1974. Geraldo Rivera on his Good Night America program brings us ‘The Beautiful People’, ‘The Jet Set’, ‘The Cat Pack’…
“They range in age and style from the old money like the Vanderbilts or the Whitneys to the newer mercantile families like the Avis’s or the Bloomingdales all the way to the trendy young people like Marisa Berenson or Liza Minnelli…”
At a variety of high end New York parties Geraldo asks this exclusive club of fashion and wealth to describe themselves. He speaks to such figures as Andy Warhol and many other assorted columnists, directors, owners, actors and actresses about what makes a ‘Beautiful Person’.
Later in the clip a few minutes are spent with George Hamilton at the luxurious Las Hadas resort in Manzanillo, Mexico. Returning to studio we ask world famous designer Kenneth Jay Lane about all these big parties and this exclusive section of society. Is just harmless decadence?
This day, Geraldo’s television history.