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If the Golden era of Old Hollywood is your thing, our podcast is for you! If you want TYRONE POWER instead of TOM HARDY, JENNIFER JONES instead of JENNIFER LAWRENCE, or ROBERT MITCHUM rather than ROBERT PATTINSON, then FROM BENEATH THE HOLLYWOOD SIGN is the gin joint for you. Each week, writer and producer STEVE CUBINE and actress and writer NAN MCNAMARA explore, discuss, and dissect the magical, mysterious, amusing, and sometimes bizarre tales of Old Hollywood. So sit back and revisit a time when the pictures were still big and everyone was ready for their close-up.
"LOUELLA & HEDDA- THE GOLDEN AGE'S GOSSIP GIRLS" (105)
From Beneath the Hollywood Sign
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"LOUELLA & HEDDA- THE GOLDEN AGE'S GOSSIP GIRLS" (105)
EPISODE 105 - “LOUELLA AND HEDDA: THE GOLDEN AGE’S GOSSIP GIRLS” - 9/15/25
This week, we explore the legendary rivalry between Hollywood gossip columnists LOUELLA PARSONS and HEDDA HOPPER. Parsons, backed by media tycoon WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST, became a powerful figure in the 1920s with close ties to the studios. Hopper, a former actress, entered the scene later with a more aggressive style and strong political views. The two wielded enormous influence, able to make or break careers with a single column. The episode covers their personal feud, their role in the Hollywood blacklist, and their lasting impact on celebrity journalism. It’s a revealing look at how gossip shaped the Golden Age of Hollywood.
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Sources:
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood Celebrity Gossip and American Conservatism (2011), by Jennifer Frost;
The First Lady of Hollywood (2005), by Samantha Barbas;
Vanity Will Get You Somewhere: An Autobiography (1987), by Joseph Cotten;
Hedda and Louella: A Dual Biography of Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons (1971), by George Eells;
Tell It To Louella (1961), by Louella Parsons;
The Gay Illiterate (1944), by Louella Parsons;
“Hedda Hopper: The rise of Hollywood’s First Gossip Queen,”July 13, 2025, Documentary, Biography;
“The Career that Fear Built: Hedda Hopper Ruled the Gossip Business,” August 6, 2018, The Saturday Evening Post;
“For Gossip Columnist Hedda Hopper, Flamboyance Was Her Brand,” November 10, 2015, by Ruth La Ferla, New York Times;
“The Powerful Rivalry Between Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons,” April 1997, by Amy Fine Collins, Vanity Fair;
“Louella Parsons, Gossip Columnist, Dies,” December 10, 1972, New York Times;
“Hedda Hopper, Columnist, Dies; Chronicled Gossip of Hollywood,” February 2, 1966, New York Times;
Wikipedia.com;
TCM.com;
IBDB.com;
IMDBPro.com;
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From Beneath the Hollywood Sign
If the Golden era of Old Hollywood is your thing, our podcast is for you! If you want TYRONE POWER instead of TOM HARDY, JENNIFER JONES instead of JENNIFER LAWRENCE, or ROBERT MITCHUM rather than ROBERT PATTINSON, then FROM BENEATH THE HOLLYWOOD SIGN is the gin joint for you. Each week, writer and producer STEVE CUBINE and actress and writer NAN MCNAMARA explore, discuss, and dissect the magical, mysterious, amusing, and sometimes bizarre tales of Old Hollywood. So sit back and revisit a time when the pictures were still big and everyone was ready for their close-up.
