Category Archives: Hollywood

  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.

    April 30, 1940: “Look for screams from stellar biggies when Los Angeles fire officials start enforcing the new ordinance banning trailer dressing rooms from sound stages,” Jimmie Fidler says. Wot’s this about Italian envoy Dino “The Charmer” Alfieri … Continue reading →

   The Wasp is commissioned at Boston Navy Yard. It sank in the Solomon Islands after being torpedoed by the Japanese on Sept. 15, 1942. April 29, 1940: “Artie Shaw is making no new friends fast at MGM, where the … Continue reading →

   April 28, 1941: “That George Raft-Edward G. Robinson feud has become so venomous that their portable dressing rooms have now been moved to opposite sides of the stage,” Jimmie Fidler says.

   Hey, it’s Betty Rowland!   April 27, 1940: “Judy Garland has penned a book of poems which will be privately published under a nom de plume,” Jimmie Fidler’s staff says.