Ties That Bind

As The Money Burns

Aug 6 2023 • 26 mins

Hoping that a change in political power will end the ongoing Great Depression, one heir vows his continuing and undying support to a presidential nominee.

A lifelong friendship develops between a young heir and his neighbor, a distant relative and a future president.  Through personal tragedies and triumphs, Vincent Astor and Franklin Delano Roosevelt support each other to establish common goals to help the poor as well as have fun and playfulness.

Other people and subjects include: John Jacob Astor VI aka “Jakey,” Princess Ava Alice Muriel Astor Obolensky, Helen Dinsmore Astor, Caroline Astor, John Jacob Astor IV aka “Jack,” Lady Ava Lowle Willing Astor Ribblesdale, Madeleine Talmage Astor Force, Sara Delano Roosevelt, John Jacob Astor I, William Backhouse Astor, Sr., Laura Astor Delano, William Backhouse Astor, Jr., Helen Schermerhorn Astor Roosevelt, President Theodore Roosvelt, Kermit Roosevelt, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, Alice Roosevelt, James Roosevelt I, James Roosevelt Roosevelt aka “Rosey” Rosie Rosy, Tadd Roosevelt, Helen Roosevelt, George Roosevelt, FDR’s son James Roosevelt II, Warren Delano, Jr., Franklin Hughes Delano, Phillippe De Lannoy – Philip Delano, John Raskob, Dutchess County, Rhinebeck, Hyde Park, Ferncliffe, Springwood, Beechwood, Noma yacht, Nourmahal yacht, opium trade, snobbery, Knickerbockers, Mayflower passengers, Plymouth colonists, New York governor mansion, 1932 presidential race, New Deal reforms, Harvard, Columbia, law school, Titanic, polio, World War I, Lusitania, World War II, Assistant Secretary to the Navy, President Woodrow Wilson, President Herbert Hoover, Cuff Links Gang, Nourmahal Gang, King Edward VIII – Prince of Wales – Duke of Windsor, King George VI – Prince Albert – Duke of York, Queen Elizabeth – Queen Mum, Queen Elizabeth II, King Charles III, Prince William, John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Ulysses S. Grant, William Harrison, Benjamin Harrison, William Taft, Zachary Taylor, Martin Van Buren, George Washington, Betsey Cushing, Mary “Minnie” Cushing, Barbara “Babe” Cushing, Stanley Mortimer, Jr., William “Bill” Paley, presidential election 2024, friends, neighbors, family, kinship, step-sibling vs. half sibling

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Extra Notes / Call to Action:

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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: Crazy Rhythm by Victor Silvester, Album The Great British Dance Bands

**Section 2 Music:**Eeny Meeny Miney Mo by Harry Roy, Albums The Great Dance Bands Play Hits of the 30s & Tea Dance 2

Section 3 Music: One Two, Button Your Shoe by Jack Hylton, Album The Great 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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