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Done & Dunne

84: C'est Si Bon | Maxine Elliott and Her Château de l'Horizon

Done & Dunne

Hemlock Creatives

History, True Crime

4.7630 Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we explore the life and legend of Maxine Elliott, builder and operator of the most hopping spot on the French Riviera for decades, the Chateau de l ’Horizon. A gathering spot for the famous and infamous, this home played host to many in its time – from political leaders to Hollywood stars to royalty. A few folks included in our cast this week: Lady Doris Castlerosse, Winston Churchill, Lady Diana Cooper, Daisy Fellowes, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Marlene Dietrich, Prince Aly Khan, the Kennedy family, and Elizabeth Taylor too! All sources can be found at doneanddone.com. Continue your investigation ad-free and bonus episodes on Patreon! Listen to Eartha Kitt perform C'est Si Bon on YouTube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Welcome to Dun & Dunn.

0:32.1

I'm Alicia, your hostess on this podcast journey, All Things Dominic Dunn, where nothing is linear and everything is connected.

0:40.5

Thank you so much for joining me today, y'all. I do love to bring a magical place into our investigation.

0:47.0

We have talked about the Garden of Alla and the Beverly Hills Hotel. We've talked about Heaver Castle.

0:52.7

So many locations in the background of Dun and

0:55.0

Dun, but holy cats, pack your bags, friends. This week is Cecibon. It's so good. We're going to

1:02.3

take a little voyage this week out of the United States, out of England, into the south of France.

1:08.0

We're literally everything connects. There is a magical place on the French

1:13.7

Riviera called the Chateau de la Horizon, the castle of the horizon, that will bring together

1:20.2

so many of our players, as well as introduce a few new ones to. We're about to have some fun,

1:27.0

but before we begin today's episode, I do have this magnificent

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shiny spyglass with some big shoutouts and thanks to give.

1:35.2

First and foremost to our newest supporters over at patreon.com slash done and done.

1:40.4

Katrina D. Finchie and Kelsey J.

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