Adrift
Unsuccessfully navigating the rough waters of adolescence and love leaves one heiress literally drifting out to sea. After getting into a fight with friend Doris Duke over the secret love affair between Louise Van Alen and Prince Alexis Mdivani, teen heiress Barbara Hutton finds herself stranded and alone in a sailboat in open sea. Other people and subjects include: Franklyn Hutton, Coast Guard, inaccuracies and problems with biographies, tv mini-series, trying to locate the truths, female naming conventions & complications, Silvia de Riva de Castilleja de Guzman, and nostalgia of young love & romance. Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.
September 17, 2020
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Adrift
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Adrift
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Unsuccessfully navigating the rough waters of adolescence and love leaves one heiress literally drifting out to sea.
After getting into a fight with friend Doris Duke over the secret love affair between Louise Van Alen and Prince Alexis Mdivani, teen heiress Barbara Hutton finds herself stranded and alone in a sailboat in open sea.
Other people and subjects include: Franklyn Hutton, Coast Guard, inaccuracies and problems with biographies, tv mini-series, trying to locate the truths, female naming conventions & complications, Silvia de Riva de Castilleja de Guzman, and nostalgia of young love & romance.
Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.
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