Golden Jubilee
The games begin for another Tennis Week in Newport, but in society’s game will one socialite be able to outmaneuver the scandal ahead? Newport Casino celebrates its Golden Jubilee with returning Wimbledon stars Sidney Wood and Frank Shields, only they aren’t having the same heyday and lost the US Davis Cup too. Back from Hawaii, Henrietta Hartford and Huntington Hartford join the fun, while Henrietta hopes to keep his marriage a secret. Only her daughter and his sister Josephine Hartford’s abrupt Reno divorce and remarriage to the Caviar King might make it a lot harder. Other people and subjects include: James “Henry” Van Alen, William “Sam” Van Alen, Doris Duke, Nanaline Duke, Mary Lee Epling, Maud Barger-Wallach, Fred Perry, Ellsworth Vines, Bunny Austin, Countess Alexandra Tolstoy, Leo Tolstoy, Vamarie, Vadim Makarov, Vice Admiral Stepan Makarov, polar icebreakers, Petrossian caviar, gauche caviar, Bolshevik Revolution, Big Miracle 2012 film, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, You’ve Got Mail film, Frasier tv series, and the black market. Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com
August 19, 2022
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Golden Jubilee
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Golden Jubilee
Summary
The games begin for another Tennis Week in Newport, but in society’s game will one socialite be able to outmaneuver the scandal ahead?
Newport Casino celebrates its Golden Jubilee with returning Wimbledon stars Sidney Wood and Frank Shields, only they aren’t having the same heyday and lost the US Davis Cup too. Back from Hawaii, Henrietta Hartford and Huntington Hartford join the fun, while Henrietta hopes to keep his marriage a secret. Only her daughter and his sister Josephine Hartford’s abrupt Reno divorce and remarriage to the Caviar King might make it a lot harder.
Other people and subjects include: James “Henry” Van Alen, William “Sam” Van Alen, Doris Duke, Nanaline Duke, Mary Lee Epling, Maud Barger-Wallach, Fred Perry, Ellsworth Vines, Bunny Austin, Countess Alexandra Tolstoy, Leo Tolstoy, Vamarie, Vadim Makarov, Vice Admiral Stepan Makarov, polar icebreakers, Petrossian caviar, gauche caviar, Bolshevik Revolution, Big Miracle 2012 film, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, You’ve Got Mail film, Frasier tv series, and the black market.
Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com