A pitch for a lush Gilded Age drama that ABC killed before it could bloom.
Set in 1895, show revolves around the opening of the first luxury hotel in New York City and all the intermingling of love, treachery, and disdain between the classes set against a backdrop of vicious family rivalries, scandalous secrets, and conflict and co-mingling of classes.
Costume
Exquisite 1895 fashion that cost millions we'll never see again.
Production
Massive hotel set built for a series that lasted one hour.
Director
Brian Kirk
Sarah Bolger
Violet Langton Lily
Madeline Zima
Abigail
Matt Lauria
Charlie Carnegie
Blythe Danner
Caroline Lily
William Sadler
Brigid Brannagh
Elizabeth Lily
John Barrowman
Julius Ashford Lily
Matt Long
John Kidd
Brennan Brown
Mr. Lavage
Brían F. O'Byrne
Edwin Lily
Maury Sterling
Jasper Kravetz
Edoardo Ballerini
Tommy Barone
Alexandra Wright
Ms. Farley
Georgia Lyman
Mrs. Carnegie
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
ABC spent a reported $10 million on the pilot but passed on the series in 2012, leaving this as a $10 million standalone curiosity.
This arrived at peak 'Downton Abbey fever' in America, yet networks still couldn't commit to period drama—shame, because Sarah Bolger deserved this.
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