Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr

              1951
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CORNELIUS VANDERBILT, JR.

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WORLD FAMED AUTHOR JOURNALIST PHOTOGRAPHER GLOBE TROTTER SOLDIER OF FORTUNE

A DYNAMIC SPEAKER PRESENTING THE FINEST MOTION PICTURES IN COLOR

RECENTLY BACK FROM ANOTHER SURVEY OF EUROPE


THE VANDERBILT COLOR FILM SUBJECTS

1.
THE NEW GERMANY a brand new film on Germany as it is today.
2.
EUROPE TODAY A completely new film on Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Switzerland, Spain, and Italy possibly Jugoslavia and other Continental Countries.
3.
ITALY A travelogue from Naples to Anzio; to Pisa; to Savonna; to San Remo, across the Alps to Lake Como; to the Villa d'Este; to Lake Lugano; down through the Appennines to thirty minutes of Rome — the Rome of the Caesars — Rome of Mussolino and the Rome of today.



STRAIGHT LECTURE WITHOUT FILMS
4.PEOPLE WHO MAKE THE NEWS (Interviews with prominent personalities such as Stalin, Hitler, Gandhi, Nehru, Chiang-Kai-Shek, Hirohito, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Truman, Adenauer Sforza, the King of the Bedouins, Franco, Peron, de Gaulle and scores of others with a summation of what to expect during the next few months after the talk.



Middle West
REDPATH LECTURE BUREAU
Kimball Building
Chicago, Illinois




CORNELIUS VANDERBILT, JR.
The name VANDERBILT suggests wealth, social position, princely mansions and leisure but in the case of CORNELIUS VANDERBILT, JR. it has stood through the years for tremendous courage and a record of hard work and achievement in the face of almost insurmountable obstacles — the fulfillment of the American dream in reverse.

While most American boys were playing baseball in the back yard, Neil was surrounded by bodyguards and never permitted out of their sight for fear of kidnapers.  While most American boys were sneaking off to the swimmin' hole, Neil was sailing the seven seas aboard his family's yacht, getting his education from private tutors.  By the time he was sixteen he had dined with every potentate of the old world.

In his book, Farewell to Fifth Avenue, Cornelius Vanderbilt says: I worked my way out of the ball room, climbed the stairs to my quarters, packed a bag and left by the servants' entrance.  I was leaving NEWPORT FOR AMERICA.  This was shortly after World War I.  He was on his own.

Cornelius Vanderbilt has shown that kind of courage all through his spectacular career as a newspaperman, as the author of 14 books, many magazines, motion picture scenarios and radio scripts.  He wandered the globe as a journalist and his name was open sesame to such world figures as Gandhi, Nehru, Chiang Kai-Shek, Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini, Chamberlain, Churchill, Roosevelt — all the world leaders.

During his boyhood he was a close friend of Theodore Roosevelt, and later an intimate of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.  He saw six years of active service in two wars.  Among other decorations, he received the Distinguished Service Cross of the FBI — at that time the fourth person to be so decorated since 1932.  Upton Sinclair wrote a book called Presidential Agent, which is believed to be about Vanderbilt.

For the past two seasons Mr. Vanderbilt has not only been a hit with his lectures on EUROPE TODAY, but also a tremendous box office attraction.  Each year he crosses the Atlantic to make a new survey of post-war Europe.  The summer of 1951 finds Mr. Vanderbilt again in Europe making another survey of the ever changing European situation and making a complete color film on THE NEW GERMANY.  He will do a complete new picture on ITALY and add Luxembourg, Holland, Belgium and Jugoslavia to his EUROPE TODAY.



Some Recent Comments

Los Angeles Examiner, Louella Parsons
Cornelius Vanderbilt made a motion picture in Rome which he called, All Roads Lead to Rome and it is so effective that it will be taken to the Holy City by the American Cardinals…

Des Moines, Iowa, Public Schools, Paul H. Durrie, Dir., Adult Education

It was a good film lecture and the audience was one of our largest.  He is blessed with a platform personality that wins audiences and makes them his friends.

Marion, Ohio, Woman's Club, Mrs. Carl M. Sawyer

Vanderbilt kept the largest audience our woman's club ever had completely spellbound.

Boston, Mass., Harvard Club, Tom Rogers, Entertainment Chairman

Excellent presentation.  Recommend that every thinking American see and hear this lecture.

Peoria, Ill., Bradley Univ., David M. White, Dept. of Journalism

His lecture stirred up no little comment and controversy among various students.  He did a yeoman service in helping to educate these young people of ours.

Detroit, Mich., World Adventure Series, George Pierrot

We sold everything, including the orchestra pit and standing room, and turned away 400 people … The show itself was very good.  A half dozen times or more our audience, which contains many amateur color photographers, applauded shots which were especially fine.  Europe Today travelogue show which Vanderbilt presented is one I shall recommend widely.


Vancouver Community Forum
Mr. Vanderbilt's talk and showing of his pictures to a crowded house was right on the beam and on the exact wave length of the audience.  Every gesture and amusing reference caught either an outburst of applause or a ripple of amusement.  We hope he comes to Vancouver again next year after his trip to Germany and Spain.


Bakersfield Open Forum, Robert H. Young
Mr. Vanderbilt's films were praised by all.


Meeting House Series, Toledo, Ohio
Mr. Vanderbilt is a grand sort.  He is sincere, earnest and forthright and his pictures are very fine.  He drew the largest audience of the season.


N. Y. C. Journal American, Cholly Knickerbocker
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., had a tremendous turnout at New York Town Hall when he gave his lecture on Europe Today.


New York Mirror, March 7, 1951
Neil Vanderbilt's lectures go on and on.  His Europe Today plays to packed houses everywhere.


N. Y. Post, Earl Wilson
Neil Vanderbilt still playing to packed houses across the nation.


Milwaukee Sentinel
Cornelius Vanderbilt spoke before a capacity audience in Milwaukee Town Hall last night.


Pottsville, Pa. Journal
World Traveller Vanderbilt thrilled the largest audience ever to attend a dinner club meeting at the Necho-Allen Hotel last night.


CORNELIUS VANDERBILT, JR. PHOTOGRAPHING A CASTLE ON THE RHINE