Curves

Curves

A fortune hunter returns with his heiress bride from their honeymoon to collect her inheritance. Has he finally secured his ultimate prize?

November 1933, as birthday girl Princes Barbara Hutton Mdivani turns 21, she seems to have it all a prince for a husband and a large fortune all her own and now is a fashion and pop culture icon. But will it be enough? What else could an heiress want?

Other people and subjects include:
Prince Alexis Mdivani, Princess Barbara Hutton Mdivani, Doris Duke, Cobina Wright, Frankly Hutton, Irene Hutton, “Jeem” James Jimmy Donahue, Aunt Jessie Woolworth Donahue, Woolworth “Woolie” Donahue, Prince Serge Mdivani, Prince David Mdivani, Mary McCormic – formerly Princess Mdivani, “Alfy” Alfred Vanderbilt, Jr., Dorothy “Dottie” Fell, Pola Negri, Elsa Maxwell, James Blakeley, Frank Woolworth, Edna Woolworth Hutton, Prince David – Prince of Wales – future King Edward VIII – future Duke of Windsor, British King George V, British Queen Mary, Mahatma Gandhi, William Waldorf Astor, Joan Crawford, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., magician & mind reader Dunninger, Martin Van Buren Morris, Bobby La Branche, Hank Topping, M. Dorland “Larry” Doyles, Jane Bride, John Watts Kearney, John Carney, Gordon Sayre, Sam Piza, Mae West, Irving Berlin, Moss Hart, Clifton Webb, Marilyn Miller, Dorothy Dilley, Oscar Shaw, Anne Harding, Harry Bannister, “As Thousands Cheer” musical revue, “Hot & Bothered” play, newsworthy, headlines, Great Scavenger Hunt, farewell party, birthday party, birthday cake, simple dinner, not exceptional, Hungarian orchestra, gypsy music, Chinese proverbs, fashion, jewelry, Prohibition, champagne, wine, E.F. Hutton financial firm, press, police, crowds, fanfare, New York City mayoral race, Communist or Socialist candidate, Fifth Avenue Hutton townhome, ocean liner Bremen, Music Box, Broadway, Central Park Casino, La Rue restaurant, Waldorf-Astoria hotel, Harlem Cotton Club, Georgian delegation, Soviet State of Georgia, Communist Russia, Paris, New York City, four Barbara Hutton biographies, two unnamed sources, Barbara Hutton by Dean Jennings, Million Dollar Baby by Philip Van Rensselaer Poor Little Rich Girl by David Heymann, In Search of A Prince by Mona Eldridge, Noel Coward song Poor Little Rich Girl, tv movie, Farrah Fawcett, plagiarism lawsuit, Ethel Waters, “Supper Time” song, lynching, President Herbert Hoover, White House, Grandpa Rockefeller, Radio City Music Hall, British royals, Metropolitan Opera, Al Jolson, Walt Disney, D.W. Griffith, Ina Claire, Marie Dressler, Louis Kaufman, Jr., “Kultur” play, Hitler, Nazi, “Fan Dancer” play, burlesque, Sally Rand, fan dancing, clubs, Harlem, Greenwich Village, overlaps and connections, missing panties - skanties, autographed sock, gossip, attention, big birthdays, perverted male gaze, pervy attention, female child stars turning 18, Olsen twins – Mary-Kate and Ashley, Stranger Things, Millie Bobby Brown, appearance, rapid aging, reduced makeup Pamela Anderson, plastic surgery, Jennifer Anniston, Lauren Sanchez Bezos, weight loss, Fen-Phen, Atkins, gastric bypass surgery, Ozempic, semiglutide, GLP-1, rapid weight loss, pressure and obsession to be thin, too thin, silhouette, slender silhouette in Flapper & Great Depression, curvy figure in World War II, Marilyn Monroe, stress, Donna & Medrano…

--
Extra Notes / Call to Action:
Past Perfect Vintage Music
https://www.pastperfect.com/radio/
www.pastperfect.com

The Words & Music of Irving Berlin, a volume set with over 22 songs.
https://www.pastperfect.com/product/the-words-and-music-of-irving-berlin-from-the-30s-40s/
3 volume collection The Words & Music Multibuy with George Gershwin, Noel Coward, and Irving Berlin.
https://www.pastperfect.com/product/words-music-series-cole-porter-irving-berlin-noel-coward-multibuy/

Paris and New York and Fresedo by Jose Manuel Araque
https://www.fresedo.de/2023/06/paris-and-new-york-before-fresedo.html

Chapter 19: Fresedo in Paris
https://www.fresedo.de/2021/04/fresedo-en-paris.html?m=1&fbclid=IwY2xjawM0g85leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFxZ3F0eGpxSlhia0dJbDJmAR76oKJOS1DMAMBvlQsC9Qwslf8PzXJHXn-QueJLlMU6yz3qwaNW_1Moit7Ltw_aem_bnxS5maobk-N_cRuNbAhGA

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 Bands
Section 1 Music: This Is The Missus by Sidney Kyte & His Piccadilly Hotel Band, Album The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30s
Section 2 Music: Shout for Happiness by Ray Noble & His Orchestra, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 3 Music: Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue by The Savoy Orpheans, Album Fascinating Rhythm – Great Hits of the 20s
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

--
https://asthemoneyburns.com/
X / TW / IG – @asthemoneyburns
X / Twitter – https://x.com/asthemoneyburns
Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/asthemoneyburns/
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/asthemoneyburns/

Jaksot(137)

Party Crasher

Party Crasher

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 Wald...

9 Helmi 202428min

Bachelor Girl

Bachelor Girl

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 roman...

25 Tammi 202422min

Not Out

Not Out

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, Christ...

11 Tammi 202422min

Shining Example

Shining Example

An heiress receives accolades for all her efforts to help the less fortunate, but her good deeds aren’t as helpful for her marriage.December 1932, Marjorie Merriweather Post Hutton is hailed for all h...

29 Joulu 202322min

All This Fuss

All This Fuss

With a large fortune in sight, a whole family gathers to determine the next set of moves. What is an heiress to do?December 1932, the royal Mdivani siblings gather in Paris to determine how the newly ...

14 Joulu 202323min

De-Titled

De-Titled

Not all love affairs last forever. When one princess loses her title, will another readily take her place and possibly share the same fate?November 27th, 1932, Princess Louise Van Alen Mdivani appears...

29 Marras 202321min

Pandora's Box

Pandora's Box

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 alo...

17 Marras 202319min

Dummy Accounts

Dummy Accounts

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 ...

29 Loka 202324min

Suosittua kategoriassa Yhteiskunta

sita
olipa-kerran-otsikko
kaksi-aitia
siita-on-vaikea-puhua
i-dont-like-mondays
ihme-ja-kumma
gogin-ja-janin-maailmanhistoria
uutiscast
poks
antin-palautepalvelu
kolme-kaannekohtaa
mamma-mia
rss-murhan-anatomia
yopuolen-tarinoita-2
rss-nikotellen
aikalisa
meidan-pitais-puhua
loukussa
rss-palmujen-varjoissa
naakkavalta