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JOHN HICKENLOOPER AND PEOPLE CONNECTED TO HIS RELATIVE, OLGA SAMAROFF - STOKOWSKI, BERLIN, GRANT, GERSHWIN, PARKER
PART 7
Because I was seeking to do only a shallow snorkel dive at this time, since Hickenlooper is not referred to in the Q posts, there are nevertheless elements which caused me to want to go get out the deep dive equipment. I resisted that, and hope that what I have found so far will suffice to give clues as to the importance of the following people, not only to Olga Samaroff, but also quite possibly to John Hickenlooper, who may possibly be a 2020 running mate for John Kasich against Donald J. Trump.
LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_Stokowski
Leopold Stowkoski - Olga’s 2nd husband. He is world famous as a conductor. One of his very best known works was with Walt Disney on the movie “Fantasia,” wherein he played himself as the conductor. He also conducted the Philadelphia Orchstra, and created the Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra, In 1949. He had other very major accomplishments to his credit, which would be quite long to list.
Of note is that he married twice more after his marriage to Olga [Hickenlooper] Samaroff, who brought him out of obscurity.
His second wife was Johnson & Johnson heiress Evangeline Love Brewster Johnson (1897–1990), an artist and aviator, to whom he was married from 1926 until 1937 (two daughters: Gloria Luba Stokowski and Andrea Sadja Stokowski).
For Q aficionados, it is possible that his third wife’s name will make you sit up very straight, or at the very least, raise the eyebrows:
“…. Stokowski’s third wife (1945–1955) was heiress and actress Gloria Vanderbilt (born 1924), by whom he had two sons, Leopold Stanislaus Stokowski (born 1950) and Christopher Stokowski (born 1952)….” They were married for 10 years.
In part 6, it is told to us in Wiki that Olga was heartbroken after her break up with Stowkowski. The report cited a few people to whom she turned for solace. Among those were Irving Berlin, Cary Grant, and George Gershwin.
IRVING BERLIN
https://www.archives.gov/research/alic/reference/military/ww2.html
I did a search on Irving Berlin. He was very patriotic, writing patriotic music for both world wars. There is an interesting story related about his WWII work with his musical review, “Irving Berlin: This Is the Army.”
He had contacted General George Marshall and arranged for his backing to create the show as a Broadway revue. The article is quite interesting, but what got my attention was that after the showing on Broadway, it went on tour, then when in California, Warner Brothers bought the option for the movie rights. In all cases, Berlin opted to donate the proceeds to the Army. After the movie was made, the company took the revue on tour to the two theaters of war - Europe and the Pacific.
CARY GRANT
It is possible to go into great detail about Cary Grant’s fascinating life, but most of that can be found on his Wiki page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cary_Grant
The article names numerous people in his Hollywood life. Among them are
Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford, whom one biographer documents as having been on the same ship when Cary Grant was on his way to America.
https://athomeinhollywood.com/2018/07/28/douglas-fairbanks-mary-pickford/
Some who have done studies of Laurel Canyon are well acquainted with the Laurel Canyon home that Fairbanks and Pickford had there. So right there, Grant has an immediate contact upon arriving in America with that group of people.
While it can certainly be possible, although potentially heartbreaking, to trace Grant’s connections to Laurel Canyon and the Hollywood movers and shakers, such as Alfred Hitchcock, Grace Kelley, Mae West, Frank Sinatra, Audrey Hepburn, Katherine Hepburn, and so many of the movie greats, for this report, we are just brushing very lightly though some of the people with whom we was involved, and apparently, one of them was Olga [Hickenlooper] Samaroff. We have no idea what influences, if any, any of these people may have had on John’s, or even his cousin George’s life. But the connections are there with Olga.
GEORGE GERSHWIN
He had a legendary creative output in his short life. While in New York, he produced a lot of his very well known and popular works. It is not mentioned on his Wiki page, but he was apparently friends with Olga Samaroff there in New York, and during the time she was grieving her loss of Stowkowski. This makes sense because they were both very well known pianists of the time there in New York.
Gershwin moved to California in 1936 and became involved in RKO, Howard Hugh’s movie company. Presumably his friendship with Olga remained, but in the cursory examination I have done, I did not find further data on that. The point is that through Olga, we are seeing that there are several at least indirect Hollywood connections to John Hickenlooper, aside from his cousin, George.
DOROTHY PARKER
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Parker
The excerpt of interest to us is fairly brief:
“Dorothy Parker (née Rothschild; August 22, 1893 – June 7, 1967) was an American poet, writer, critic, and satirist based in New York; she was best known for her wit, wisecracks, and eye for 20th-century urban foibles.
From a conflicted and unhappy childhood, Parker rose to acclaim, both for her literary works published in such magazines as The New Yorker and as a founding member of the Algonquin Round Table. Following the breakup of the circle, Parker traveled to Hollywood to pursue screenwriting. Her successes there, including two Academy Award nominations, were curtailed when her involvement in left-wing politics resulted in the being placed on the Hollywood blacklist.
Dismissive of her own talents, she deplored her reputation as a “wisecracker.” Nevertheless, both her literary output and reputation for sharp wit have endured….”
There is no doubt much data left to be found regarding the various connections to the Elite Cabal in John Hickenlooper’s life. We even see one Rothschild numbered among intimates in Olga’s life. There is a Vanderbilt in Olga’s former husband, Leo Stokowski’s third wife, Gloria. His current wife is CFR. If John is not a recognized member of the elite, he seems to at least be able to knock on the door, for there are some possible entrees there.
One can say that many of the Hickenlooper family members portrayed here have made admirable contributions - at least it would seem so.
I have found this story to be a fascinating one, and hope that it sheds light upon a powerful family, which is not very well known to so many of us.
END PART 7
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
1)Sheeeeeeeet x 100. (golllllllllllllllly!)
2) Does this mean (I didn't check) that Anderson Cooper is related to Stokowski?
3) re: Dorothy Parker
a) she coined the phrase "What Fresh Hell is This?" which you may have heard on The Big Bang Theory.
b) She issued the following light verse on drinking:
'I like to have a martini,
Two at the very most.
After three I'm under the table,
after four I'm under my host.'
(Sound of needle scrEEEEEEching as it is forced along the grooves of the record)
Say *what*?
Dorothy Parker was a lefty, but I do love reading about her wisecracks. One of my favorites:
Dorothy and another woman were approaching a doorway. Other Woman stepped back for Dorothy to go first and said, “Age before beauty”.
Dorothy, accepting the offer, said, “Pearls before swine”.