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...Gloria Vanderbilt, 17, got engaged to Pasquale ("Pat") di Cicco, 32-year-old Hollywood actor's agent. Gloria, who comes into $4,000,000 when she reaches 21, returned to the public eye with a splash of party-giving last spring, for the first time since 1934. That year she was the center of a long custody battle between her mother, Mrs. Reginald C. Vanderbilt, and her aunt, Mrs. Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney. Through last summer and fall she was photographed with a series of escorts that included Cinemactors Bruce Cabot, Randolph Scott, George Montgomery and di Cicco. Her fianc...
Pamela, 12, flew along; Daughter Patricia, 17, stayed on with Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt for more schooling at fashionable Miss Hewitt's. She returns to do war work next year...
...There are striking resemblances," says Rosten, "between the founder of the House of Vanderbilt [Cornelius, steamboat owner] and the founder of the House of Mayer [Louis B., theater owner], between the first Warner [Harry M., butcher's son] and the first Astor [John Jacob, butcher's son], ... In 50 years names like Zanuck, Mannix, and Selznick may well be great. . . . 'Honour,' says an ancient proverb, 'is but ancient riches...
...Gloria Vanderbilt, of the up-again-down-again hairdo, did a now-you-see-it-now-you-don't turn as a magician's volunteer helper in a Manhattan nightclub before she left for California...
William Kissam Vanderbilt gave his $3,000,000 yacht, the Alva (named for his mother), to the U.S. Navy. Alva has a ventilating system that changes the air every four minutes...