Zelda In Fitzgerald's This Side Of Trouble

Zelda is a piquant southern belle that meets Scott F. Fitzgerald right before World War one ends. She was described as being a carefree young lady and often flirted with many men, however Scott captured her heart, especially once he proves that he can turn his dropout from Princeton University into a successful career as a writer. Although Scott is far from the stable income Zelda desires, he manages to get her to marry him with the initial success of ‘This Side of Paradise’. Once gifting her a platinum watch to seal his promise of soon to be earned wealth, she sets off to New York City to marry Scott with her sister as a witness.
As a young and promisingly rich couple they traveled and overspent money on luxuries and . Trouble came when Scott started borrowing against future royalties for work yet to be written.
Soon they had “Scottie” , a name that Zelda initially did not agree with
At the conclusion of the book Scott dies of a heart attack in Hollywood, California while Zelda is home with her mother in Montgomery, Alabama and awaits Scottie to come home for Christmas break from Vassar. Zelda
This is the kind of show that will be utterly engrossing and popular with audiences that always pondered about the commonly unknown love story between Scott and Zelda. The pilot opens with Zelda jumping in a pond and walking home soaking wet and shoeless, a showpiece of how free spirited she was despite her family constantly scolding her and trying to tame the youngest Sayre. Later she cohorts at party’s with nearby stationed army men and smokes cigarettes, exaggerated versions of what took place in the book. She then preforms a ballet routine at the country club while Scott watches on. He waits until the reception and after she has had several dances and teasing glances to interrupt and make himself known to Miss Zelda