Pleasure Trip

Pleasure Trip

From As The Money Burns by Nicki Woodard

June 30, 2025 · 29 min · Episode 129

About this episode

The episode explores Doris Duke's incognito travels along the Pacific Coast in 1933 and the challenges she faced with her newfound fame.

The freedom of travel and adventure is cut short when one heiress is spotted, and too much attention could threaten her safety. October - November 1933, Doris Duke travels incognito to the Pacific Coast but eventually gets spotted everywhere she goes. Eventually, she ends up in Hollywood for a few special meetings. Other people and subjects include: Barbara Hutton, James H.R. Cromwell aka “Jimmy,” Walker Patterson Inman, Nanaline Duke, Jenny Renaud, Cornelius Vanderbilt IV aka “Neil,” “Ken” Kenneth Russell Unger – K. Russell, Mrs. Kenneth Unger – Mrs. K. Russell, Charles Lindbergh, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Samuel “Sam” Insull, Marion Davies, William Randolph Hearst, Rose Douras Davies, Edward McLean, Marlene Dietrich, Cecile B. DeMille, Clark Gable, Joan Crawford, Josef von Sternberg, Scarlet Empress 1934, Catherine the Great role, Peter Arno, Sally O’Neill, Drexel Biddle Steele, City Commissioner Harry Finch, Harry Shipman, Nancy Randolph, incognito, aliases, pseudonyms, anonymous, potential suitors, no suitors, fan mail, cranks, cadgers, beggars, gangsters, kidnapping threats, pilot, bodyguards, news reporters, New Yorker cartoonist, actors, actresses, private railcar, yacht…

People in this episode

Host: Nicki Woodard

Topics covered

  • travel
  • adventure
  • Hollywood
  • 1930s history
  • celebrity culture

Keywords

  • Doris Duke
  • Hollywood
  • 1933
  • travel
  • celebrity

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: MGM Studio, Paramount Studios

Books & works: Scarlet Empress 1934

Places: Pacific Coast, Hollywood, Roosevelt Air Field, Hadley Field

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