde Crime podcast by Lindsay Valenty and Madison Stanglhttps://www.yeoldecrimepodcast.com/https://pod.link/1514461061Share, like, subscribe--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 BandsSection 1 Music: These Foolish Things by Benny Carter, Album Perfect BluesSection 2 Music: Nightfall by Benny Carter & His Orchestra, Album Nightfall – Sophisticated Jazz ClassicsSection 3 Music: Top Hat, White Tie and Tails by Carroll Gibbons & Boy Friends, Album Sophistication – Songs of the ThirtiesEnd Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands--https://asthemoneyburns.com/TW / IG – @asthemoneyburnsTwitter – https://twitter.com/asthemoneyburnsInstagram – https://www.instagram.com/asthemoneyburns/Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/asthemoneyburns/

The heart wants what it wants, so a concerned mother rushes to thwart her heiress daughter’s return to her former love.Late March – early April 1933, concerned mother Daisy Van Alen raises across the Atlantic Ocean to prevent her daughter Louise Van Alen from remarrying her recently divorced husband Prince Alexis Mdivani. He however has other plans.Other people and subjects include: Barbara Hutton, Louise Van Alen – formerly Princess Mdivani, Princess Roussadana “Roussie” Mdivani Sert, Josep Maria Sert, James "Henry" Van Alen, William "Sam" Van Alen, Lost Midnight Brigade, Bremen ocean liner, Paris, Atlantic Ocean, South Seas, scandal, betrayal, friends, family, micro details, modern research vs biographies written 40 yrs or more ago, new discoveries, deadly sins, lust, greed, envy, AI – artificial intelligence, social media, YouTube content creator declaration on fake images, Catherine – Princess of Wales – Kate Middleton, photo scandal, Wales children, insatiable desire for more media--Extra Notes / Call to Action:4th Anniversary of As The Money BurnsShare, like, subscribe--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 BandsSection 1 Music: The Younger Generation by Ray Noble, Album The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30sSection 2 Music: I’ve Got A Heart (Filled With Love For You Dear) by Glenn Miller, Album Perfect Big BandsSection 3 Music: Ain’t She Sweet by Piccadilly Revels Band, Album Charleston – Great Stars Of the 20sEnd Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands--https://asthemoneyburns.com/TW / IG – @asthemoneyburnsTwitter – https://twitter.com/asthemoneyburnsInstagram – https://www.instagram.com/asthemoneyburns/Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/asthemoneyburns/

A newly free prince is on the hunt for his next fortune, but could there be a new heiress in his sight?As Barbara Hutton continues her South Seas travels, another rumor percolates involving a new love interest for Prince Alexis Mdivani. Will the new love triangle cause another rift in friendship? Meanwhile former Russian aristocracy hope that Hitler’s rise to power will lead to a restoration of the monarchy and the eradication of the Communists from Soviet Russia.Other people and subjects include: Doris Duke, Nanaline Duke, Louise Van Alen – formerly Princess Mdivani, James HR Cromwell aka “Jimmy,” Princess Roussadana “Roussie” Mdivani Sert, Walter Winchell, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Joseph Stalin, Nazi party, German Communists, McCarthy era, Lion Feuchtwanger, The Waiting Room book series (Success, The Oppermans, & Exil), Moscow 1937, play Salem Witch Trials, Arthur Miller, The Crucible, Earl of Warwick Charles Guy Fulke Greville, William Rhinelander Stewart, Gold Dust twins, Harold Lloyd, Arturo Toscanini, Oscar Theiben, Mrs. George Palen Snow – Carmen White, Napoleonic shoulder pads, Vogue & Harper’s Bazaar fashion editor, Prohibition, monarchists, royalists, anti-royalists, dispossessed royals & aristocrats, King Alphonso XIII of Spain, Empress Maria Theresa, Emperor Charles V, Duke de Guise – Jean III, Hapsburg Empress Zita, King Otto, King George of Greece, Prince Philip, King Charles III, Hohenzollern, Kaiser Wilhelm II, King Michael I, Jeanne