Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood write by Jennifer Frost. This book was released on 2011-01-10. Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Before Liz Smith and Perez Hilton became household names in the world of celebrity gossip, before Rush Limbaugh became the voice of conservatism, there was Hedda Hopper. In 1938, this 52-year-old struggling actress rose to fame and influence writing an incendiary gossip column, “Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood,” that appeared in the Los Angeles Times and other newspapers throughout Hollywood’s golden age. Often eviscerating moviemakers and stars, her column earned her a nasty reputation in the film industry while winning a legion of some 32 million fans, whose avid support established her as the voice of small-town America. Yet Hopper sought not only to build her career as a gossip columnist but also to push her agenda of staunch moral and political conservatism, using her column to argue against U.S. entry into World War II, uphold traditional views of sex and marriage, defend racist roles for African Americans, and enthusiastically support the Hollywood blacklist. While usually dismissed as an eccentric crank, Jennifer Frost argues that Hopper has had a profound and lasting influence on popular and political culture and should be viewed as a pivotal popularizer of conservatism. The first book to explore Hopper’s gossip career and the public’s response to both her column and her politics, Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood illustrates how the conservative gossip maven contributed mightily to the public understanding of film, while providing a platform for women to voice political views within a traditionally masculine public realm. Jennifer Frost builds the case that, as practiced by Hopper and her readers, Hollywood gossip shaped key developments in American movies and movie culture, newspaper journalism and conservative politics, along with the culture of gossip itself, all of which continue to play out today. Read a review of the book from the Chronicle of Higher Education blog, Tenured Radical.
Hedda and Louella
Hedda and Louella - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Hedda and Louella write by George Eells. This book was released on 1972. Hedda and Louella available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Biography of Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons, famous feuding gossip columnists during the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Hedda Hopper Collection
Hedda Hopper Collection - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Hedda Hopper Collection write by Hedda Hopper. This book was released on 1938. Hedda Hopper Collection available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Hedda Hopper collection includes 31 albums of transcription disks from The Hedda Hopper Show that aired from October 14, 1950 to May 13, 1951. Additionally, two file boxes of materials include the following items: scripts for the 31 programs of The Hedda Hopper Show (1950-1951), scripts for the "Hat's Off" segment of Hedda Hopper's Hollywood (October 1944-June 1946), undated editorials by Hedda Hopper, correspondence, posters for Hedda Hopper's Hollywood issued by the sponsor of the show (Armour), an issue of Radio-Television Life (12-15-1950) that featured Hedda Hopper, and column excerpts (1938).
the Whole Truth and Nothing But
the Whole Truth and Nothing But - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook the Whole Truth and Nothing But write by Hedda Hopper . This book was released on 1963. the Whole Truth and Nothing But available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Letters from Hollywood
Letters from Hollywood - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Letters from Hollywood write by Rocky Lang. This book was released on 2019-09-10. Letters from Hollywood available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Rare correspondence from Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn, Frank Sinatra, Jane Fonda, and other Hollywood luminaries from the silent film era to the 1970s. Letters from Hollywood reproduces in full color scores of entertaining and insightful pieces of correspondence from some of the most notable and talented film industry names of all time—from the silent era to the golden age, and up through the pre-email days of the 1970s. Culled from libraries, archives, and personal collections, the 135 letters, memos, and telegrams are organized chronologically and are annotated by the authors to provide backstories and further context. While each piece reveals a specific moment in time, taken together, the letters convey a bigger picture of Hollywood history. Contributors include celebrities like Greta Garbo, Alfred Hitchcock, Humphrey Bogart, Frank Sinatra, Katharine Hepburn, Marlon Brando, Elia Kazan, Cary Grant, Francis Ford Coppola, Tom Hanks, and Jane Fonda. This is the gift book of the season for fans of classic Hollywood. With a foreword by Peter Bogdanovitch. “This is, quite simply, one of the finest books I’ve ever read about Hollywood.” —Leonard Maltin
