Score: Love - All
It’s that exciting time of year – tennis in Newport. When a movie star handsome tennis champion and future Wimbledon star comes and challenges our reigning Prince’s dominance. The originating point of zero in tennis is called Love, and that’s the game our heiresses are most interested in playing. Ready to keep score over who will win our heiresses’ hearts? Teen tennis champion Frank Shields wins hearts both on and off the court. Prince Alexis Mdivani is not happy with this new competition. Other people and subjects include: August 1929, Barbara Hutton, Doris Duke, Louise Van Alen, Jimmy Cromwell, Jimmy Van Alen aka Jimmy, William Van Alen aka Sam, Jakey Astor, Huntington Hartford, origins of tennis, French King Louis X, King Henry VIII, tiebreak, “Big Bill” William Tilden, Maud Barger-Wallach, Newport Casino, and a summer school program with young love, tennis, & visits to Newport. Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.
November 12, 2020
19 min
17
Full
18 of 139
Episode 17 · November 12, 2020
Score: Love - All
0:00 / 19:58
Excerpt playback isn’t available for this episode — use the full-episode link.
Search the Record
Moment search isn’t open for this episode yet
When it opens, you’ll be able to type any phrase and jump straight to the second it was said.
Tis Hot Mess History Episodes Around November 12, 2020
Episode 18 of 139 — walk the feed in the order it was published.
Score: Love - All
Summary
It’s that exciting time of year – tennis in Newport. When a movie star handsome tennis champion and future Wimbledon star comes and challenges our reigning Prince’s dominance.
The originating point of zero in tennis is called Love, and that’s the game our heiresses are most interested in playing. Ready to keep score over who will win our heiresses’ hearts?
Teen tennis champion Frank Shields wins hearts both on and off the court. Prince Alexis Mdivani is not happy with this new competition.
Other people and subjects include: August 1929, Barbara Hutton, Doris Duke, Louise Van Alen, Jimmy Cromwell, Jimmy Van Alen aka Jimmy, William Van Alen aka Sam, Jakey Astor, Huntington Hartford, origins of tennis, French King Louis X, King Henry VIII, tiebreak, “Big Bill” William Tilden, Maud Barger-Wallach, Newport Casino, and a summer school program with young love, tennis, & visits to Newport.
Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.
Topics
Episode details and artwork are published by the show’s own feed. Sentinel plays short cited excerpts and links every episode back to its publisher.