Category Archives: Hollywood

  April 17, 1940: “Stage door Johnnies besieging the Florentine Gardens to date a blond shapely, while down the street, in a battered flivver, her boyfriend smiles — and waits,” Jimmie Fidler says.

April 15, 1940: “Victor is dickering with Jimmy Cagney for sales rights to his monologue recordings of the Dalton Trumbo novel ‘Johnny Got His Gun,’ ” Jimmie Fidler says.

April 14, 1941: “Orson [Welles], having at last backed his boasts by producing a very fine picture, should now set himself the more difficult task — if it's not too late — of making a few friends,” Jimmie Fidler says.  … Continue reading →

   April 13, 1940: “Wot's this re: Orson Welles retrenching financially by moving into the Hollywood YMCA,” Jimmie Fidler asks.

June Storey in “Rancho Grande” with Gene Autry. April 12, 1940: Seen in profile, W.C. Fields' expression is touchingly nose-talgic, Jimmie Fidler says. 

  “Weird experiments of a mad scientist.” Are there any other kind?  April 11, 1940: Ode to mayhem: "And now, Miss Velez, DO try to act like a lady!"

  April 10, 1940: How come Metro finds such difficulty in fitting Hedy Lamarr with a story? The biography of Lola Montez has never been screened.

  “Young Tom Edison Was a Bad Boy!” April 9, 1940: Are those Saturday afternoon air jaunts of Jimmy Stewart and Olivia de Havilland dress rehearsals for an elopement, as intimates insist? … Now it's Akim Tamiroff who's bought a … Continue reading →

  April 8, 1940: Don't let Charlie Laughton's flabby appearance fool you. He has a grip like a blacksmith … She's been gone for more than a year, but RKO workers invariably cite Katharine Hepburn's screwy doings when they want … Continue reading →

  April 7, 1941: James Cagney … female impersonator? That’s a new one on me.

   April 6, 1940: After I ran across a mention of Hollywood gossip columnist Jimmie Fidler in an upcoming Paul Coates column, I thought it would be fun to take a break from Hedda Hopper with a small dose of … Continue reading →