Brown Derby is said to have proposed to Carole Lombard there. Rival gossip columnists Louella Parsons and Hedda Hopper are recorded as regular patrons. In "L.A. at Last", the first of the Hollywood episodes of "I Love Lucy", Lucy (Lucille Ball), Ethel (Vivian Vance), and Fred (William Frawley) have lunch at the Brown Derby. During the misadventure, the trio dines in a booth with Eve Arden on one side and William Holden (who orders a Cobb Salad) on the other. This leads to the famous disaster scene in which Lucy inadvertently causes a waiter to hit Holden in the face with a
Reap the Wild Wind Fighting Seabees, Sands of Iwo Jima", and "The Shootist". The 11th is "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance", though his character was dead at the beginning of the film and his death was not depicted in the film. This film also marks the final appearance by Hedda Hopper as an actress in a significant role. The gossip columnist would, however, make cameo appearances in subsequent films. At the 15th Academy Awards, "Reap the Wild Wind" won an Academy Award and was nominated for two more: "Reap the Wild Wind" received two awards in "The Film Daily"'s Filmdom's Famous Fives poll: