Category Archives: Tom Treanor

           Dec. 31, 1940: C. Chaplin's discovery, Dorothy Comingore, uses that name in Orson Welles' "Citizen Kane," but goes under contract to RKO as Linda Winters. After she welcomes the stork, she gets a star buildup, … Continue reading →

           Dec. 16, 1940: Lucille Ball (Desi Arnaz's bride) will ask RKO for permission to change her name to Lucille Arnaz, ala Dorothy McNulty, who changed to Penny Singleton when wed, Jimmie Fidler says.  ALSO Lucille … Continue reading →

        Dec. 14, 1940: Humphrey Bogart, film bad man. Recently, Mr. Bogart found himself unable to realistically enact a screen murder because his "killer mood" had been destroyed when he saw a studio gardener trap a gopher … Continue reading →

           Dec. 12, 1940: Nominated for the odd job championship: Brian Kilgore, former Chicago mortician, who bills himself as a technical director for gangster funerals, Jimmie Fidler says. 

        Dec. 10, 1940: That old rumor about Jackie Cooper being a midget should be thoroughly exploded by now, Jimmie Fidler says.  

        Dec. 1, 1941: Tom Treanor visits the cavalry troops at Camp Seeley and mentions the remarkable lack of interest in the war. All the men talk about is their horses and maybe the M-1 Garand. Pat … Continue reading →

           Nov.  30, 1940: I watched Olivia de Havilland select a swank pair of earrings which, she confided, were destined for sister Joan Fontaine's Christmas tree. The purchase completed, the clerk asked: "Anything else, Miss de … Continue reading →

        Nov. 28, 1940: Autograph hounds who swarmed around Rosemary Lane at the Union Air Terminal the other day may be shocked to discover that the gal who laughed so heartily — on the sidelines — was … Continue reading →

           Nov. 17, 1941: Fibber and Molly McGee are at Palm Springs. Molly hasn't been feeling well, Jimmie Fidler says.

           Nov. 10, 1941: Robert Taylor's "Billy the Kid," retitled "Bold and Gallant" for Mexican distribution, can't be shown there because the government says it "disparages Mexico," Jimmie Fidler says. 

           Nov. 1, 1940 — HOLLYWOOD AFTER DARK: Cesar Romero, at Florentine Gardens, blandly disregarding the near-nude floor show as the cafe numerologist foretells coming good luck with girls, Jimmie Fidler says. 

        Oct. 31, 1940 –  Jimmie Fidler asks: When will the men at the helm of this industry learn a lasting lesson? When will they realize that millions of Americans still resent flippant disregard of the accepted … Continue reading →

        Oct. 27, 1941: Already-rich Robert Stack is piling up more as prexy of a water heater factory supplying Army camps, Jimmie Fidler says.

        Oct. 22, 1940: Never saw a child with better dining-out manners than 9-year-old Harold Lloyd Jr., Jimmie Fidler says. 

        Oct. 21, 1940 –  HOLLYWOOD AFTER DARK: Lucille Ball startling La Conga patrons with a wild grab for a water pitcher when escort Desi Arnaz coaxes her into tasting a Mexican pepper, Jimmie Fidler says.