As The Money Burns

Pleasure Trip


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The freedom of travel and adventure is cut short when one heiress is spotted, and too much attention could threaten her safety.

October - November 1933, Doris Duke travels incognito to the Pacific Coast but eventually gets spotted everywhere she goes. Eventually, she ends up in Hollywood for a few special meetings.

Other people and subjects include:
Barbara Hutton, James H.R. Cromwell aka “Jimmy,” Walker Patterson Inman, Nanaline Duke, Jenny Renaud, Cornelius Vanderbilt IV aka “Neil,” “Ken” Kenneth Russell Unger – K. Russell, Mrs. Kenneth Unger – Mrs. K. Russell, Charles Lindbergh, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Samuel “Sam” Insull, Marion Davies, William Randolph Hearst, Rose Douras Davies, Edward McLean, Marlene Dietrich, Cecile B. DeMille, Clark Gable, Joan Crawford, Josef von Sternberg, Scarlet Empress 1934, Catherine the Great role, Peter Arno, Sally O’Neill, Drexel Biddle Steele, City Commissioner Harry Finch, Harry Shipman, Nancy Randolph, incognito, aliases, pseudonyms, anonymous, potential suitors, no suitors, fan mail, cranks, cadgers, beggars, gangsters, kidnapping threats, pilot, bodyguards, news reporters, New Yorker cartoonist, actors, actresses, private railcar, yacht, extradition, Supreme Court tax case, fight, California vs. USC football game, Bellanca monoplane, air mail, air fields, air shows, air derby, transcontinental trip, Pacific Coast, Roosevelt Air Field, Hadley Field, Chicago’s Worlds Fair, Halloween, MGM Studio, Paramount Studios & commissary, Embassy Club – Los Angeles, Drake Hotel, Hotel Utah, Long Island, Reno, Salt Lake City, San Francisco, San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, Hollywood, Paris, Athens, Greece, New Jersey, discovering new anecdotes, uncovering new details, overlaps, Janet Snowden, her sister Marian Snowden Rospigliosi, Prince Girolamo “Jerome” Rospigliosi, Hitler, Lindbergh, “Neil” Cornelius Vanderbilt IV, connecting and figuring pseudonyms, Ti’s Hot Mess History, India Scarlett, comparative documentaries, spoilers, similar themes, sharing information, acknowledging similar subjects and topics,…

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Extra Notes / Call to Action:
Poor Little Rich Girls of the Great Depression | Everyone Hated Doris Duke & Barbara Hutton by Ti’s Hot Mess History 2 hrs 51 min May 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-9648wgL78

Great Depression Heiresses Used Their $$$$ To Steal Each Other’s Men | Doris Duke VS Barbara Hutton by Ti’s Hot Mess History 1 hr 37 min May or June 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8asr_gwQw20

Feuding Heiresses | Barbara Hutton vs Doris Duke – India Scarlett October / November 2024 2 hrs 32 min October 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0FHMJlgSPU

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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: I Double Dare You by Jack Harris & His Orchestra, Albums More Sophistication & Hits of the 30s
Section 2 Music: I Guess I Will Have To Change My Plan by Ambrose & His Orchestra, Album The Great British Dance Bands
Section 3 Music: Eyes Of The World by Louis Levy, Album The Great British Dance Bands
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

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