Category Archives: Hollywood

  June 22, 1940: “Robert Taylor's 'calm disposition' can't stand the strain of golf. One too many slices yesterday and he threw his clubs away and stalked off the course,” Jimmie Fidler’s staff says.

  June 21, 1940: “Bruce Cabot and Elaine Brandeis, beauty prize winner, taking a portable radio on their nightclub rounds to get late war reports,” Jimmie Fidler says.

  June 19, 1940: “What could be more ironic than the title ‘French Without Tears,’ currently billboarded?” Jimmie Fidler Says

  June 18, 1940: Wot's this about 28 extras being sent home from the "Brigham Young" location for alleged misconduct? Jimmie Fidler says.

June 16, 1941: “WARNERS' 'DIVE BOMBER' SET AT A GLANCE: Two uniformed extras, faces streaked with engine oil, practicing a tap-dance routine between shots,” Jimmie Fidler says.

  June 15, 1940: “Arthur Murray confides that Katharine Hepburn, who scorned Hollywood nite-spotting, has enrolled in his New York danschool for a de luxe ballroom course,” Jimmie Fidler says.

   June 14, 1940: “Most of the local niteries have found it necessary to place radios in private rooms for guests who want late-hour war reports,” Jimmie Fidler says.