Hedda Hopper Hedda Hopper Hedda Hopper (born Elda Furry; May 2, 1885February 1, 1966) was an American actress and gossip columnist, notorious for feuding with her arch-rival Louella Parsons. She had been a moderately successful actress of stage and screen for years before being offered the chance to write the column "Hedda Hopper's Hollywood" for the "Los Angeles Times" in 1938. At the height of her power in the 1940s she commanded a 35 million strong readership. She was well known for her political conservatism, and during the McCarthy era she named suspected communists. Hopper continued to write gossip until the end,
Lost film film called "Boo!" (1932). However, UCLA still has a copy of the soundtrack. The James Cagney film "Winner Take All" (1932) used scenes from the early talkie "Queen of the Night Clubs" (1929) starring Texas Guinan. While "Queen of the Night Clubs" was not a lost film in 1932, no prints of the film have survived through the decades, and only that footage included in "Winner Take All" remains. Actress turned gossip columnist Hedda Hopper made her screen debut in a Fox Film called "The Battle of Hearts" (1916). The star of the film was William Farnum, then at the