EPISODE · Feb 4, 2022 · 20 MIN
Critic's Choice
from As The Money Burns · host Nicki Woodard
Despite her own dire circumstances, one hostess continues her duties in supporting the arts. The show must always go on.Supreme hostess Cobina Wright hosts a party to celebrate the Met opening of Deems Taylor’s new opera and Noel Coward. It’s another fabulous party, but everything seems to be an endless loop as things change while still staying the same.Other people and subjects include: January – February 1931, Bill Wright, Algonquin Roundtable, George du Maurier, Owen Johnson, Dorothy Parker, Peter Pan, Daphne du Maurier (stories Rebecca & The Birds), Alfred Hitchcock, Lucrezia Bori, John Barrymore, Svengali, JM Barrie, Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla, Disney Fantasia, Russian ballet, Vaslav Nijinsky & Rite of Spring, Stravinsky, Lily James, Drew Barrymore, Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Freddie Highmore, and HBO’s Gilded Age & fortunes related to stories.Extra Notes / Call to Action:Instagram Gilded Age mentions: @MansionsoftheGildedAge, @TheGildedAgeSociety, and @GothamsGildedAge @AsTheMoneyBurns & @PastPerfectVintageMusicNew York Adventure Club www.nyadventureclub.com--Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.Opening Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance BandsSection 1 Music: Eeny Meeny Miney Mo by Harry Roy, Albums The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30s & Tea Dance 2Section 2 Music: The Very Thought of You by Al Bowlly, Album More SophisticationSection 3 Music: Eeny Meeny Miney Mo by Harry Roy, Albums The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30s & Tea Dance 2End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
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Despite her own dire circumstances, one hostess continues her duties in supporting the arts. The show must always go on. Supreme hostess Cobina Wright hosts a party to celebrate the Met opening of Deems Taylor’s new opera and Noel Coward. It’s another fabulous party, but everything seems to be an endless loop as things change while still staying the same. Other people and subjects include: January – February 1931, Bill Wright, Algonquin Roundtable, George du Maurier, Owen Johnson, Dorothy Parker, Peter Pan, Daphne du Maurier (stories Rebecca & The Birds), Alfred Hitchcock, Lucrezia Bori, John Barrymore, Svengali, JM Barrie, Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla, Disney Fantasia, Russian ballet, Vaslav Nijinsky & Rite of Spring, Stravinsky, Lily James, Drew Barrymore, Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Freddie Highmore, and HBO’s Gilded Age & fortunes related to stories. Archival Music provided by Past Perfect Vintage Music, www.pastperfect.com.
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