Eagels, Jr., Jeanne Eagels, the Oscars, Academy Awards, face spanked – slapped, man burglar, nudist colony, newspaper research, digital archives, Charity Carnival, Judson Health Center, Saks Fifth Avenue, ocean liners, Bremen, Aquitania, Akron, Ohio, New York, Paris, South Seas, Sidney, Australia, French internment Camp des Milles, Apple tv series The New Look, Christian Dior, Catherine Dior, Coco Chanel, frenemy, rivalry, romantic competition between friends, past lingers into the present--Extra Notes / Call to Action:Goodpods Charts & Leaderboards for March 2024#16 Top 22 Top Indie Documentary Monthly chart#60 Top 100 Indie Documentary All time chart#62 Top 100 Indie History Monthly chart#70 Top 100 Documentary Monthly chartBest Documentary Podcasts [2024] Top 22 Shows - Goodpodshttps://goodpods.com/leaderboard/top-100-shows-by-category/society-and-culture/documentary?period=month&indie=true#33169411Best Documentary Podcasts [2024] Top 100 Shows - Goodpodshttps://goodpods.com/leaderboard/top-100-shows-by-category/society-and-culture/documentary?period=month#33169365Best History Podcasts [2024] Top 84 Shows - Goodpodshttps://goodpods.com/leaderboard/top-100-shows-by-category/history/all-history?period=month&indie=true#33182013Best Documentary Podcasts [2024] Top 100 Shows - Goodpodshttps://goodpods.com/leaderboard/top-100-shows-by-category/society-and-culture/documentary?period=alltime&indie=true#33169255Share, like, subscribe--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 BandsSection 1 Music: Says My Heart / You Leave Me Breathless by Carroll Gibbons, Album EleganceSection 2 Music: Umtcha, Umtcha, Da Da Da by The Rhythmic Eight, Album Fascinating Rhythm – Great Hits of the 20sSection 3 Music: Royal Garden Blues by Benny Carter, Album Perfect JazzEnd Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands--https://asthemoneyburns.com/TW / IG – @asthemoneyburnsTwitter – https://twitter.com/asthemoneyburnsInstagram – https://www.instagram.com/asthemoneyburns/Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/asthemoneyburns/

Another set of divorce rumors and scandal abound as another lover has been found.Late February to early March, John Jacob Astor VI, aka “Jakey,” and his mother Madeleine Talmage Force Astor Dick are forever covered in the press due to their surviving the Titanic. Their love lives become a fascination for the public as rumors abound surrounding pending marriages and divorces. Jakey is rumored to be engaged to Italian Princess Donna Cristina Torlonia, but both. But there is another hidden scandal about to surface with his mother Madeleine Talmage Force Astor Dick.Other people and subjects include: Vincent Astor, Prince Serge Obolensky, Ava Alice Muriel Astor Obolensky Hofmannsthal, Marjorie Merriweather Post Hutton, E.T. Stotesbury, Enzo Fiermonte, Princess Donna Cristina Torlonia (Christina, Cristiana, Christiana), Prince Don Marino Torlonia of Italy, Elsie Moore, William Dick, William Force Dick, John Henry Dick, William Force, Katherine Force, Katherine Talmage, Cholly Knickerbocker, John Jacob Astor IV aka Colonel Jack, Caroline Astor, Ava Lowle Willing Astor Ribblesdale, Charlotte Astor Drayton, Prince David – King Edward VIII – Duke of Windsor, Gloria Vanderbilt, Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt, Viscountess Thelma Morgan Furness, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, Countess Grace Vanderbilt Szechenyi, Alva Vanderbilt Belmont, Harold “Mike” Vanderbilt, Joshua Cosden, Margaret “Unsinkable Molly” Brown, Chicago mayor William “Big Bill” Hale Thompson, actress Billie Burke Ziegfeld, President Franklin Roosevelt, Benito Mussolini, Social Register, debutante, childhood sweethearts, widowhood, will stipulations, social climbing, rumors, scandal, counter rumor, antiquated rumor, social approval, social rejection, disaster magnet, marriage, divorce, remarriage, young lovers, old lovers, illegitimate, age difference, typhoid, the grip illness, issues with spellings and alternate spellings, Nourmahal yacht, ocean