Hedda Hopper's Hollywood

Colleen Townsend

English · Radio, Performing Arts

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood brings listeners into the world of film through the perspective of its celebrated Hollywood columnist and radio personality, Hedda Hopper. The program centers on the people and happenings of the movie business, with Hopper’s distinctive presence guiding the broadcast.

Colleen Townsend is identified with this recording. The show offers a glimpse of Hollywood as a lively public world of performers and entertainment, presented in the conversational style of a personality-led radio program.

Its appeal lies in hearing Hopper’s recognizable voice and point of view at a moment when radio offered audiences a direct connection to the stars and stories of the screen.

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.