The 5 Marriages of Lady Sylvia Ashley: From Penniless to Princess.

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@@BhavyaAndrea Thank you , yes it always amazes me the interconnectedness of these stories and people. Your suggestion is great, I was also thinking of doing one on her after Jennie Jerome. The Montagu's have so many interesting women to do videos on.

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@@BhavyaAndrea Yes there is so much intermarriage and connection, after all Henry Montagu Hozier is the supposed father of Clementine Churchill, though much like Jennie's second son Jack his paternity is highly doubted. I wish that I had the time to tell all the stories. So many interesting women to talk about.

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@@MythicMindScape21 narrator's name?

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@@nutmeg121000Charlize Theron. 😉

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[@SharynPrevost]

This girl was a gifted operator, God SAVE THE KING?! Sheesh! Beautiful woman and knew how to work it. All those husbands plus got to dance with Chaplin? I know he was a rascal but I would have dated him! Don’t judge me! I don’t know what to make of this woman but she certainly made for an entertaining documentary. To her credit, she took care of family members and her war efforts were commendable. Thanks for the midweek drop. By the way, KZbin still hasn’t issued any notification…hmm.

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I think you described my feelings on her pretty well. :) Chaplin was indeed very handsome.

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[@vanessabaldwin2096]

Really enjoyed your programme. Excellent entertainment and interest in a fascinating woman that was Sylvia Ashley.

[@denisestinnett4414]

Wow! That was fascinating, thank you I enjoyed it immensely ❤

[@bluechip297]

The fact that she threw herself into war work and later taking care of her paralysed nephew shows that she was anything but shallow.

[@GrandOldMovies]

What a fascinating life story, very well done. Though Sylvia led what might be called a wild life, you have to admire her independence, as well as her work during WW2 and her advocacy of Native Americans taking roles in films.

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Thanks for your support. The next two will be shorter, then hopefully I can finish Jennie Churchill by next Saturday; but so much to tell it is hard to edit things out :)

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I can't imagine getting married to someone after only knowing them 3 months. Lol

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[@patriciakeogh5008]

Thank you, once again I enjoyed that very much. Why oh why did these intelligent woman feel the need to be married so many times? Apart from the obvious 💰 They just rushed straight into another doomed relationship. I think it’s sad,very often ending up on their own 😔

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Great story telling!

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[@carolineward5153]

Such fortune why would she even consider marriage. Very interesting story.

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Magnificent job. Thank you.

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Thank you too!

[@twilightpurpleglow]

Good afternoon enjoyed another of your works. Very interesting the life of Silvia Ashley. I summarized that all 5 spouses were not her type but fit the bill. Not that easy anymore. It sure makes me wonder "where was I in my youth? "I sure was not at the right place nor the right time" one husband is not enough 😂. I remember those screen star legends: Sanders, Gable, Astair, etc but since I was a kid their personal life was not of interest to me, and here I learn years later Sylvia Ashley was one of Gable's wives (I did know about the affair with Ms Young, my mom told me). I think it was easier in those days to meet men that would boost your career and fill your pockets along with status. Sorry she could not have children, might have made a difference. RIP Sylvia Ashley.

[@MythicMindScape21]

Yes, it is amazing that she had all of those men fall for her; sign over all their property, and already being a millionaire still got alimony from Gable. It is hard for me to judge women of those times, as what options did she have, and as you mentioned she was unable to have children; yes that might have changed things for her. She did deeply care for her nephew and treated him like a son. But I am unsure she ever found happiness.

[@lemorab1]

I just discovered your channel and have begun watching the deep dive into the life of Lady Sylvia Ashley. I grew up in North Hollywood, not far from the Gable ranch on Petit Ave. in Encino. During the 1950's and especially after Gable's death on November 16, 1960, Lady Sylvia was seen as a shady gold-digger who took advantage of the still-grieving Gable. She had the audacity to clear out and redecorate Carole Lombard's bedroom, heretofore preserved in the exact state when Carole left it for the last time to go on her ill-fated War Bond tour. Sacrilege! It cost Gable a bundle to get out of his marital mis-step with Lady Sylvia, or so the story went. This was very interesting. Before your video, the only flattering description I have ever read about Lady Sylvia is in David Niven's memoirs. Just one minor quibble: In the United States, before the 1940's, a college degree was not beyond the reach of American Women, nor was it unusual. Many women, not from rich families, went to college. State colleges existed and were affordable. In England, for Sylvia, it was probably much more difficult given the rigidity of the class system. But then, she doesn't seem to have been intellectually inclined.

[@MythicMindScape21]

Thank you for the comment. David Niven is an interesting character as well, and yes it is astonishing that Gable had to pay alimony to her, when she was so wealthy at the time.

[@lemorab1]

@@MythicMindScape21 Her name was mud. King Clark Gable owned the 1930's and if the press thought you had wronged him, you were cut no slack. Ditto in the 1940's. Rhea Langham, Gable's second wife was forever shaded, perceived as standing in the way of True Love between Gable and Lombard. (The lengths to which Louis Mayer went to cover up any scandals involving Clark Gable would be unbelievable by today's standards.) After her divorce from Gable, Lady Sylvia was known to be baffled by the ill will she seemed to find everywhere she went for trying to "replace" Carole, and for taking Clark to the cleaners.

