Hedda Hopper column, entitled "Hedda Hopper's Hollywood", debuted on February 14 (St. Valentine's Day), 1938. Hopper could not type, or spell very well, so she dictated her column to a typist over the phone. Initially facing stiff competition against Louella Parsons, who had a monopoly on Hollywood gossip, Hopper used her extensive contacts forged during her acting days to gather material for her column. Her first major scoop had national implications: in 1939 Hopper printed that President Franklin Roosevelt's son James Roosevelt was divorcing his wife Betsey after being caught in an affair with a nurse at the Mayo Clinic. Part of
The Revolt of Mamie Stover (film) office rentals earning $2 million, most assuredly earning more in ticket sales. The June 18th, 1956 issue of Time (magazine) reported the film at #3 as one of "The most popular and successful movies in the U.S. last month, according to the tradesheet Variety" coming in behind, respectively, Alfred Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956 film) starring James Stewart and Doris Day and The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit starring Gregory Peck and Jennifer Jones. Famed Hollywood gossip columnist Hedda Hopper wrote in her May 17th, 1956 column: ""Since the success of 'Mamie Stover,' Buddy Adler has