liners, Aquitania, Olympic, Titanic, Vulcania, Breakers Hotel – Breakers fire, referred but not mentioned El Mirasol and Playa Riente, Harvard, Palm Beach, Los Angeles, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Murray Hill, Fifth Avenue, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, Millionaires Row, Paris, Rome, Italian Alps, Galapagos Islands, Egypt, Mediterranean Sea, Europe, fashionable resorts, Hulu FX’s Feud Season 2: Truman Capote vs. The Swans, Truman Capote, William “Bill” Paley, Barbara “Babe” Cushing Paley, sexual scandal, DA Fani Williams, Nathan Wade, former President Donald Trump, secrets, sexual promiscuousness, sexual scandal, hot messiness--Extra Notes / Call to Action:Ti’s Hot Mess History, YouTube Channelhttps://www.youtube.com/@TisHotMessHistoryRiches to Ruin – Titanic Widow of John Jacob Astor & Her Troubled 3rd Marriage by Ti’s Hot Mess History July 2023https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODY-qiEn3ak The Scandalous True Story of Titanic’s Wealthiest Passenger – JJ Astor & His Teen Wife by Ti’s Hot Mess History May 2023https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uF89xKNWbow&t=25s The Rich Boy Nobody Wanted: Titanic Baby John Jacob Astor VI by Ti’s Hot Mess History December 2023https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rlV8oT6lxsShare, like, subscribe --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 BandsSection 1 Music: It’s the Talk of the Town by Ambrose, Album The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30sSection 2 Music: Lullaby by Coleman Hawkins, Album Nightfall – Sophisticated Jazz ClassicsSection 3 Music: Skirts by Billy Cotton, Album The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30sEnd Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands--https://asthemoneyburns.com/TW / IG – @asthemoneyburnsFacebook – https://www.facebook.com/asthemoneyburns/

Valentine’s celebrations abound, but questions remain as to where single heiresses might be found.End of January – mid-February 1933, newspapers keep track of the romantic entanglements of multiple heirs and heiresses. Foremost, Barbara Hutton’s recent romances and the love triangle with Prince Alexis Mdivani and Louise Van Alen make her the hot topic to follow for the elites, public, and press alike.Other people and subjects include: Doris Duke, Nanaline Duke, James HR Cromwell aka “Jimmy,” Eva Stotesbury, E.T. Stotesbury, John Jacob Astor VI aka “Jakey,” Princess Donna Cristina Torlonia, Prince Don Torlonia of Italy, Elsie Moore, Cobina Wright, Doris Duke, Huntington Hartford, Mary Lee Epling Hartford, Henrietta Hartford, Josephine Hartford Makaroff, Vadim Makaroff (Makarov), Vincent Astor, Helen Astor, Prince Serge Obolensky, Ava Alice Muriel Astor Obolensky Hofmannsthal, Raimund von Hofmannsthal, Princess Silvia Obolensky, Madeleine Talmadge Force Astor Dick, Enzo Fiermonte, Princess Roussadana “Roussie” Mdivani Sert, Jessie Woolworth Donahue, Woolworth Donahue, James “Jeem” Donahue, Aunt Marjorie Merriweather Post Hutton, E.F. Hutton, Dina Hutton Merrill, Morley Kennerley, Jean Kennerley, Lili Damita, Addison Mizner, Monkey Nettie, Raymond Guest, Prince Girolamo “Jerome” Rospigliosi, Marian Snowden, Count Emmanuele Borromeo d’Adda, James Blakeley, Nancy Randolph, Cholly Knickerbocker, Walter Winchell, Ed Sullivan, Princess Luba Obolensky, Princess Anna Obolensky, Prince Serge Troubetzkoy, Peppy D’Albrew, Helen Whitney Bourne, Lady Sylvia Hawkes Ashley, Baroness Maude von Thyssen, Waldorf-Astoria, Savoy Hotel, Whitemarsh Hall, El Mirasol, Mar-A-Lago, Whitehall, Chicago Art Institute, Chicago Historical Society, the Drake, The White Elephant Room, Harvard, Eiffel Tower, Bremen ocean liner, Broadway, Manhattan, San Francisco, Chicago, Palm Beach, Reno, Newark, Hawaii, Paris, Australia, New Zealand, Cupid, Cupid’s arrow, Foreign Legion, cardiac affairs, first American Valentine card, Esther Howland, Hulu FX’s Feud Season 2: Truman Capote vs. The Swans, Truman Capote, Leland Hayward, “Slim” Nancy Mary Raye Gross Hawkes Hayward Keith, Howard