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 Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.

Episode 103: 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 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 Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.

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 Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.

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 her work to help the needy during the Great Depression. She works on multiple committees providing food and unemployment relief to the point of getting positive press and recognition. Her husband E.F. Hutton however is not so thrilled and is dabbling with various females on the side. Other people and subjects include: Barbara Hutton, Prince Alexis Mdivani, royal Mdivani siblings, Franklyn Hutton, Edna Woolworth Hutton, Eleanor Post Hutton Sturges, Preston Sturges, Nedenia Hutton – Dina Merrill, Preston Sturges, Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart, President Franklin Roosevelt, Lindbergh baby kidnapping, General Foods, Birds Eye, frozen food, food drives, soup kitchens, breadlines, unemployment, needy, homeless, charity, committees, rising crime, watchdog, special award, bodyguards, Pinkerton agents, debutante ball, divorce, infidelity, Salvation Army, U.S. Flag Association, Marjorie Post Hutton Canteen, Edward F. Hutton Emergency Food Station, Hell’s Kitchen, Mar-a-Lago, Hussar V yacht, trouble with sources, rabbit hole of research, 1932 – 1934 darkest years of the Great Depression, 1929 Wall Street Crash, Dust Bowl Storms, 1932 & 2024 presidential elections, pandemic, lockdowns, World War II, global war, civil war, positive press, change inevitable Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.

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 divorced Prince Alexis Mdivani will woo and finally catch Barbara Hutton. Only Barbara’s family will thwart his efforts, but a Mdivani is never one to fully give up on such a large fortune at stake. Other people and subjects include: Louise Van Alen – formerly Princess Louise Van Alen Mdivani, Princess Nina Mdivani Huberich, Charles Huberich, Princess Roussadana “Roussie” Mdivani Sert, Prince Serge Mdivani, Prince David Mdivani, Baroness Maud von Thyssen – Else Zarske, Baron von Thyssen, Countess Silvia de Rivas de Castellane, Franklyn Hutton, Irene Hutton, James “Jeem” Donahue, Germaine “Ticki” Touquet, Doris Duke, Nanaline Duke, James HR Cromwell aka “Jimmy,” Eva Stotesbury, E.T. Stotesbury, Evalyn Walsh McLean, Hope Diamond, social secretary, Yale beau, James Blakeley, Winston Guest, Cartier, Paris, New York, Savoy Plaza Hotel, Fifth Avenue townhome, Central Park, oceanliner Berengia, seduction, problematic love affair, fortune hunter, expensive gifts, reporters, nature of Chesterton Fence Principle, historiography even for a podcast, parallel emotional connections, vulnerabilities, collective mindsets, recent thefts, lawlessness, Great Depression, Prohibition, gangsters, outlaws, Robin Hood, Salem Witch Trials, the Spanish Inquisition, social media, terrors of the mob, unknown future, fraud, love and romance scam, FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), bank wire transfers, cryptocurrency, input from listeners, interactions, online communities, Phil Plant, Batman & Robin tv series, Catwoman Julie Newmar, Danish grandmother heiress, Belle Baruch, Huntington Hartford, Henrietta Hartford, Titanic, John Jacob Astor IV aka “Jack,” Vincent Astor, James “Henry” Van Alen aka Jimmy, a female Mdivani cousin Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.