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[@barbarapaige4587]

This was an amazing story. What did this woman have to attract and marry all these men? Maybe it was her beauty, but she must have had some thing I wish I had! Oh course she was a gold digger, but that's how women got ahead in those days Your videos are so fascinating, and your voice and soft music adds an extra smoothness to them. Your research and subjects are interesting and well done. Would you consider Edith Cavell, the WWI English nurse who was executed for espionage? Also Edna Vincent Millay, the poet; there is a great biography of her, "Savage Beauty". Lesser known women are fun to hear about.

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Thank you; I have added them to the list. I have read 'Savage Beauty' as well and really enjoyed it. I agree about the lesser known women; those are the most fun to research as well:)

[@Lisa-jm3nk]

I second the request for Edith Cavell. You could start off telling your audience about the mountain named after her!

[@maureenalder8905]

WOW what a lady 👏 😊

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Loved this! Joining your Patreon. 🩵

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Thank you so much.

[@DawnSuttonfabfour]

Sylvia didn't have a cockney accent as she was born in West London. She had a London accent, quite different.

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Thankyou..I really enjoyed your story🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

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Glad you enjoyed it

[@Mrrossj01]

She never seems to develop a lasting relationship with anyone or anything except her money.

[@velapalim6281]

Amazing resilience and a kind heart. Her life might have been different if she could have had children.

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Thank you. Subscribed 😊

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She will be one day. I promise.

[@Hummingbird108]

Very interesting video ❤❤❤

[@elizabethbrauer1118]

Fascinating. Never heard of Sylvia Ashley (or Hawkes) before. Although born to commoners, she certainly was driven to lift herself into the stratosphere of high society. She kind of reminds me of Truman Capote's swans, constantly moving up in society via marriage. The most obvious example would be Her Serene Highness Princess Caroline (Lee) Radziwiłł.

[@MythicMindScape21]

Good Comparison.

[@kierankelly2791]

Wonderful video

[@MythicMindScape21]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@CrissyRed]

As a Blackfoot person, thank you, Sylvia!

[@peggy818]

Very interesting!

[@furvismcturkthesecond]

I think Vanessa Paradis looks a bit like her. Great video 🤗

[@johnniethepom7545]

What did Sylvia's mother say ?

[@gracemarino7374]

Sylvia's too busy to come to the phone 😁

[@johnniethepom7545]

@gracemarino7374 Precisely. and the operator said, " 40 cents more."

[@MythicMindScape21]

She was fine with it, she always took care of her mother; though her father on the other hand she wanted nothing to do with. Much like Ann Woodward, she used to tell people her father was dead, though he was very much alive.

[@johnniethepom7545]

@@MythicMindScape21 I appreciate your matter of fact reply .

[@DeadBlonde_80]

There’s a movie about her and her first marriage. Jessica Beal plays her.

[@MythicMindScape21]

I didn't know that, I will look it up. Thanks

[@creature57]

What an amazing woman. Independent and strong willed.

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Hit the like button yall

[@MythicMindScape21]

@@Burlgurl61 Thank you. Sadly women's biographies seem to be a small niche. We will grow it though. 💪

[@notpurrfect6397]

I have heard of her because of her Hollywood marriages, but I didn't know anyyhing about how she got there. Thank you for fitting in the rest of her life. On the surface it looks like a glamorous madcap screwball!

[@MythicMindScape21]

Thank you for watching.

[@Frustrationcentral]

Comment to boost as well as: please do a double check on your audio edits; you clipped and overlapped yourself a couple times

[@karenhollywood3523]

This was a good story, but please check for mistakes before releasing video. This video said she was born in 1904 and married in 1907. Now we know that she didn't get married when she was three, no matter how scandalous she was. 🤦‍♀️

[@annann4786]

Maria Callas. Please

[@margaritasanchez4132]

Poor woman Her life very empresa Lonely at the end Sad

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[@lu-bk7oo]

Lucky woman

[@lemorab1]

Oh what I wouldn't give to have been a fly on the wall in the same room during a tete-a-tete between Lady Sylvia Ashley and Margaret Campbell, eleventh Duchess of Argyll, especially after a couple of glasses of bubbly.

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😂

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Straight flat back 🤺💐

[@michelles2299]

She was no beauty I'm guessing determination was the reason she really rose through the classes

[@CarolStJohn-ev9ry]

Very interesting. I feel sorry for Clark Gable, she probably cooed about wanting to live an outdoor life and then she let him down.

[@shereenmorrison9660]

Fairbanks looked a lot older than 56!!

[@rebeccaherschman1635]

I actually always sympathize with the women in these videos but this woman was clearly a fortune/title/ fame hunter. I believe she married Fairbanks and Gable for her love of publicity due to her own failures as an actress

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Like Zsazsa Gabor.

[@JSH911]

Prince Dimitri Paulovich was an intimate of the doomed royal family…..until he was implicated in the murder of Rasputin….his being banished from Russia as punishment became the only reason he was alive

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Interesting, thank you for that.

[@fredphilippi8388]

This is a study of how people reinvent themselves. It is not a story about love or justice or integrity. It is a story about how people maneuver through life. This story seems kinda sad. Yet she apparently did care about the WWII war effort, her sister and nephew, and her animals. We all have our pluses and minuses....

[@PamelaTurnbull-s2k]

What an awful, greedy woman.

[@eternity-minded]

Sad life.

[@maryellengrayberg9146]

😂 Your video is researched and well done.The subject matter is a bit tarnished. I have to say I'm always interested in women like this but, they also completely disgust me.

[@cato1684]

Very judgemental. She never hurt anyone except possibly herself. How many moralistic people can say that.

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Visions of Meghan Markle

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She’s not an interesting person.

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Thanks ❤