Kiss the Bride, Part 2 of 2

Wedding bells are ringing for trip down the aisle number three. Only there is not an actual aisle, and not everyone is full of glee. Part 2 of 2

November 1933, despite her broken arm Madeleine Astor marries Enzo Fiermonte from her hospital bed. More press scandal follows them on their way to honeymoon in Palm Beach.

Other people and subjects include:
Madaleine Talmage Force Astor Dick Fiermonte, Colonel John Jacob Astor IV aka “Jack,” John Jacob Astor VI aka “Jakey,” Enzo Fiermonte, William Vincent Astor, Alice Ava Muriel Astor Obolensky von Hofmannsthal, Prince Serge Obolensky, Princess Barbara Hutton Mdivani, Prince Alexis Mdvani, Prince David – Prince of Wales – future King Edward VIII – Duke of Windsor, Mrs. Katherine Talmage Force, William Force, William Dick, William Dick Jr., John Henry Dick, Philip Lyndon Dodge, Charles Lindbergh, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Vanderbilt reference, Margaret Brown – Unsinkable Molly Brown – Maggie Brown – Mrs. James J. Brown – Mrs. J.J. Brown, Catherine Ellen Brown aka “Helen,” Caroline Astor, William Waldorf Astor, Viscount Waldorf Astor, Nancy Astor, Eileen Gillespie, Lawrence Gillespie, Irene Sherman Gillespie, Brooke Hart kidnappers, Dr. Moullowd, Dr. Watson, Madeleine’s lawyer, gray haired female friend, City Court Official, Philip Hines, Municipal City Justice Vincent Lippe, photographers, reporters, private physician, dead millionaire, Maryland lynch mob, widowhood, wedding, hospital room, allowance, newspaper clipping service, Italian wedding, wedding kiss, flowers, champagne buffet, deluxe accommodations, Car National private car service, private railcar, the Titanic, Vulcania, Berengaria, Aquitania, the Olympic, Doctor’s Hospital, Pennsylvania Train Station, Breakers Hotel fire, Waldorf Astoria Hotel, Manhattan, Long Island, Palm Beach, Bermuda, Lido, Italy, Nevada, tracking down articles, True Story Magazine – “Kept Husband” 6 articles series by Enzo Fiermonte, Dionne quintuplets, finding physical copies, New Yorker, Vogue, GQ, Newport Historical Society, Newport Library, Bowling Green University, University of Texas, University of Chicago, UCLA, collectible comic store, Ebay, Shadow of the Titanic by Andrew Wilson, YouTube channel Ti’s Hot Mess History, wish for AI – Artificial Intelligence assistance with footnotes and bibliography, Hays Code, Pre-code Hollywood, 1920s & 1930s social rules and sexual references, Thirteen Women (1932), Myrna Loy, Peg Entwistle, Hollywood sign, The Women (1939), Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Kept Husbands (1931), The Dancing Lady (1933), Clark Gable, Franchot Tone, Algonquin Table humorist Robert Benchley, Fred Astaire, Ted Healey and his Stooges – Larry Fine, Jerome “Curly” Howard, Moe Howard, blackmail, drug use, affairs, stealing husband, racial bullying, first screen credits, heirs & heiress romances, FX Hulu Love Story tv series, Caroline Bessette Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, Jr. – JFK Jr – John John, Micheal Bergin, Daryl Hannah, Markie Mark – Mark Wahlberg, Calvin Klein underwear model, tell all book, biographies, The Other Man by Michael Bergin, $3k on Ebay, reprints, C. David Heymann, Poor Little Rich Girl re: Barbara Hutton, American Legacy re: Carolyn Bessette & JFK Jr., plagiarism & fabrication allegations, Ask Not by Maureen Callahan, actor Eric Braeden from Young and the Restless and James Cameron’s Titanic,…

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Extra Notes / Call to Action:
7th Anniversary of As The Money Burns podcast last month (April 2026)

The Nerve with Maureen Callahan
https://www.youtube.com/@TheNerveShow
Ask Not by Maureen Callahan 2024
https://www.amazon.com/Ask-Not-Kennedys-Women-Destroyed/dp/0316276170

The Other Man by Michael Bergin will be re-released around June 2026 in print and is immediately available via Kindle.
https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-other-man-michael-bergin?variant=45086513659938
https://www.amazon.com/Other-Man-EPB-Kennedy-Bessette-ebook/dp/B0GTF27XM8

I walked Out of the Titanic Audition… Eric Braeden | Still Here Hollywood Podcast with Steve Kmetko
6 min clip on Titanic role
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XT1sV0Zib7E
whole interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNfyWIf_WKE

Ti’s Hot Mess History, YouTube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/@TisHotMessHistory
Riches to Ruin – Titanic Widow of John Jacob Astor & Her Troubled 3rd Marriage by Ti’s Hot Mess History July 2023
https://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 2023
https://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 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rlV8oT6lxs

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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: Let’s Fall In Love For The Last Time by Mantovani, Albums The Great British Dance Bands & Tea Dance 2
Section 2 Music: There Isn’t Any Limit To My Love by Ambrose, Album It’s Got To Be Love
Section 3 Music: In the Mood for Love by Freddy Gardner, Album Elegance
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

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