Hawks, Kenneth Keith – Baron of Castleacre, Pamela Digby Churchill Hayward Harriman, Winston Churchill, Randolph Churchill, William Harriman, Baron de Rothschild, President Clinton, U.S. Ambassador to France, Aly Khan, Stavros Niarchos, Winston Guest, C.Z. Guest, Cornelia Guest, Diego Rivera, Salvador Dali, Prince David – King Edward VIII – Duke of Windsor, Wallis Simpson – Duchess of Windsor, William “Bill” Paley, Barbara “Babe” Cushing Paley, Betsey Cushing Roosevelt, James Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, Mary “Minnie” Cushing, CBS Radio & Television, Princess Caroline Lee Bouvier Radziwill, Jackie Bouvier Kennedy, Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Big Edie Beale, Lil’ Edie Beale, Grey Gardens, romance and seduction, rebuilding life after divorce and heartbreak, modern dating culture and problems, aggressive sexual fantasies, projection, wishful thinking, misjudgment--Extra Notes / Call to Action:Come visit As The Money Burns via social media and share your own related storiesShare, like, subscribe--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 BandsSection 1 Music: Shout for Happiness by Ray Noble & His Orchestra, Album The Great British Dance BandsSection 2 Music: I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight? by Jack Hylton, Album Charleston – Great Stars Of the 20sSection 3 Music: I Only Have Eyes for You by Freddy Gardner, Album EleganceEnd Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands--https://asthemoneyburns.com/TW / IG – @asthemoneyburnsFacebook – https://www.facebook.com/asthemoneyburns/

A nearly homeless supreme hostess gets back to what she does best at a luxury hotel, and many don’t want to miss out.January 20th – February 1st, 1933, Cobina Wright reorients her new life at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel hostessing several activities like the Beaux Arts & Charity Balls and resuming her Supper Club to great success. One attendee is making an even bigger splash as he defies Ellis Island to re-enter the U.S. and attend his favorite annual ball.Other people and subjects include: Barbara Hutton, Prince Alexis Mdivani, James HR Cromwell aka “Jimmy,” William May Wright aka “Bill,” Alva Vanderbilt Belmont, Consuelo Vanderbilt, Balsan, Doris Duke, Lil’ Cobina Wright, Jr., Prince Serge Obolensky, Josep Maria Sert, Princess Roussadana “Roussie” Mdivani Sert, Prince Michael Dmitri Alexandrovich Obolenski-Romanoff (Oblensky-Romanov) – Hershel Geguzin – Harry Gerguson – Ferguson, Jessie Woolworth Donahue, Brenda Frazier, Diana Barrymore, Gloria Vanderbilt, Reginald Vanderbilt, Alice Vanderbilt, Florence Vanderbilt Whitney, Grace Wilson Vanderbilt, Virginia “Birdie” Graham Fair Vanderbilt, President Herbert Hoover, Prince David – Prince of Wales – King Edward III – Duke of Windsor, Count Henri de Castellane, Countess Silvia de Rivas de Castellane, Lucius Boomer, Nancy Randolph, Frank Costello, Charles “Lucky” Luciano, Deems Taylor, Arturo Toscanini, Cecil Beaton, Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Baruch, Mr. & Mrs. Jay Gould, Beatrice Lillie, Fannie Brice, Noel Coward, Cole Porter, George Eastman, Rockwell Kent, French Revolution, Russian Revolution, Russian Empire, Bolshevik Russia, Peter the Great, Catherine the Great, Peter III, Empress Elizabeth of Russia, Tsar Paul I of Russia, royal pretenders, orphan, Scepan Mali – Stephen the Little of Montenegro, Princess Vladimir – Princess Augusta Tarkanova, Cossack Yemelyan Pugachev, Pugachev Rebellion, Kondrati Selivanov, Skoptsy sect, castration, Leon Trotsky, Franziska Schanzkowska – Anna Anderson – Grand Duchess Anastasia Romanov, Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich, James “One-Eyed” Connelly, Eton, Oxford, Cambridge, Heidelberg, Princeton, Yale, Harvard, Waldorf-Astoria, New York’s the Tombs, jail, hospitals, ocean liners, Olympic, Ile de France, London, Paris, Ellis Island, New York, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Hollywood, Hillsboro, Illinois, Bucharest, Romania, Latvia, Romanoff