Famous People Referenced in the Show
Maude Adams: American actress whose greatest success was playing Peter Pan
Ethel Barrymore: American actress whose career spanned six decades
Admiral Richard E. Byrd: American naval officer and explorer
Hattie Carnegie: fashion entrepreneur based in New York City
Dr. Alexis Carrel: French surgeon and biologist awarded the Nobel Prize in 1912
Claudette Colbert: American stage and leading lady for over two decades
Katherine Cornell: American stage actress, writer, theater owner and produce
Joan Crawford: American actress whose career began as a dancer and showgirl
Chauncey Depew: United States Senator from New York from 1899 to 1911
Dorothy Di Frasso: Famous Heiress and philanthropist
Anthony Eden: British Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in the 1930s
Hamilton Fish: American politician who served as the 16th Governor of New York
Flagstad: Norwegian opera singer
El Greco: painter, sculptor, and architect of the Spanish Renaissance
Jascha Heifetz: Famous Russian-American violinist and composer
Aldous Huxley: English writer, novelist, philosopher
Khedive of Egypt: equivalent to the English Viceroy
Hedy Lamarr: an Austrian-born American film actress; sex symbol of her time
John L. Lewis: labor organizer and United Mine Workers of America President
Samuel J Leibowitz: Famous 1930s prosecution lawyer
Beatrice Lillie: English actress, singer, and comedian
The Lunts: American husband and wife acting team
Somerset Maugham: British playwright, novelist, and short story writer
Zasu Pitts: American actress who starred in many silent dramas
William Lyon Phelps: American author, critic, and scholar
Elisabeth Rethberg: an opera singer of international repute
Billy Rose: American stage manager, theatrical showman, and lyricist
Charley Ross: First documented victim of kidnapping with ransom demanded
Lillian Russell: American actress and singer
Haile Selassie: Former Emperor of Ethiopia
Schiaparelli: an Italian fashion designer; a rival of Coco Chanel's
Norma Shearer: Canadian-American Hollywood actress from 1925 through 1942
Lana Turner: American actress who worked in film, television, theater, and radio
Ethel Waters: American singer and actress
HG Wells: Early science fiction writer
William Allen White: American newspaper editor and Pulitzer Prize winner
Margaret Bourke White: Famous female American photographer
Jock Whitney: Founded Pioneer Pictures with Merian Cooper
Darryl Zanuck: American film producer and studio executive
