Category Archives: Hollywood

  Feb. 28, 1938: Hedda Hopper writes, "I chatted, for the first time, with Franchot Tone. A fine, intelligent actor. His crooked smile always annoyed me, and suddenly I knew it was to cover up an inferiority complex. I'd like … Continue reading →

  Feb. 26, 1964: Hedda Hopper writes, “Stanley Kramer's remarks before presenting Paine Knickerbocker, of the San Francisco Chronicle, as best critic of the year were insulting. We all cringed.” Now I’m wondering what he said. Anyone have any idea?

  Feb. 25, 1963: Candice Bergen and Terry Melcher are over, Hedda Hopper says. “Lovely Candy and David Niven Jr. are concentrating on each other. They met when both were in school in Switzerland,” Hopper says … and Raymond Burr … Continue reading →

   Feb. 24, 1962: Hedda Hopper says, “That loveable Lucille Ball returns to CBS on Sunday nights at 9 p.m. in a new series for Lever Brothers.”

  Feb. 23, 1961: Hedda Hopper says, “Warren Beatty has sex, youth, talent and ambition.” I would think she might have phrased that a bit differently.

    Feb. 22, 1959: William Shatner was in “The World of Suzie Wong?” I had no idea.

   Feb. 21, 1959: Hedda Hopper says, “When the Navy’s Blue Angels took Janet Leigh for a ride in one of their jets she didn’t realize what a special occasion it was.”

  Feb. 19, 1957: Hedda Hopper says, “Dick Widmark, back from England after locationing for 'Saint Joan,' in which he played the Dauphin, says, 'We had bad weather throughout the entire stay. I took a flat when I first went … Continue reading →

Feb. 16, 1954: Hedda Hopper says, “The Breen Office passed ‘A Bullet Is Waiting’ without a change, but killed a third of the still photographs that were to advertise the picture.”

     Feb. 15, 1953: In a profile of Audie Murphy, Hedda Hopper looks at the studio intrigue surrounding “The Red Badge of Courage,” in which Louis B. Mayer was replaced by Dore Schary,  and says it is "a fine … Continue reading →