Hedda Hopper's Hollywood (1960)
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- Former actress and Hollywood gossip columnist Hedda Hopper takes us on a tour of Hollywood and interviews the stars of past and present.
A Paramount Pictures and Talent Associates early videotape co-production; Produced by Michael Abbott; Directed by William Corrigan; Written by Sumner Locke Elliott; Music by Axel Stordahl
Cast: Hedda Hopper, Lucille Ball, Anne Bauchens, Stephen Boyd, Francis X. Bushman, John Cassavetes, Gary Cooper, Ricardo Cortez, Bob Cummings, William Daniels, Marion Davies, Walt Disney, Janet Gaynor, Bob Hope, Hope Lange, Harold Lloyd, Jody McCrea, Liza Minelli, Don Murray, Ramon Novarro, Anthony Perkins, Debbie Reynolds, Teddy Rooney, Venetia Stevenson, James Stewart, Gloria Swanson, King Vidor, Westmore Brothers
I grew up in the Southland during this era (50"s and 60's), and I would have to say that your depiction of Hollywood during that era is spot on.
Thanks for providing the wonderful video footage.
What an Unbelievable Treasure this film is. I wish it would be realigned and restored. To see the Golden Age Stars older is very sad and haunting, but to see how they still dressed and decorated their homes is amazing. Janet Gaynor, one of my favorites, looks stunning in her jewels and gown fit for a Queen.
I grew up in this Hollywood of the 60's and early 70's. It was a very strange time to live there. The old Hollywood was dying, studios were going out of business and shrinking. And the stars of old Hollywood were dying off. Many were alcoholics and appeared on interview or game TV shows very drunk. If you admired the stars of the 30's and 40's, like I did, the whole thing became very cringe worthy. The studios always encouraged their stars to smoke, to give them something to do with there hands, or make them look more manly or glamorous. Unfortunately by the 60's and 70's they were dying from lung cancer in droves. Hollywood itself was like the day after a huge party, with all the decorations tattered and worn. All the old landmarks were still there, and everywhere you went were studio-related businesses with old and yellowing photos of the stars that utilized their business. Many stars were just plain broke after being let go from the studios. Work for them dried up, thus the innumerable shlocky D-grade horror films with once great stars in them, trying their best to stay fit and sober for another day of shooting. The stars never knew how to handle their own money. The studios insisted on doing it for them as part of their contract, keeping them cash poor by insisting they keep up the glamorous life style as befitted a "star" and their image. So when these stars were suddenly on their own ,without an income, they found out how cash- poor they really were, and had to sell everything. It was sad to see some of these stars next to you in line at Zodys ( a precursor of Walmart), buying cheap items to get by. Or someone like Elsa Lancaster in the pkg. lot of a super mkt. opening the trunk of an aging Cadillac filled with pop bottles to take back to the store for a few cents. Yes those were strange and sad times.
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Thank you for sharing your unique and fascinating perspective on the subject of old Hollywood.
In 1969, I was offered a job as file clerk for "The Hollywood Reporter" and regretfully refused it.
Berry Gordy must have taken lessons....even Diana by the end of the 70s was seen outside expensive dress shops with a sketch pad..designing her own..and taking stock of her bank account...luckily she signed with RCA ..just making and example...of how Show Biz and the Music Biz works..
i don't understand your comment regarding Diana Ross and Berry
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Fascinating to watch ! Hedda certainly packed a LOT of stars & Hollywood personalities into two half hour episodes (both current & going all the way back to the silent days) ! I had no idea this existed till seeing it mentioned in the biography I'm reading about Anthony Perkins ("Split Image). Thank you VERY much for uploading for us to enjoy ! 🙂
Hedda was 75 here and whoever did her make-up did a stupendous job; she actually looks youthful
Hedda had a special guy who worked on her. He also worked Marion Davies. Marion was very ill at the time and would die September 1961, the next year.
Third generation Californian and at 78yo have great memories of Hollywood when the stars had class, became a banker in Beverly Hills and was fortunate to have several famous stars as clients. One of my favorites was Henry Fonda and happened to be at his home the day he passed and needed a police escort out of his driveway because of the amount of press blocking the drive
Thank you for sharing your memories. :)
Gotta love Antony Perkins' resting "I was blackmailed into doing this" face.
