In this episode, we delve into the life of Babe Paley, the first of Truman Capote’s High Society Six – his infamous Six Swans. Babe’s life, marriages, and style are legendary, as well is her friendship – and subsequent falling out – with Truman Capote.
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Sources
Capote: A Biography, by Gerald Clarke (Amazon link)
Party of the Century: The Fabulous Story of Truman Capote and His Black and White Ball, by Deborah Davis (Amazon link)
The Sisters: Babe Mortimer Paley, Betsey Roosevelt Whitney, Minnie Astor Fosburgh – The Lives and Times of the Fabulous Cushing Sisters, by David Grafton (Amazon link)
It Was a Wonderful Life (The Rake via scribd.com)
American Beauty | Beyond (magazine.stregis.com)
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102. Capote's Coterie | The High Society Six: Babe Paley

A podcast exploring writer Dominick Dunne's quest for justice amidst his incisive commentary of the high society set. Alicia (Trashy Divorces) leads a far ranging romp through the novels and Vanity Fair columns of one of the 20th century’s most unforgettable literary contributors. Covering courthouses and country clubs, Dunne’s voice was one for the ages, and Done & Dunne ensures that voice can continue to resonate with audiences today.

History

Society & Culture

True crime

We have a sizzling summertime ahead of us, dipping into Dominick Dunne’s juiciest profiles. Our man Nick wasn’t always scribbling furiously in a courtroom, and his Hollywood roots were never far from his mind.
To whit: In 1984, he sat to interview screen goddess Ava Gardner. Alicia weaves his words with Gardner’s own, from the book she published years after, filling in the portrait of this legendary star.
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167. Dunne Profiles Ava Gardner

In this episode, we round us out of the Dodge Family children, exploring the second set of John F. Dodge's children, including Frances, Daniel, and Anna Margaret.
These kids come along in John’s third marriage to Matilda Rausch, which happens only after the secret marriage to his housekeeper. Many spiderwebs in that, added to scandals, mysterious deaths, and perhaps an adopted child too. 
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166. The Rest of the John F. Dodge Kids: Frances, Daniel, Anna Margaret and Frances?

In this episode, we continue looking at the scandalous divorcing Dodge children, with so much tragedy between all the generations. 
Here, our focus moves to John Francis Dodge and the first set of his children – specifically, John Duval Dodge and Isabel Cleves Dodge Sloane. So many spiderwebs, scandals, and horses too! 
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165. The Other Dodge Kids: John Duval and Isabel Cleves

In this episode, Griffin Dunne joins his family’s writing legacy. Griffin Dunne, actor, producer, and director – and son of Dominick and Ellen Dunne, is releasing a memoir June 11, The Friday Afternoon Club, A Family Memoir, and this podcast is excited about it. 
In this excerpt, Griffin reveals his own perspective of a story we have investigated through the lens of his father within our first few episodes.
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164. Griffin Dunne Enters The Family Writers Circle

Move over, Gilmore girls! This week, we turn our investigation to Anna and Delphine Dodge, the mother/daughter pair that takes the 20th by storm! The wife and daughter of one of the founders of Dodge Motors live in extraordinary circles - SO many family connections, real estate, yachts, pearls and scandals too - the Dodge girls are coming in hot!
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102. Capote's Coterie | The High Society Six: Babe Paley

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