Hedda Hopperas Hollywood: Celebrity Gossip and American Conservatism

by Jennifer Frost

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814728235
• ISBN13: 9780814728239
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.4"