LMAO???
I see it lol
Thank you for posting and keeping Old Hollywood alive!
I love the diction of Hedda and some of the others, and how beautifully turned out everyone was. These were waning years of both the resonant, r-less, mid-Atlantic English and ladies' hat pins.
Yes, not like today. The lowering of standards is a crime Certain groups must clean up their acts and act like human beings. HOW SAD.
James B : That is why they cannot spell or know the difference between their and there!
A fascinating museum piece, and probably the last glimpse of several classic silent film stars.
Sobering to think that this, at 56 years old, is as distant to us as the dusty orange groves that were the past for the people appearing in this. Indeed, there was no Hollywood in 1904.
There was a Hollywood in 1904 but it was chiefly rural. The film industry was just a few years away.
Hedda wanted to be an actress so bad, that she created a career out of living through them. the old saying "those who can, do, and those who can't become a critic," was made for her.
TAYLORHARRIS: Hedda acted in 126 films. She started acting in silent films in 1916 and acted steadily in films (sometimes as many as 10 films in one year) until the late 1930's. Some of her scenes in the films were quite compelling, so yes, she could act. She acted steadily in films until she was around 53 years when she was encouraged by a studio executive to write a column in a newspaper since she seemed to have a talent for getting scoop on people.
JACK ANTHONY you sound like a broken record. Hopper was an evil woman. End of.
@@janm.c.munich3513 Thank you.
Louella Parsons was no better
"Those who can't do, teach. Those who can't teach, teach gym."
Wow. This was totally awesome. I'm a huge classic film buff, so this was a great treat for me to watch. There was Lucille Ball, a young Debbie Reynolds, Walt Disney talking about Mickey, Disneyland, and the film he was currently working on (101 Dalmatians), a tottering Marian Davies, a 13-year-old Liza Minnelli not singing as well as her mom could at thirteen, Mickey Rooney's kid who looked a lot like his dad, Harold Lloyd with his son and granddaughter on his amazing estate, Janet Gaynor, who had won the first Oscar ever awarded, but for three performances not just one... And, of course, Hedda and her hats.
@@zumanitydelights251 That’s so true. I’ve also always wondered why Lucille Ball was such good friends with her. But I think Hedda was better than Louella, although both had too much power.
@@zumanitydelights251 I remember reading that Joseph Cotton gave Louella a well-aimed kick at a party. He got back at her for the articles she was writing about her. I doubt anyone like Louella and her drunk of a husband, Doc.
@@zumanitydelights251 So true!
This is fascinating. As the Old Hollywood was dying out. Cool seeing all the Westmores. Roman Novarro (murdered 8 years later), Harold Lloyd & Marion Davies (no mention of Hearst).
It was still a great town. Not like it is today with this RAP CRAP and animals on parade. HOW SAD.
this is a very interesting and informative video. i came along in 1971 so the majority of these actors, producers and moguls are a distant memory, with the exception of DEBBIE REYNOLDS and LUCILLE BALL, respectfully. i like the glamour of old hollywood. it seemed so grand then. of course we now know that it was not so grand, but the movies we saw are legendary. many of them are long gone but this video depicted them and their portfolio of talent very well. long live VALENTINO! lol
What a priceless treasure from the precipice of what had been and what would be...presented perfectly to capture the heart of this grand era, now so long passed! The genuine warmth and class of personalities who dearly loved their acting craft shown through, time and again...what an alluring testimony to Hollywood's rich past and true stars...in stark contrast to today's Hollywood scene...
What a fascinating time capsule with so many old stars!! Thanks for sharing.
Hedda Hopper raised a wonderful son as a single mother.
She had talent that was over looked because of her ex husband.
For a woman during that time, it meant that she was as good
as her husband’s last name.
Hedda was very beautiful and very talented with a sense of humor
most didn’t understand.
An actor who didn't make it. She spent the rest of her life as a critic, and what a mean spirited person she became.
Deryck Trahair Exactly...
Deryck Trahair Is that what you accessed from her character on Feud?
