The Heiress and her Chateau
” … a real-life fairy tale with a twist, with the chateau in the role of an enchanted magic mirror, so grand and expensive that it encourages a dangerous hubris in those who fall under its spell.”
GENTRY MAGAZINE
” … a real-life fairy tale with a twist, both wealth and ruin,
the Chateau in the role of an enchanted magic mirror,
so grand and expensive and dangerous ,
it encourages a hubris in all those who fall under its spell.”
GENTRY MAGAZINE
Nominated for two Emmy Awards
The Heiress and her Chateau
The Heiress and Her Chateau: Carolands of California is the 100-year drama of a 100-room mansion; an architectural masterpiece, a murder site, and a three-dimensional window into life among America’s elite.
Carolands was built to be the ultimate dream home, but nothing went as planned. The story of the rise and fall and rise again of Chateau Carolands is a rollercoaster of a tale of wealth and ruin, love and loss, art and architecture – with a murder, a porno film, and a couple of earthquakes along the way. Spoiler alert – it all ends happily; courtesy of the 162nd richest man in the world, his wife, and a $50 million dollar restoration of the Chateau, now more grand and glorious than it ever had been – just in time for the cameras of Luna Productions and you!
RELEASE:
PBS, 2017
DIRECTORS
Catherine Ryan and Gary Weimberg
Awards:
Emmy Award nominations: Outstanding Historical/cultural program and Outstanding Writing.
8 “Best Documentary” and Audience awards at film festivals.
Broadcast on PBS.
RE-Broadcast on KQED as a pledge special two years in a row – becoming the most successful and then the 2nd most successful in $ raised during a pledge special in the history of KQED up to that time.
Contra Costa Times
SF Chronicle
French chateau in californiA?
Yes
Architectural masterpiece?
Yes
Murder and Millionaires?
Yes
The true story of an american 'Downton abbey?
Yes
A Luna Productions documentary
Producers/Directors: Catherine Ryan and Gary Weimberg
Length: 56 minutes
Underwritten by:
Stephen Silver Fine Jewelry,
Fiduciary Trust,
Wells Fargo Bank.
and ISU Insurance Services.
Press
A few of our favorites
download-ready pdf of marvelous press coverage, including the gigantic 2 page spread in the San Francisco Chronicle.
PBS broadcasts - Dec, 2014 *
- * partial list – these are the confirmed broadcasts we knew of as of end of 2014. Not included: subsequent broadcasts from Jan 2015 – Dec 2016
San Francisco:
KQED, Mon, Dec 29 at 9:30pm; Tue, Dec 30 at 3:30 am; Sat, Jan 3 at 2 pm.
KQED World; Sat, Jan 3 at 6 pm, Wed, Jan 7 at 1:30 pm … and a total of 26 showings in this year!
Atlanta, Georgia Public Broadcasting, Wed., Jan 7 at 7 pm; Sat, Jan 10 at 12:30 am
Atlanta, WPBA, Tues, Jan 6 at 10pm; Sun, Jan 11 at midnight
Austin, KLRQ, Mon, Jan 5 at 9pm
Baltimore, Maryland Public Television, Sun, Jan 11 at 11pm
Boston/New Hampshire, NH Explore, Sta, Jan 31 at 8 pm
Charlotte, WNSC, Fri, Jan 2 at 10p
Charlotte, WTVI, Mon, Jan 5 at 10pm
Cincinnati, Think Tv, Mon, Dec 15 at 10pm
Cleveland, WVIZ Ideastream, Thurs, Jan 1 at 10pm
Denver, Colorado Public Television, Thurs, Jan 8 at 7pm; Fri, Jan 9 at 3am
Grand Rapids, WGVU, Sun, Dec 28 at 8pm
Greenvll-Spartan, South Carolina Channel, Sun, Jan 4 at 8pm; Sat, Jan 2 at 10pm on SCC; Sun, Jan 13 on SCETV World
Indianapolis, WFYI, Sun, Dec 21 at 10pm
Jacksonville, WJCT 4, Wed, Jan 7 at 9pm
Kansas City, KCPT, Sun, Jan 4 at 10pm
Los Angeles, PBS SoCal 2, Wed, Dec 17 at 11pm; Thurs, Dec 18 at 8am and 3pm
Los Angeles, PBS SoCal , Wed, Jan 21 at 7pm
Los Angeles, KLCS, Wed, Jan 21 at 8pm
Louisville, Kentucky ET, Sun, Jan 4 at 2pm; Sun, Jan 4 at 4pm (on KET2)
Miami, WLRN, Sat, Jan 24 at 4pm
Memphis, WKNO, Sun, Dec 28 at 10pm; Thurs, Jan 1 at 7pm (on WKNO2)
New York, WLIW, Mon, Dec 29 at 10pm; Mon, Jan 5 at 5pm
New York, NJTV, Tues, Jan 6 at 10pm
Oklahoma City, OETA, yes, slot tbd
Philadelphia, WHYY 2, Tues, Dec 16 at 1pm
Philadelphia, WLVT, Tues, Jan 20 at 9pm
Phoenix, KAET, Jan 13 at 4:30am, Sat, Jan 17 at 12:30 am
Portland, Oregon Public Broadcasting, Sun, Dec 28 at 8pm
Sacramento, KVIE, Sun, Jan 4 at 7pm
St. Louis, KETC, Mon, Jan 5 at 10pm
Salt Lake City, KUED, Sun, Jan 4 at 6pm
San Antonio, KLRN, Mon, Dec 15 at 10pm
San Diego, KPBS , Mon, Jan 5 at 10pm
San Jose, KQED plus, Thurs, Jan 1 at 10p; Fri, Jan 2 at 4am
Seattle, KCTS, recording, slot tbd
Seattle, KBTC, Thurs, Jan 22 at 9pm
Tampa, WUSF, Thurs, Dec 18 at 11pm
West Palm, WXEL, Sat, Dec 27 at 8:30pm
