The story of one of Hollywood’s most memorable and often bitter rivalries between Hedda Hopper (Jane Alexander) and Louella Parsons (Elizabeth Taylor). This made for television docudrama, based on the book “Hedda and Louella” by George Eells, is full of drama and comedy as these two very powerful women vie with each other to get the latest gossip or scandal in the glitzy Hollywood world of stars and stardom. Cast also includes Richard Dysart, Joyce Van Patten, Jon Cypher.
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ACMI Identifier
319423
Language
English
Audience classification
PG
Subject categories
Adaptations → Television adaptations
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) - History
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Journalistic ethics
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion picture actors and actresses
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion picture industry - History
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion picture industry - United States
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Television
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Television adaptations
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Women journalists
Literature → American literature - Film and video adaptations
Music & Performing Arts → Motion picture actors and actresses
Television → Television programs
Television → Television programs → Television programs - United States
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)