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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/