Social Swirl
Annual summer competitions and events are in full swing, and a once unfashionable heiress is now as notably stylish as a queen. June 1932 brings lots of bad news that bleeds into July 1932 with Lindbergh kidnapping and hoax trials and the collapse of the Insull energy empire. Thus distraction and fascination is back on the wealthy as they enjoy their summer activities. Doris Duke makes fashionable statements at Royal Ascot and a dinner party. Other people and subjects include: Nanaline Duke, Princess Louise Van Alen Mdivani, Prince Alexis Mdivani, Daisy Van Alen, William “Sam” Van Alen, James “Henry” Van Alen, Princess Mary McCormic Mdivani, Prince Serge Mdivani, Princess Mae Murray Mdivani, Prince David Mdivani, John Jacob Astor VI aka “Jakey”, Vincent Astor, Helen Astor, Madeleine Talmage Astor Dick, Enzo Fiermonte, Cornelius “Neil” Vanderbilt IV, Grace Wilson Vanderbilt, Alice Vanderbilt, Countess Gladys Vanderbilt Szechenyi, Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney – Gertrude Vanderbilt, Virginia “Birdie” Graham Fair Vanderbilt, Caroline Astor, Mrs. M. Orme Wilson – Carrie Astor, Alva Vanderbilt Belmont, William K. Vanderbilt, Harold Vanderbilt, William H. Vanderbilt, Gloria Vanderbilt, Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt, Viscountess Thelma Morgan Furness, Queen Mary of England, Prince of Wales – Prince David – King Edward VIII – Duke of Windsor, Josephine Hartford Makarov, Evalyn Walsh McLean, Charles Lindbergh, Gaston Means, Violet Sharpe, John Hughes Curtis, Lindbergh kidnapping, fraud, hoaxes, Earl of Poulet, Bridget Poulet, Sam Insull, Insull energy empire collapse, John D. Rockefeller, Edith Rockefeller McCormick, Mrs. “Syrie” Somerset Maugham, Liza Maugham, Constance Bennet, Garrow Greer, Dr. Wallace Murphy, all-white décor trend, Astor yacht Nourmahal, Chicago Civic Opera, Chicago, Newport, London, Royal Ascot, Buckingham Palace, royal garden party, 1932 Olympics, repetition device for reconnecting & familiarizing the past, synchronicity, rabbit holes, ties that bind, HBO’s The Gilded Age tv series, accolades change to criticisms, wealth and fame magnification of attention, schadenfreude, malicious envy, self-righteous indignation Titanic, Titan submersible, immigrant boat disaster, Hamish Harding’s son, Cardi B, Blink-182 concert, public humiliation and flogging, fishbowl microscope, Meghan Markle, Prince Harry, social media posts, social blunders, scandal Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.
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Summary
Annual summer competitions and events are in full swing, and a once unfashionable heiress is now as notably stylish as a queen.
June 1932 brings lots of bad news that bleeds into July 1932 with Lindbergh kidnapping and hoax trials and the collapse of the Insull energy empire. Thus distraction and fascination is back on the wealthy as they enjoy their summer activities. Doris Duke makes fashionable statements at Royal Ascot and a dinner party.
Other people and subjects include: Nanaline Duke, Princess Louise Van Alen Mdivani, Prince Alexis Mdivani, Daisy Van Alen, William “Sam” Van Alen, James “Henry” Van Alen, Princess Mary McCormic Mdivani, Prince Serge Mdivani, Princess Mae Murray Mdivani, Prince David Mdivani, John Jacob Astor VI aka “Jakey”, Vincent Astor, Helen Astor, Madeleine Talmage Astor Dick, Enzo Fiermonte, Cornelius “Neil” Vanderbilt IV, Grace Wilson Vanderbilt, Alice Vanderbilt, Countess Gladys Vanderbilt Szechenyi, Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney – Gertrude Vanderbilt, Virginia “Birdie” Graham Fair Vanderbilt, Caroline Astor, Mrs. M. Orme Wilson – Carrie Astor, Alva Vanderbilt Belmont, William K. Vanderbilt, Harold Vanderbilt, William H. Vanderbilt, Gloria Vanderbilt, Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt, Viscountess Thelma Morgan Furness, Queen Mary of England, Prince of Wales – Prince David – King Edward VIII – Duke of Windsor, Josephine Hartford Makarov, Evalyn Walsh McLean, Charles Lindbergh, Gaston Means, Violet Sharpe, John Hughes Curtis, Lindbergh kidnapping, fraud, hoaxes, Earl of Poulet, Bridget Poulet, Sam Insull, Insull energy empire collapse, John D. Rockefeller, Edith Rockefeller McCormick, Mrs. “Syrie” Somerset Maugham, Liza Maugham, Constance Bennet, Garrow Greer, Dr. Wallace Murphy, all-white décor trend, Astor yacht Nourmahal, Chicago Civic Opera, Chicago, Newport, London, Royal Ascot, Buckingham Palace, royal garden party, 1932 Olympics, repetition device for reconnecting & familiarizing the past, synchronicity, rabbit holes, ties that bind, HBO’s The Gilded Age tv series, accolades change to criticisms, wealth and fame magnification of attention, schadenfreude, malicious envy, self-righteous indignation Titanic, Titan submersible, immigrant boat disaster, Hamish Harding’s son, Cardi B, Blink-182 concert, public humiliation and flogging, fishbowl microscope, Meghan Markle, Prince Harry, social media posts, social blunders, scandal
Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.