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She was a showgirl with ambition. She wrote and starred in a silent film which showed that she had great promise as a light comedienne. But then her lover, the most powerful man in corporate America, took over and according to her, stunted her career rather than enhanced it. Hello, everybody. Joe Morella and Frank […]
She was the greatest and most famous gossip columnist of all time. Her name is synonymous with the word. Hello, everybody. Joe Morella and Frank Segers here today to chat about the one and only, Louella. Louella Parsons may not have invented the gossip column, but she certainly perfected it. The story goes that Parsons, who had […]
Talented black actresses confined for racial reasons to roles of maids, cooks or “mammies” in Hollywood movies of the 30s, 40s and 50s, invariably stood their ground in their limited cinematic circumstances, even upstaging on occasion their more celebrated white costars. Who can forget Hattie McDaniel in “Gone With […]
Hello everybody. Morella and Segers here again. Remembering. We old-timers remember the days when newspapers ran a half dozen entertainment columns about movies, theatre, and all other aspects of show business. If Louella– Parsons that is– or Hedda — Hopper, of course, don’t ring a bell with you, how about Rona […]