Vintage Miami Beach Glamour: Celebrities and Socialites in the Heyday of Chic (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781467141581)

From roughly 1930 to 1960, Miami Beach attracted an exclusive colony of socialites, who mixed with Hollywood celebrities and dignitaries, such as Winston Churchill, as effortlessly as tonic mixes with gin. Elizabeth Taylor announced her ill-fated engagement to the son of a former ambassador in Miami Beach. Other movie stars, such as Veronica Lake, were filmed in the enclave. Beautiful model Bab Beckwith, the first Orange Bowl Parade queen, dated John F. Kennedy while he was in Miami in 1944. Speedboat king Gar Wood bought his mistress a $100,000 bayfront home and then sued to force her to vacate the property. A tumultuous affair between John Jacob Astor VI and Lucille Stiglich led to the young model serving time in the Miami Beach jail. Deborah C. Pollack delves into an era filled with excitement, style, humor and panache.

Author: Deborah C. Pollack
ISBN-10: 1467141585
ISBN-13: 9781467141581
Publisher: History Press
Language: English
Published: 01/28/2019
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d