restaurant, Noodles Romanoff - beef stroganoff, Jayne Mansfield, Sophia Loren, Weekend in Havana film, Hulu’s The Great series, FX’s Feud Season 2: Truman Capote vs. The Swans, Truman Capote, William “Bill” Paley, Babe Paley, Princess Margaret, Prince Charles – Prince of Wales – King Charles III, Naomi Watts, Treat Williams, Elle Fanning, Nicholas Hoult, frequency illusion – Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon--Extra Notes / Call to Action:Come visit As The Money Burns via social media and share your own related storiesShare, like, subscribe--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 BandsSection 1 Music: One In A Million by Brian Lawrance, Album The Great British Dance BandsSection 2 Music: Royal Garden Blues by Benny Carter, Album Perfect JazzSection 3 Music: Organ Grinder’s Swing by Jack Payne, Album The Great British Dance BandsEnd Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands--https://asthemoneyburns.com/TW / IG – @asthemoneyburnsFacebook – https://www.facebook.com/asthemoneyburns/

When an heiress flees to the Far East, her ardent lover follows in hot pursuit unwilling to let her get away so easily.January – February 1933, Barbara Hutton travels to the Orient to forget her romantic troubles with Prince Alexis Mdivani and other failed suitors. But all the press attention brings her another suitor making a last attempt to woo her and declare their plans of marriage. Other people and subjects include: Doris Duke, Franklyn Hutton, Irene Hutton, Louise Van Alen, John Jacob Astor VI aka “Jakey,” Prince Serge Mdivani, Prince David Mdivani, Princess Nina Mdivani Huberich, Charles Huberich, Princess Roussadana “Roussie” Mdivani Sert, Daisy Van Alen, *referenced but not mentioned James “Henry” Van Alen and William “Sam” Van Alen, Marjorie Merriweather Post Hutton, Jessie Woolworth Donahue, James “Jeem” Donahue, Germaine “Ticki” Touquet, Countess Silvia de Rivas de Castellane, Duke Kahanamoku, Count Emanuele Borromeo d’Adda, James Blakeley, Raymond Guest, Phil Plant, Yale scholarship student, family friends the Kennerleys, Huguette Clarke, Ann Cooper Hewitt, Consuelo Vanderbilt, Sam Insull, Caroline Astor, Adolf Hitler, *referenced but not mentioned John Jacob Astor IV and Madeleine Talmage Force Astor Dick, public fascination, increased press attention, broken hearts, fortune hunters, royal admirer, social costs, social suicide, private letters, jade, private railcar Curlyhut, Matson oceanliner Lurline, New York, San Francisco, Honolulu, Hawaii, Paris, Bangkok, Siam (Thailand), Australia, Orient, Pacific Ocean, Wikipedia, YouTube, Forgotten Lives, Ti’s Hot Mess History, Stephanie Soo, Samsung, Samsung princess, bodyguard, gossip, sexual scandals, viral trendy social media & memes, revival of older stories, cautionary tale, serialized soap opera, compare & contrast, research methodology, old vs modern history, celebrity focus--Extra Notes / Call to Action:Forgotten Liveshttps://www.youtube.com/@ForgottenLivesTragic Millionaires You Wouldn’t Want To Be by Forgotten Lives December 2023https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slk5vrXphgATi’s Hot Mess Historyhttps://www.youtube.com/@TisHotMessHistoryThe Rich Boy Nobody Wanted: Titanic Baby John Jacob Astor VI by Ti’s Hot Mess History December 2023https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rlV8oT6lxsFrom $42 Million to $3,500 – The Poor Little Rich Girl | Barbara Woolworth Hutton by Ti’s Hot Mess History January 2024https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kLwdJEEUOUStephanie Soohttps://www.youtube.com/@StephanieSooSamsung Princess Married Her Bodyguard – Only For Him To Cheat, Abuse, And Sue Her For 1 Billion by Stephanie Soohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKrOBkOT25o Share, like, subscribe --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 BandsSection 1 Music: Red Sails In The Sunset by Casani Club Orchestra, Album The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30sSection 2 Music: On The Beach At Bali Bali by Billy Merrin & His Commanders, Albums The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30s & Tea Dance 2Section 3 Music: I Guess I Will Have To Change My Plans by Ambrose & His Orchestra, Album The Great British Dance BandsEnd Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands--https://asthemoneyburns.com/TW / IG – @asthemoneyburnsFacebook – https://www.facebook.com/asthemoneyburns/

