Name: The Booze, Bets And Sex That Built America
Released: 2022-06-12T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Adam Harper, Garrett Taylor

Disponible sur HISTORY, Philo, Prime Video, Disney+, Hulu, Sling TV

Divulges surprising origin stories of the American alcohol, gambling, sex, and tobacco industries and the ambitiously notorious entrepreneurs who built some of history's biggest fortunes on the nation's cravings.

History · 2022 · 1 h

En vedette Adam Harper · Garrett Taylor

ÉPISODE 1

Secrets & Sins

Jack Daniel pioneers American whiskey; Adolphus Busch creates an iconic beer; Buck Duke innovates the modern cigarette; and Julius Schmid skirts the law selling his new condoms...all while the temperance movement rises to battle against them.

1 h · 12 juin 2022
ÉPISODE 2

Empires Lost

One of the richest men in the world may lose his tobacco empire, while alcohol titans fight for their lives against the growing threat of Prohibition. And New York City becomes ground zero in the battle to legalize contraception, and a form of gambling that will eventually become the state Lottery.

1 h · 19 juin 2022
ÉPISODE 3

Sin Cities

The invention of the luxury resort casino helps birth Sin City; a Harlem woman goes to war for what will become the state lottery system; an alluring magazine like no other is launched; and one of the most famous cigarette brands in history is created.

1 h · 26 juin 2022