James Blackledge, Feud = "lasting mutual hostility" What do YOU mean by "Feud"?. I don't like that woman. She was a critic : someone who knows what's going on but can't do it herself. (& she was cruel) . James, I stand by my comment, but more importantly, I will fight for your right to disagree.
Come on, present a good counter-arguement. What do you mean by "Feud"?
Hedda acted in 126 films. Starting with a silent film in 1916, Hedda acted steadily in films until the late 1930's, sometimes acting in 10 films in one year! Her scenes were always interesting and compelling.
@@TheRmjr Look her up, she played in many films during the silver screen period. You're just reiterating the sentiment that Deryck has.
I enjoyed seeing all the old stars and hearing them tell their stories. A very entertaining and informative special for its time. Thanks for the memories! :-)
Worth watching mainly for Liza singing Over the Rainbow at the age of 14.
25:25 Marion Davies was beautiful and courageous to the end. When this was filmed she'd already had a stroke and been diagnosed with cancer in her jaw. Looks like she couldn't stand on her own but must have insisted on standing and not being seated. This was her last television appearance. ❤🌹
Thanks for this trip down memory lane!!
I can enjoy some hollywood insight and breakaway from the movies of yester-year now and then. It is so much fun and many feelings that take place watching movies.
Her son was William Hopper. He played Paul Drake on Perry Mason.
His dad???
Loved HIM
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William DeWolf Hopper Sr. was an American actor, singer, comedian, and theatrical producer. A star of vaudeville and musical theatre, he became best known for performing the popular baseball poem "Casey at the Bat". Wikipedia
Born: March 30, 1858, New York, NY
Died: September 23, 1935, New York, NY
Spouse: Hedda Hopper (m. 1913-1922), MORE
Children: William Hopper jr.
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It's very likely that TCM host Robert Osborne was one of the Desilu players shown in the first segment with Lucille Ball.
Thank you for the upload. Classic TV, the way it used to be.
Wow! That was an incredible amount of famous stars for an hour program. When I saw the credits I assumed this would be a bunch of clips. It was quite interesting.
Seeing and hearing Liza sing "Somewhere over the rainbow" just tears at my heartstrings...😭
I always loved Lucy but i lost a lot of respect for her when i read about how she humiliated Joan Blondell in front of a live audience being critical of her acting abilities - i think Lucy got too big for her boots now and then - Joan Blondell was a big star while Lucy was still dancing and showing her knickers to movie directors
Stephen Boyd would have made a good James Bond.
Stephen Boyd was such a classy gentleman!!
He was from Belfast, Northern Ireland, and always gave a great performance.
@@QueenBee-gx4rp YES
In the early 70's the Harold Lloyd family opened up Green ACRES located on Benedict Canyon Road, to public tours. My family took the amazing tour given by his granddaughter. It had a couple preserved Christmas trees in it full of ornaments he and his wife collected from all over the world. An amazing hanging staircase, hundreds of signed celebrity pics he took hanging down a long hallway, a stunning playhouse for his daughter, incredible water fountains and a dinning room table that was half in Beverly Hills and half in the city of Los Angeles. The grounds were amazing. Sadly the neighbors complained about the traffic and the tour stopped. Half the property was subdivided and the mansion is now owned by I think his name is Buckle the dude that owns the Kroger super market company. They call that progress...
I went on that same tour at the same time-I have the same memories. I was so young I didn’t know who Harold Lloyd was! I loved him anyway, thanks to his wonderful home. NOW of course I do know!
Bob Hope was funny and I'd say some of his jokes were with big jags - loved his line about Hedda holding a grudge that he failed to give her the scoop [about his birth] and instead notified his mother - and she was still holding the grudge!
Yes, this is the ORIGINAL master tape of a special that was originally seen on NBC's "SUNDAY SHOWCASE", January 10, 1960 [8-9pm(et)], under the sponsorship of the Rexall Drug Company {promoting Rexall drug stores' "Giant January Sale"}. Their commercials (featuring Barbara Young) and sponsor I.D.'s were added the night of the telecast.