After previously closing their mansion, a struggling couple returns to host a wonderful buffet to start the new year, but have things really changed for the better?December 1932 – January 1933, Christmas and holidays brings plenty of activities. E.T. Stotesbury and Eva Stotesbury are back in Philadelphia but not at their large mansion Whitemarsh Hall celebrating both Christmas and New Year before heading down to Palm Beach. Plenty of people are looking at the wealthy, unaware what they might be truly hiding as others try to recover from financial losses by several means.Other people and subjects include: Doris Duke, Barbara Hutton, Nanaline Duke, Prince Alexis Mdivani, Louise Van Alen, Daisy Van Alen, James “Henry” Van Alen, Eleanor Van Alen, John Jacob Astor VI aka “Jakey,” James H.R. Cromwell aka “Jimmy,” Cobina Wright, Henrietta Hartford, Huntington Hartford, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, Alice Vanderbilt, Countess Gladys Vanderbilt Szechenyi, Marjorie Merriweather Post Hutton, E.F. Hutton, Princess Roussadana “Roussie” Mdivani Sert, Helena McCann, Louise Brooks Howard, Christine Cromwell, Anna Dodge Dillman, Frederick Vanderbilt, Louise Vanderbilt, Charles Lindbergh, Constance Morrow, President Franklin Roosevelt, New Deal reforms, Henry Ford, Harvey Firestone, Simon Guggenheim, Otto Kahn, Charles Schwab, former U.S. Ambassador Charles Dawes, Sailing Baruch, Jr., Coco Chanel, Lanvin, Lotte Lehmand, Not Out parties, debutantes, teas, buffets, Christmas playlet, Manhattan Derby, burlesque polo match, hob by horses, Voice of Young America book, taxation, IRS – Internal Revenue Service, Robert Mann, Mrs. Wilmer Biddle – Elizabeth Southall Clarke, Albert Davis, Marianne Davis, Princess Anita Stewart de Braganza, Mrs. Moses Taylor, Julia Berwind, Prince Colonna, Mrs. Nicholas John Brown, Nicholas John Brown II, John Nicholas Brown III, labels, monikers, richest baby, wealthiest baby, richest pony, richest girl in the world, richest U.S. heiress, richest unmarried women, retiree list, financial secrets, open knowledge, Lindbergh baby kidnapping, Starr Garden Recreation Center, Barclay Hotel, Montparnasse, Whitemarsh Hall, Malmaison, *El Mirasol & Playa Riente not mentioned but referenced, Harvard University, Hotel Plaza, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, Manhattan, Philadelphia, Palm Beach, Newport, St. Moritz, Paris, Rome, New Year 2024, changes, Powerball 2024 winner, Michigan lottery, Jeffrey Epstein List, rumors, salacious news, implosions, resilience--Extra Notes / Call to Action:New York Adventure Club www.nyadventureclub.comThe fee is $12 each, live with one week access after.Monday, January 22nd, 5:30pm EST / 2:30pm 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.https://www.nyadventureclub.com/event/the-waldorf-astoria-hotel-part-i-a-new-standard-of-luxury-webinar-registration-780312454557/Monday, January 29th, 5:30pm EST / 2:30pm 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.https://www.nyadventureclub.com/event/the-waldorf-astoria-hotel-part-ii-manhattans-grandest-hotel-webinar-registration-780312524767/Share, like, subscribe--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 BandsSection 1 Music: Kansas City Kitty by The Rhythmic Eight, Album Fascinating Rhythm – Great Hits of the 20sSection 2 Music: The Charleston by The Savoy Orpheans, Album Fascinating Rhythm – Great Hits of the 20sSection 3 Music: Hep! Hep! Jumpin’ Jive by Nat Gonella & His New Georgians, Album Dance CrazyEnd Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands--https://asthemoneyburns.com/TW / IG – @asthemoneyburnsFacebook – https://www.facebook.com/asthemoneyburns/