About this episode
Tough financial times force some former debutantes to focus on finding work not husbands. Could this be the future fate of this year’s debs?
Three former debutantes work as mannequins and saleswomen at a “debutante shop” helping this year’s debs prepare for the coming out season. Meanwhile multiple bank failures are happening in Nashville.
Other people and subjects include: October - November 1930, debut shop, Antionette “Toni” Frissell, Varick Frissell, Happy Shannon, Mary Irwin Howell, Rogers Caldwell, Barbara Hutton, Cecil Beaton, debutante trends, Prince Serge Obolensky, Ava Alice Astor, tacky party, Saks Fifth Avenue, October bank failures in Cuba & Portugal, November bank failures in Tennessee & Mid-West, Caldwell & Company collapse, lavish lifestyles & fraud, and the butterfly effect.
Extra Notes / Call to Action:
Debutante Shops Nadia’s in LA and Saks Fifth Avenue in Chicago ads
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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: Button Up Your Overcoat by Jack Hylton, Album Fascinating Rhythm – Great Hits of the 20s
Section 2 Music: One Two, Button Your Shoe by Jack Hylton, Album The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30s
Section 3 Music: Umtcha, Umtcha, Da Da Da by The Rhythmic Eight, Album Fascinating Rhythm – Great Hits of the 20s
End Music: My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Billy Cotton, Album The Great British Dance Bands
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