This is grt footage. Tks for uploading, Harold Lloyd's house. Wow... Marion Davies was the mistress for 30 yrs to Randolph Hearst....30 secs of John Cassavettes!! Bob Hope is hysterical
Wow, no way! Lucy and Uncle Bob from "Love that Bob"... I'm 31 and I was raised on everything from the 30s to the 60s. I love all of these stars. They're all still big stars to me now in 2017. For my life, you would think it was still 1957.
Andreas C. I feel very similar! I am 29, but have a dad who loves all the classic films and I also watched all the reruns of old tv shows as a kid. These old Hollywood stars are still the ones I feel more star struck for, even though most are no longer with us.
Andreas C. Love that Bob was my favorite show!
@@QueenBee-gx4rp "Hold it"! "You're gonna love this picture"! Love that Bob!
Hedda Hopper was born in 1885
She made this film in 1960 at the age of
75 and she was still a very beautiful and very talented woman.
And also a bitter piece of sh1t who ideally is still roasting in hell.
Talented in spreading bs maybe
If u call being a soulless hag a talent
So many big stars! Thanks for this.
According to actor William Holden, Hedda Hopper had a lot to do with selling out Larry Parks to the blacklist. She could be a vicious columnist. It was reported that Lauren Bacall literally kicked Hedda in the ass at a party.
i don't know about that, but i've read joseph cotten took direct aim. and joan bennett sent her a skunk
JACK ANTHONY I heard that it was Spencer Tracey that kicked her.
daniel stanwyck didnt joan kill her own husband! then re lived in the dark shadows tv series! in a similar storyline
Itbmurr1 hedda knew Spence rented out young male hustlers
How do you know that Hedda knew this about Spence? And how did Hedda confirm this piece of information? I do know that film icon Ramon Navarro used to hire male hustlers on a steady basis. This I know because Ramon was murdered by two male hustlers. These male hustlers were hired Ramon through an agency and Ramon welcomed the hustlers into his house for sex. The two male hustlers confirmed this information when they were on trial for Ramon's murder. The agency should have done a better job in vetting potential hustlers in Ramon's case.
"There's a word for women like her, but it isn't said in polite society... outside of a kennel."
Night club scene from "The Women," in which Hedda Hopper earlier intoned "Got any dirt for the column?"
One of the best lines in movie history!
You've been listening to Joan again, haven't you? M.
@De St I agree!
Whatever she was, she made a deal with the devil to look that well put-together at age 72. There are plenty of photos that show her age but once the movie camera turned on apparently she shape shifted. Can't imagine how brutal a facelift would have been back then, certainly nothing like today. Hedda Lettuce May 02, 1885 - Feb 01, 1966 (died age 80)
Been wanting to see this for a while. Thanks for posting!
What Ghosts from the Past!...........................a Past that can never be repeated.
I love old Hollywood.
But not this scumbag.
Me too!😁
Opposite Hedda was "THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW", on CBS. Ed's guests that night were Frankie Avalon, Earl Grant, the comedy team of Wayne & Shuster, Peter {"Li'l Abner"} Palmer, opera star Birgit Nilsson, Susan Barrett, and the Norwegian Festival Dancers. On ABC, the second half of "MAVERICK" {"The Cruise of the Cynthia B"}, and "LAWMAN" {"The Showdown"}.
Wow! Where did you get the info?
Wayne and Shuster were number #1 in Canada.
Several sources. ;)
@@samjones4451 "I told him, Julie..don't go!!"
That evening, they performed their "Arctic expert interview" sketch {Johnny as "Professor Vain Gartner"}.
This was Marion Davies last public appearance. This was filmed on January 10, 1960, and she died from cancer on September 22, 1961.
This was a treat ! Thanks for posting !
In Hedda's book she talked about Marion Davies, they were great friends it seemed. I believe the section that shows Ms. Davies was when she was very ill, she wanted to be on the show so Hedda got her made up, dressed to be on camera. She only had the strength to stand holding on to the chair and saying the one line, then they had to take her back to bed. II am glad they had her and Gloria on the show, I would rather see the silent stars then the newer actors and I would rather listen to Hedda' stories... but this was great.
I am reading the Marion Davies book. The next one will be Hedda's
So cool. Thanks for posting!❤
I love seeing the elderly lady, the one knitting, because “cutters” -editors- got even shorter shrift back then than now. Women were often cutters because it was thought they were better suited to the tedious, exacting work seeing as how back then they were perhaps used to sewing, knitting, crafting etc.
