Spirit of Adventure

A large public spectacle features an heiress at its center, but all that attention comes with other warnings.

April 1932, Barbara Hutton serves the primary role in the Spirit of Adventure charity pageant at Madison Square Garden.  The whole event is a family affair, and many others participate over the night’s activities.

Other people and subjects include: Marjorie Merriweather Post Hutton, E.F. Hutton, Franklyn Hutton, Irene Hutton, James “Jimmy” H.R. Cromwell, Phil Plant, Evalyn Walsh McLean, Gaston Means, Charles Lindbergh, Charles Lindbergh, Jr., Sophia Brownell Hutton, Eleanor Van Alen – Mrs. James “Henry” Van Alen, “Birdie” Virginia Graham Fair Vanderbilt – Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt, Amelia Earhart, George Palmer Putnam, Eleanor Smith, Kermit Roosevelt, Vincent Astor, Captain Robert Bartlett, Walter Granger, Martin Johnson, Osa Johnson, George Eastman, bullfighter Sidney Franklin,  Aubrey Van Nostrand, Mrs. Tony Biddle, Jr., Earl of Gosford, Countess of Gosford Beatrice Claflin Acheson, Mrs. “Georgia” Lucius Boomer, Florenz Ziegfeld, Mrs. Florenz Ziegfeld – Billie Burke – Glinda the Good Witch The Wizard of Oz, Netflix The Diplomat, Joseph Urban, Fred Ward, June Blossom, Mrs. William Randolph Hearst, Lila Agnew Stewart, John Harkrider, Dean Jennings, socialites, exotic, adventure, explorers, historical explorers, retrospect, radium glowing costumes, bodyguards, arrest

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Extra Notes / Call to Action:

New York Adventure Club www.nyadventureclub.com

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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 Bands

Section 1 Music: Red Sails In The Sunset by Casani Club Orchestra, Album The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30s

Section 2 Music:On The Beach At Bali Bali by Billy Merrin & His Commanders, Albums The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30s & Tea Dance 2

Section 3 Music: Sing A Song of Sunbeams by Ronnie Munro & Orchestra, Albums Tea Dance 2 & The Great Bands Dance Bands Play Hits Of The 30s

End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands

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