Stroke of Luck
An unlucky filmmaker’s Viking voyage finds disaster at sea, while the luck of the Irish brings better news for a tennis star. Young filmmaker Varick Frissell ventures to the frozen Newfoundland and shoot more scenes of a seal hunt for his film White Thunder. Only tragedy strikes. Meanwhile, tennis sensation and non-heir Frank Shields learns he will represent the United States at Davis Cup freeing him from the drudgery of his job as a bank loan officer. Other people and subjects include: March 1931, James Donahue, Jessie Woolworth Donahue, Rebecca “Billie” Tenney, Antoinette “Toni” Frissell, Hollywood film disasters, Rudolph Valentino’s the Sheikh, artic exploration, North Pole, Robert Peary, Frederick Cook, Explorers Club, Waldorf-Astoria NY, Prince Philip – Duke of Edinburgh, astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria, Jeff Bezos, and modern exotic culinary delicacies. Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.
March 18, 2022
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Stroke of Luck
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An unlucky filmmaker’s Viking voyage finds disaster at sea, while the luck of the Irish brings better news for a tennis star.
Young filmmaker Varick Frissell ventures to the frozen Newfoundland and shoot more scenes of a seal hunt for his film White Thunder. Only tragedy strikes. Meanwhile, tennis sensation and non-heir Frank Shields learns he will represent the United States at Davis Cup freeing him from the drudgery of his job as a bank loan officer.
Other people and subjects include: March 1931, James Donahue, Jessie Woolworth Donahue, Rebecca “Billie” Tenney, Antoinette “Toni” Frissell, Hollywood film disasters, Rudolph Valentino’s the Sheikh, artic exploration, North Pole, Robert Peary, Frederick Cook, Explorers Club, Waldorf-Astoria NY, Prince Philip – Duke of Edinburgh, astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria, Jeff Bezos, and modern exotic culinary delicacies.
Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.
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