The actor Steven Boyd is so handsome and well spoken
Several years ago (1998), while working on a feature film, I had the honor of having my makeup applied by a member of the Westmore family.
This was a wonderful series!
Amazing...little Liza is now 75 ...time goes way too fast!
The young starlet at the 34 min & 45 sec mark getting out of the small car is Barbara Eden. This was 5 yrs before her big break in the hit TV show " I Dream of Jeannie ".
everything looked so great between don murray & hope lange with the kiddies, puppets and all....she divorced him a year later in 1961 & was seeing glenn ford who didn't marry her. In '62, don remarried. goes to show all that glitters...
Fascinating stuff - thanks for sharing! That ridiculous outfit she opens the show with, overdressed, much?! All these people so powerful in their day, now long gone and in many cases forgotten. Makes you think philosophical thoughts about life and how ridiculous it all is - pomposity, status and ego count for nothing on your deathbed. Great to see Lucille Ball though, how glamorous she was! That's a lady I admire, she was a real trailblazer for women in comedy.
Vanity, vanity, all is vanity...
interesting and thoughtful post. I would only add that the word you use to describe her outfit, "ridiculous," will likely be used to describe the very clothes most people wear today.
I wanted to see Marion Davies, and yes there she was. It was amazing the way the lighting and camera brought out her beauty. Marion had suffered a stroke the year before and shortly after this was diagnosed with stomach cancer, it would have been wonderful to see more of her house etc.. and with high resolution color circa 2019 instead of grainy television video tape..
Great story from Bob Cummings!
Really enjoyed William Hopper (Hedda's son) in the Perry Mason series. What I've read about his mother is generally negative, but for whatever reason the studios didn't seem to object.
This was fantastic!!!! Thanks so much for sharing!!!
Very interesting. A few of these "stars" I had to google, like Ricardo Cortez, since I'd never heard of them.
Imagine Hedda living in today's Hollywood. Jan. 25. 2017
How about june 23 2020
Hedda's hubby was the #1 clap-doctor in Hollywood.
Bill, I think you mean rival columnist Louella Parsons. Her hubby, "Doc" Parsons was the Urologist/"clap doctor."
Isn't there some story about him practically being passed out at a party and Louella saying "We have to leave now. He has surgery in the morning."
Her son William was probably the most successful of the bunch. As long as we have Perry Mason, we'll always have Paul Drake.
Your thinking of louellas husband!!!!!
I've only recently got interested in this. It seems to me that most people preferred Louella Parsons to Hedda Hopper. Whereas Louella was generally quite 'gentle' in her criticisms, Hedda was vindictive and plain nasty. Nobody has this kind of power in Hollywood today, but it certainly was an interesting era.
Very amazing.
This is Cinema History.
A good story telling
Gary Cooper was a no nonsense guy....amazing to find out there was a woman behind Cecil Demille career....Stephen Boyd was a handsome man.
Regardless of what anyone thinks of HH, this is truly an extraordinary collection of stars and other personnel. Just seeing Boyd, Bushman, and Novarro together was enough, but adding in the very young Liza M., William Daniels, King Vidor, Janet Gaynor, Harold Lloyd (HL Jr. was a major problem child), the four Westmores, etc. - wow. BTW, there's an excellent Marion Davies documentary here on UA-cam.
Stephen Boyd, serious husband material for the right man's man!
Was Boyd gay?
I enjoyed that.
Hope Lange's first marriage was to actor Don Murray in 1956; they had two children,[2] actor Christopher Murray and photographer Patricia Murray. Lange left Don Murray in 1961 for actor Glenn Ford, associate producer and co-star of Pocketful of Miracles. She and Ford never married.[2] She then left acting for three years after her October 19, 1963 marriage to producer-director, Alan J. Pakula, whom she divorced in 1971. In 1972, she also dated Frank Sinatra and began a relationship with married novelist John Cheever.[23] In 1986, she married theatrical producer Charles Hollerith, with whom she remained until her death in 2003 at 70 years old.[
Thank You SC Hopper
Lucille Ball saying “Desi gave me permission....”. Really?
