The best news about Hedda Hopper is that few remember her. Hedda was a journalist (of sorts), who famously wore exotic hats and devoted herself to destroying the careers of anyone she identified as ...
Hopper knew the industry from the performer’s point of view, and quickly became well known for the reach and accuracy of her networks. “Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood” debuted on Valentine’s Day, 1938. It ...
Hedda Hopper was the town’s genial Scold, Buster Keaton its somber Sphinx; together, they were Hollywood past and present. Keaton’s world—the gothic twilight of the silent movie, the pratfall, the ...