HBO's "The Gilded Age"

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The Gilded Age | Official Trailer | HBO - YouTube

The American Gilded Age was a period of immense economic change, of great conflict between the old ways and brand new systems, and of huge fortunes made and lost. Against the backdrop of this transformation, HBO’s The Gilded Age begins in 1882 with young Marian Brook moving from rural Pennsylvania to New York City after the death of her father to live with her thoroughly old-money aunts, Agnes van Rhijn and Ada Brook.

Accompanied by Peggy Scott, an aspiring writer seeking a fresh start, Marian inadvertently becomes enmeshed in a social war between one of her aunts, a scion of the old-money set, and her stupendously rich neighbors, a ruthless railroad tycoon and his ambitious wife, George and Bertha Russell. Exposed to a world on the brink of the modern age, will Marian follow the established rules of society, or forge her own path?

Series regulars include Carrie Coon, Morgan Spector, Denée Benton, Louisa Jacobson, Taissa Farmiga, Blake Ritson, Simon Jones, Harry Richardson, Thomas Cocquerel, Jack Gilpin, with Cynthia Nixon and Christine Baranski.

This premiered on HBO/Max on Monday night and has a total of 10 episodes. Anyone else check it out? Julian Fellowes created it, so if you enjoyed Downton Abbey and are a fan of period pieces, you should enjoy this one. It currently has a 8.0 on IMDB but is getting mixed reviews.

HBO built a rather large set for this in New York, but many interior shots took place in actual locations in Newport, RI. Architecture is a hobby of mine and I have been part of their Preservation Society for a while and visit the mansions every year. If you've ever toured the mansions in Newport then you'll see some of their interiors featured in the show.

The Breakers

The Elms

Marble House

Rosecliff - the infamous True Lies ballroom tango sequence was filmed in the ballroom.