privileges that afforded them. there was my grandfather, reginald, who inherited millions of dollars and went through it as quickly as he drank himself to death. his brother, my great uncle alfred who died on the lucitania, sunk by a german u-boat. he gallantly gave his life jacket to a fellow passenger and went down with the ship. his sister, gertrude, who lived what was at the time a scandalous secret life, embattled by grandmother for custody of my then-10-year-old mom in a trial that captivated the world and changed their lives, forever. >> now, here is the first movie of little gloria, herself. frightened by the curious crowd, she flees into her aunt's car. money isn't everything. >> but what i discovered in writing this book with historian and novelist katherine howe is that behind the glare of cameras, the magnificent and temporary mansions they built, the private lives the vanderbilts were messy and