HEDDA HOPPER & LOUELLA PARSONS Hollywood Gossips Dual Bio RARE 1972 HC 1st Ed

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LONG OUT-OF-PRINT HARDCOVER WITH TIGHT BINDING, CLEAN PAGES, IMMACULATE BOARDS. DUST JACKET SHOWS MODERATE WEAR, AND EDGES OF PAGE BLOCK SHOW LIGHT SOILING.FIRST EDITIONHARDCOVERG.P. PUTNAM'S SONS360 PAGES1972ILLUSTRATEDHEDDA AND LOUELLA: A dual biography of Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons by George Eells. Hedda and Louella! Two women so famous that even today they need no last names to be recognized immediately by millions of people from Paris to Pasadena. Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons! The acknowledged queens of the Hollywood gossip columnists, who in their heyday claimed a combined readership of 75,000,000 and whose power, real or imagined, was so great that they could strike terror into the hearts of the biggest stars and richest moguls of the movie industry. The butcher's daughter from Altoona, Pennsylvania, and the clothier's daughter from Freeport, Illinois, who climbed and clawed their way to the top of the heap, demanding and ultimately obtaining a respect and attention that turned reality upside down and helped make Hollywood a legend in its own time.Now, in this amazing dual biography, George Eells separates the truths from the myths about these two incredible women and in so doing reveals a world that makes the most fanciful Hollywood opus seem mundane. Louella Parsons, the reporter with a nose for news but whose read more