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...Hedda Hopper, high-styled Hollywood gossip, wife No. 5 of marrying DeWolf Hopper's six, hopped to Manhattan for the opera opening, appeared in a chinchilla coat which she boasted was the only one in Hollywood-except for 88-year-old Lady (Elsie de Wolfe) Mendl's. She declared she would never marry again, explained why: "What I attract is too young. What I should attract...
...Hedda Hopper, high-styled Hollywood gossip, had a breathless "exclusive" splashed all over Page 1 of the Los Angeles Times: Cinemadolescent Bonita Granville was engaged to a G.I. Next day Hedda had to take it all back: "Well, I've sure been had. ... It never occurred to me the caller wasn't Bonita. The girl who imitated her voice did a magnificent...
Died. Alia Nazimova, 66. Russian-born actress who specialized in Ibsen (A Doll's House, Hedda Gabler) and Chekhov (The Cherry Orchard), onetime silent screen glamor girl (Salome), lately featured in character roles (Since You Went Away); of coronary thrombosis; in Hollywood...
After lunch, the distinguished visitor went on to meet 500 of the most important people in Hollywood at a cocktail party given by Producer Walter Wanger. Rank had five orange juices. Columnist Hedda Hopper remarked that she thought Mr. Rank was going to administer a much-needed "goose" to the industry...
...being held. And if you don't know the purpose of it, don't feel bad, because a lot of adults don't either." His eye sharpened: "I saw an interesting and pretty hat walk into the dress circle today - it turned out to be Hedda Hopper under it." He pontificated : "On the whole, I'd say the conference has done remarkably well." In Boston, Editor Canham, well pleased with his new columnist, suggested that Kenneth could stand a few spelling lessons but might one day become a topnotch newspaperman. Kenneth was pleased...