Struggling actress Hedda Hopper (Jane Alexander) can't get a break in Hollywood, even though an acquaintance of hers is the extremely powerful gossip monger Louella Parsons (Dame Elizabeth ... See full summary »
Dame Elizabeth Taylor got friend Peter Lawford a small part as a reporter. But, he couldn't get through a single day of filming and was replaced. He died on December 24, 1984 in Los Angeles, California from liver and kidney disease.
Louis B. Mayer:
I haven't destroyed a monster, I've created two.
As the camera pans down the street, on the curb is the painted number of either a house or building. They didn't paint number signs on the curbs back then.
This motion picture is based on certain events in the lives of Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons. However, some of the characters and incidents are fictitious and any similarity to the name, character, or history of any such persons or incidents is entirely coincidental and unintentional.
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