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Gossip Girls: Louella Parsons and Hedda Hopper (Small Town Girl, Episode 1)
Gossip Girls: Louella Parsons and Hedda Hopper (Small Town Girl, Episode 1)
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Length:
59 minutes
Released:
May 4, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Both Louella Parsons and Hedda Hopper worked for papers created by charismatic barons whose publications were nakedly corrupt, totally biased -- and absolutely mainstream. Once we get a feel for this media climate, we’ll trace Louella’s early years of struggle and reinvention on the road to her pioneering bylines, and, finally, her role in canonizing The Birth of a Nation -- the most viciously racist Hollywood blockbuster of all time.
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Released:
May 4, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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