Yep, really! That's the way it used to be way back when ..
Well I think they just got divorced at this time so maybe she meant in that way.They owned Desilu together for many years..
Helen Mirren really nailed it playing Hopper in Trumbo.
Saw it on NETFLIX tonight!
Well Hedda , they did make another Ben Hur movie over 50 years later, and you know what ? NOBODY SEEMED TO LIKE IT !!!
The silent version is still my fave. Watched the new "train wreck" version.
Regardless of what anyone might think of Hedda she had style and panache! I LOVE her hats and she dressed impeccably! Yes she was a terror but you have to give her credit she lasted as an actress/critic from the silents until the mid 60s. Most stars/critics of today don't last half that long.
Bob Hope at the end, with the best material. Jeez, even Walt Disney is in this, and Francisc X Bushman, Raymond Navarro, Cassavetes...very unusual. Slide past the Hopper intro.
Impressive on location videotape back when a big mobile unit was required. Notice the scene changes where the "razor blade and Scotch tape" edits cause a glitch.
-- Grandpa, what's a 'Beatnick' ?
-- Well Timmy, It's like an early 60's Millennial.
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Wow - Lucille Ball said Desi "gave her permission" to open a small theater in their studio building. What's up with that?
The intro is worthy of a horror movie.
It shows that the stars in this clip must have always been in good terms with Hedda...otherwise, they knew the consequences that followed if they weren't. She made them stars, made them richer or ruined them.
You better not cross Hedda or she would put her poison pen to work.
Marion Davies? Wasn't she WR Hearst's main squeeze for many years?? Fascinating guy.
judy Davis should have her own mini series reexamining Hollywood's crowded closets!
You gotta love these old time TV shows. So fake and staged. But at least we knew it. Today it's a little harder to tell.
Good clean fun. Real talent. Unlike today with the lowering of standards. Such a shame. Certain groups should clean up their acts and do the right thing.
That was fun to watch..ty!
I wondwe what happened to Janet Gaynors lovely brooch - is it still around - who is wearing it now - where has it been - if things could talk
Hedda (the old bat - my opinion and you can agree or not) really thought she was something else...
Okay but she looks amazing for 75 years old.
Fascinating glimpse into Hollywood's golden era.
I wonder what "dirt" she had on all these actors to get them to be in her dismal doc.
FBI used her as a tool.
@@affirmationaffirmations7456 She WAS a tool.
@@gtimny Yes and a toy in evil people's hands. She was Hoover's dog.
OMG! This is so wonderful!
Heddas voice sounds so damn familar and i cant place why!! Driving me nutso lol
I’ve read in several gossip magazines that Hedda Hopper was a regular ball breaker. These were gossip magazines so I guess take it with a grain of salt.
Those were the days... I remember trying to remember every little detail, to every movie I saw....
The great Marion Davies was dying of cancer and had already had surgery on her jaw. She attended John F. Kennedy's inauguration and the inaugural ball in January 1961 as a longtime family friend and supporter. It was her last public appearance. I believe this is the last filmed appearance of Davies.
Davie's was on her own, quite accomplished. She was savvy with her finances, and very perceptive of what was what, in the ever changing landscape that was Hollywood. My hat's off to her.
So glad Marion Davies was included here, albeit too briefly. This program allowed her to have a moment of dignity, grace and glamor. She was greatly loved, and should have had a much happier end to her wonderful life.
Francis X Bushman & Ramona Navarro together....OMG
Lucy during her 'Mogul' years in her golf cart. Apparently, she was a menace in that thing. ;)
Hedda Hopper and Norma Desmond, together again.
LOL the music makes it sound like its the chopping block!!!
Incidentally, Charlton Heston was intended to be a part of this special, but withdrew before his segment was to be taped. It was due to his "exclusive" agreement for several appearances on "THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW", as well as his claim that he wasn't aware Hedda's special was to appear opposite the Sullivan program. There was a feud between Hedda and Ed over this: archives.chicagotribune.com/1959/12/31/page/25/article/hedda-hopper-fires-salvo-in-feud-with-ed-sullivan