Not all love affairs last forever. When one princess loses her title, will another readily take her place and possibly share the same fate? #BarbaraHutton, #CarolineAstor, #divorce, #lovetriangle, #siblingromance, #sibling betrayal, #HagueConvention, #JeffBezos, #LaurenSanchez Barbara Hutton, Caroline Astor, divorce, love triangle, sibling romance, sibling betrayal, Jeff Bezos, Lauren Sanchez November 27th, 1932, Princess Louise Van Alen Mdivani appears in the Hague divorce court dissolving her 18 month marriage to Prince Alexis Mdivani. On December 7th, 1932, her cousin Princess Ava Alice Astor Obolensky will also get a divorce in Reno. Two marriages both end but for very different circumstances. Other people and subjects include: Barbara Hutton, John Jacob Astor VI aka “Jakey,” James “Henry” Van Alen, William “Sam” Van Alen, Princess Roussadana “Roussie” Mdivani Sert, Prince Serge Mdivani, Princess Mary McCormick Mdivani, Sam Insull, Prince David Mdivani, Princess Mae Murray Mdivani, Charles Huberich, Princess Ava Alice Astor Obolensky, Prince Serge Obolensky, Ivan Obolensky, Sylvia Obolensky, Raimund von Hofmannsthal, Countess Silvia de Rivas de Castellane, Woolworth Donahue, Jeanne Meagher, Peggy Moffett, Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Kennedy, James Blakeley, Grace Rioppel Blakeley Hyde, Nancy Randolph, Cholly Knickerbocker, Caroline Astor, William Backhouse Astor, Jr., Charlotte Astor, Mary Mallon – Typhoid Mary, John Jacob Astor IV aka “Jack,” Ava Lowle Willing Astor – Lady Ribblesdale, Vincent Astor, Madeleine Talmage Astor Dick, Alva Vanderbilt Belmont, William Kissam Vanderbilt, Oliver Belmont, Consuelo Vanderbilt, Duke of Marlborough, Colonel Henry Huttleston Rogers II – Jr., Mary Benjamin, Millicent Rogers, Standard Oil fortune, oil ventures, Princess Catherine Alexandrovna, Tsar Alexander II Romanov, Prince of Wales – King Edward VIII – Duke of Windsor, American dollar princess marriages, royal titles, Central Park Casino, Reno, Nevada, Lithuania, Hague, Netherlands, Hague Convention, international divorces, remarriage, infidelity, divorce, friends & sibling romances, uneven breakups, betrayals, Edward McLean, Evalyn Walsh McLean, Jeff Bezos, Lauren Sanchez, Vogue, Washington Post, Hope Diamond Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com. Extra Notes / Call to Action: Firebreathing Kittens podcast https://firebreathingkitte.wixsite.com/website https://pod.link/1459051634 **Submit questions to As The Money Burns social media accounts for the upcoming 100th episode. Share, like, subscribe https://asthemoneyburns.com/ TW / IG – @asthemoneyburns Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/asthemoneyburns/

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 along with her 10 year daughter Lil Cobina Wright, Jr. At the last minute, an opportunity arrives to live at the luxurious Waldorf-Astoria hotel. Other people and subjects include: William May Wright aka “Bill,” Lucius Boomer, Ted Saucier, Elsa Maxwell, William Waldorf Astor, Caroline Astor, Carrie Astor, Orme Wilson, Jr., Grace Wilson Vanderbilt, John Jacob Astor VI aka “Jakey,” Vincent Astor, Princess Ava Alice Astor Obolensky, James “Henry” Van Alen, William “Sam” Van Alen, Princess Louise Van Alen Mdivani, Josep Maria Sert, Alva Vanderbilt Belmont, Consuelo Vanderbilt, Jay Gould, Bertha Russell, Gladys Russell, George Russell, Wall Street Crash of 1929, moving, Sutton Place, Sutton Club, Waldorf-Astoria, Waldorf-Astoria Manhattan, Sert Room, Basildon Room, Jade Room, ballroom, The Gilded Age tv series, pain, joy, grit, resilience, hope Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.

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 involving his former stockbroker firm. Cobina Wright hopes that they will be able to rekindle their relationship, but other troubles arise from the lawsuit as their financial troubles are announced in the press. Other people and subjects include: Lil Cobina Wright, Jr., Doris Duke, Nanaline Duke, Walker Inman, James H.R. Cromwell aka “Jimmy,” Jessie Woolworth Donahue, cheating, affairs, Wall Street Crash of 1929, Wright, Slade, & Company, Shields Company, stockbroker, Ponzi scheme, pyramid scheme, dummy accounts, shell game, accounting, fraud, Casa Cobina, tracking down past details, 1932 court case, cheating, affairs, different language and wording, losing home to IRS, parental divorce, Savings and Loan, Arthur Anderson, Enron, other losses, cycle of history Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.

Deceptions run high as another divorce is announced and a grand home re-opens. Can’t these people get their stories straight already? September 27th – October 14th, 1932, a divorce rumor spreads far and wide as involves one of the Mdivani siblings getting a divorce. But is it true, and if is so who? In other news, E.T. Stotesbury heads back to the United States on the maiden voyage of the Italian ocean liner Rex, but Mrs. Eva Stotesbury doesn’t arrive with him. Another Mdivani ends up in court. Other people and subjects include: Doris Duke, Barbara Hutton, Cobina Wright, William May Wright, Prince Alexis Mdivani, Louis Van Alen, James “Henry” Van Alen, William “Sam” Van Alen, James H.R. Cromwell aka “Jimmy,” Oliver “Tony” Cromwell, Prince Serge Mdivani, Princess Mary McCormic Mdivani, formerly Princess Pola Negri Mdivani, Rudolph Valentino, Prince David Mdivani, Princess Mae Murray Mdivani, Princess Nina Mdivani Huberich, Princess Roussadana “Roussie” Mdivani Sert, Josep Maria Sert, Alva Vanderbilt Belmont, Frederick Prince, Michael Luddy, Marjorie Berger, General Pershing, Italian Premier Il Deuce Benito Mussolini, New York mayor James “Jimmy” Walker, President Herbert Hoover, FDR – Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Sam Insull, Ivar Kreuger, Caldwell & Company, 1932 presidential election, Ponzi schemes, Lionel Robbins, 1930s economic meltdown, great depression vs the Great Depression term, oil ventures, charter plane, air travel, ocean liner, Blue Riband, Nord Deutscher Llyod – North German Lloyd, Rex, Conte di Savoia, Bremen, Europa, Ile de France, Normandie, Aquitania, Olympic, Majestic, the Titanic, Whitemarsh Hall, Sutton Club, New York, Marble House, Ritz-Carlton, Genoa, Trieste, Gibraltar, Paris, Delaware River, Chicago, suicide, earthquake in Greece, World War II bombing, rumors, divorce, truth, public overly romantic lives, Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, unconscious coupling, Gwynneth Paltrow, Cold Play Chris Martin, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Halle Berry, Olivier Martinez, Joe Jonas, Sophie Turner, Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.

An heiress is trapped and a love triangle exposed when forbidden lovers get caught beneath the sheets. Late summer 1932, Barbara Hutton joins Princess Louise Van Alen Mdivani and Prince Alexis Mdivani at the Spanish countryside estate of his sister Princess Roussadana “Roussie” Midvani Sert. Over the course of the visit, the former royals entrap Barbara with a compromising situation. Other people and subjects include: James “Henry” Van Alen, William “Sam” Van Alen, Silvia de Rivas de Castellane, Prince Serge Mdivani, Prince David Mdivani, Princess Nina Mdivani Huberich, Josep Maria Sert, Coco Chanel, Salvador Dali, Marlene Dietrich, Elsa Maxwell, Adela Rogers St. John, Mas Juny estate in Palamos, Spain, Montmarte district in Paris, bohemia, biography / biographies, determining facts, inaccuracies, redemption, family and friendship betrayals, seduction, fortune hunters, playboys, modern dating, online dating, lack of romance, negging, hetero-flexible, homo-flexible, dick pics, pornographic references, explicit come-ons, desire for romance, rebuilding life & love, divorce, true love, misaligned attraction, romance Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com. Extra Notes / Call to Action: Past Perfect Vintage Radio is available via Amazon Music UK, TuneIn Radio, and myTunerRadio apps. www.pastperfect.com/radio Share, like, subscribe https://asthemoneyburns.com/ TW / IG – @asthemoneyburns Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/asthemoneyburns/