As The Money Burns

After years of struggle, a hostess gets to throw her most famous and popular annual event once again, so come and see who attends.

April 1933, Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus arrives in…

A fortune hunter makes the final play to capture his main prize, but his final move might involve his recently discarded former prey.

April 1933, Barbara Hutton continues her South Seas trip shopping …

All they want is love. Everyone else wants their fortune.

Fourth Year Anniversary recap and future storylines.

Other people and subjects include: Barbara Hutton, Doris Duke, heirs, heiresses, marriages…

The heart wants what it wants, so a concerned mother rushes to thwart her heiress daughter’s return to her former love.

Late March – early April 1933, concerned mother Daisy Van Alen raises across the…

A newly free prince is on the hunt for his next fortune, but could there be a new heiress in his sight?

As Barbara Hutton continues her South Seas travels, another rumor percolates involving a new lov…

Another set of divorce rumors and scandal abound as another lover has been found.

Late February to early March, John Jacob Astor VI, aka “Jakey,” and his mother Madeleine Talmage Force Astor Dick are …

Valentine’s celebrations abound, but questions remain as to where single heiresses might be found.

End of January – mid-February 1933, newspapers keep track of the romantic entanglements of multiple h…

A nearly homeless supreme hostess gets back to what she does best at a luxury hotel, and many don’t want to miss out.

January 20th – February 1st, 1933, Cobina Wright reorients her new life at the Wal…

When an heiress flees to the Far East, her ardent lover follows in hot pursuit unwilling to let her get away so easily.

January – February 1933, Barbara Hutton travels to the Orient to forget her roma…

After previously closing their mansion, a struggling couple returns to host a wonderful buffet to start the new year, but have things really changed for the better?

December 1932 – January 1933, Chris…

An heiress receives accolades for all her efforts to help the less fortunate, but her good deeds aren’t as helpful for her marriage.

December 1932, Marjorie Merriweather Post Hutton is hailed for all …

With a large fortune in sight, a whole family gathers to determine the next set of moves. What is an heiress to do?

December 1932, the royal Mdivani siblings gather in Paris to determine how the newly…

Not all love affairs last forever. When one princess loses her title, will another readily take her place and possibly share the same fate?

November 27th, 1932, Princess Louise Van Alen Mdivani appear…

When one door closes, another opens. How might an eviction lead to a brand new life in a luxury hotel?

November 5th, 1932, Cobina Wright moves out of her Sutton Place home and now becomes homeless al…

One couple deals with more betrayal when litigation publicly reveals financial secrets.

September 23rd – October 27th, 1932, William May Wright, aka “Bill,” returns to New York to deal with litigation…

Deceptions run high as another divorce is announced and a grand home re-opens. Can’t these people get their stories straight already?

September 27th – October 14th, 1932, a divorce rumor spreads far a…

An heiress is trapped and a love triangle exposed when forbidden lovers get caught beneath the sheets.

Late summer 1932, Barbara Hutton joins Princess Louise Van Alen Mdivani and Prince Alexis Mdivani…

Despite small implosions everywhere, some hide their true situations while prancing around like prized ponies at a horse show.

Over the summer of 1932, James H.R. Cromwell, aka “Jimmy,” pursues Doris…

At another sunny beach enclave, a romance blooms into a twisted love triangle between a prince and two heiresses.

Summers 1931 & 1932, the interchange of people and events cause a blurring of timeline…

Many feeling the economic pinch lower summer participation.  But those who remain wealthy gather for another round of seaside fun.

August 1932, many millionaires return for another Tennis Week and mor…