Category Archives: Hollywood

  May 12, 1941: “Ronald Reagan has a new Warners contract with bigger dough and promising a star buildup,” Jimmie Fidler says. 

May 11, 1940: “Spencer Tracy jaunts to Wisconsin on completion of 'Boom Town' to accept that honorary degree from Ripon College,” Jimmie Fidler’s staff says.

  May 9, 1940: “Paulette Goddard gifted makeup man Wally Westmore with a 10-foot fishing launch on the completing of ‘The Ghost Breakers,’ ” Jimmie Fidler says.

  May 8, 1940: “When the Flo Ziegfeld estate was auctioned a plaster bust of Billie Burke went for $3.50,” Jimmie Fidler says.

  May 6, 1940: “Ann Sheridan takes along her own rumba records to be played while she dines,” Jimmie Fidler says.

  May 4, 1940: “Blue pencil those rift rumors about the Fred MacMurrays. We've checked, and there's nothing to 'em,” Jimmie Fidler’s staff says.

May 4, 1980: “Hitchcock was an entertaining companion and a superlative raconteur with a gift of droll timing and a dry understatement. He lifted an eyebrow as eloquently as any actor. But beneath the assurance in public situations, like interviews … Continue reading →

  May 3, 1940: “Marlene Dietrich, Erich Maria Remarque and Josef von Sternberg a nightly threesome at the Sphinx, where television's being served with dinner,” Jimmie Fidler says.