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Jimmie Fidler's Hollywood

Gossip columnist known for tattling on the stars about their tantrums, foibles, affairs, births and divorces.

Jimmie Fidlers Hollywood

29 old time radio show recordings
(total playtime 3 hours, 15 min)
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Jimmy Fidler
(1898 – 1988)

Jimmy Fidler
James Fidler first appeared in Hollywood as an aspiring actor, and later found work as movie star press agent. He turned Martha Raye & David Rose, with Hollywood columnist Jimmy Fidler and wife, who accompanied them to their wedding
Jimmy Fidler Column
to tattling on the stars about their tantrums, foibles, affairs, births and divorces. His syndicated column was carried by 187 outlets, including The New York Post and the LA Times (many of his columns are available on the Times website).

Fidler had several radio "columns" that featured his trademarks. His reports were punctuated with a Morse-code like beeping; he often featured "open letters" to the stars and studios, berating then for some behavior or practice; Jimmy Fidler pulled no punches when reviewing a movie, giving four bells for those he liked and calling a one bell performance "a real stinkeroo"; he made reports from "notes in his little black book", supposedly gathered by a network of spies around Hollywood; and he closed his broadcasts with an often parodied "Good night to you, and I do mean you!".

Jimmy Fidler was thought to be in the shadows of gossip columnists like Hedda Harper and Louella Parsons, but he was generally more feared by the studios because he was more brazen in his reporting. Arrid Deodorant, sponsor of Fidler's 1942 show on the Blue Network, ended each broadcast with "Arrid doesn't formulate Jimmie Fidler's opinions, he reports the news as he sees it." There is a story that he once scooped Louella Parsons, the undisputed Queen of the Gossip columnists, on a scandalous incident concerning Clark Gable in November, 1935. Parsons was so embarrassed over being scooped that she lied about the incident in her autobiography. But that's Hollywood.

Jimmie Fidler is honored with a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to Radio at 6128 Hollywood Blvd.

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    29 recordings on 1 MP3 CD for just $5.00. Total playtime 3 hours, 15 min
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    total playtime 3 hours, 15 min
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    1. 29 shows - total playtime 3 hours 15 minutes
    2. Jimmie Fidler Hollywood 430000 Gossip Rumors.mp3
    3. Jimmie Fidler Hollywood Show Biz News.mp3
    4. Jimmie Fidlers Hollywood 450115 Martha Rae Sues.mp3
    5. Jimmy Fiddler Show 510521.mp3
    6. Jimmy Fiddler Show 510522.mp3
    7. Jimmy Fiddler Show 510523.mp3
    8. Jimmy Fiddler Show 510524.mp3
    9. Jimmy Fiddler Show 510525.mp3
    10. Jimmy Fiddler Show 510528.mp3
    11. Jimmy Fiddler Show 510529.mp3
    12. Jimmy Fiddler Show 510530.mp3
    13. Jimmy Fiddler Show 510531.mp3
    14. Jimmy Fiddler Show 510601.mp3
    15. Jimmy Fiddler Show 510604.mp3
    16. Jimmy Fiddler Show 510605.mp3
    17. Jimmy Fiddler Show 510606.mp3
    18. Jimmy Fiddler Show 510607.mp3
    19. Jimmy Fiddler Show 510608.mp3
    20. Jimmy Fiddler Show 510611.mp3
    21. Jimmy Fiddler Show 510612.mp3
    22. Jimmy Fiddler Show 510613.mp3
    23. Jimmy Fiddler Show 510614.mp3
    24. Jimmy Fiddler Show 510615.mp3
    25. Jimmy Fiddler Show 510618.mp3
    26. Jimmy Fiddler Show 510619.mp3
    27. Jimmy Fiddler Show 510620.mp3
    28. Jimmy Fiddler Show 510621.mp3
    29. Life Of Riley 441119 045 Turkey Hunt.mp3
    30. Recollections At 30 560808 08 Recreate Highlights 03041938.mp3
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    29 recordings on 1 MP3 Collection Download for just $5.00. Total playtime 3 hours, 15 min
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    1. 29 shows - total playtime 3 hours 15 minutes
    2. Jimmie Fidler Hollywood 430000 Gossip Rumors.mp3
    3. Jimmie Fidler Hollywood Show Biz News.mp3
    4. Jimmie Fidlers Hollywood 450115 Martha Rae Sues.mp3
    5. Jimmy Fiddler Show 510521.mp3
    6. Jimmy Fiddler Show 510522.mp3
    7. Jimmy Fiddler Show 510523.mp3
    8. Jimmy Fiddler Show 510524.mp3
    9. Jimmy Fiddler Show 510525.mp3
    10. Jimmy Fiddler Show 510528.mp3
    11. Jimmy Fiddler Show 510529.mp3
    12. Jimmy Fiddler Show 510530.mp3
    13. Jimmy Fiddler Show 510531.mp3
    14. Jimmy Fiddler Show 510601.mp3
    15. Jimmy Fiddler Show 510604.mp3
    16. Jimmy Fiddler Show 510605.mp3
    17. Jimmy Fiddler Show 510606.mp3
    18. Jimmy Fiddler Show 510607.mp3
    19. Jimmy Fiddler Show 510608.mp3
    20. Jimmy Fiddler Show 510611.mp3
    21. Jimmy Fiddler Show 510612.mp3
    22. Jimmy Fiddler Show 510613.mp3
    23. Jimmy Fiddler Show 510614.mp3
    24. Jimmy Fiddler Show 510615.mp3
    25. Jimmy Fiddler Show 510618.mp3
    26. Jimmy Fiddler Show 510619.mp3
    27. Jimmy Fiddler Show 510620.mp3
    28. Jimmy Fiddler Show 510621.mp3
    29. Life Of Riley 441119 045 Turkey Hunt.mp3
    30. Recollections At 30 560808 08 Recreate Highlights 03041938.mp3
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    29 recordings on 3 Audio CDs. Total playtime 3 hours, 15 min
    29 recordings on 3 Audio CDs
    total playtime 3 hours, 15 min

    Jimmie Fidlers Hollywood Disc A001

    1. Jimmie Fidler Hollywood Show Biz News
    2. Jimmie Fidler Hollywood 430000 Gossip Rumors
    3. Life Of Riley 441119 045 Turkey Hunt
    4. Jimmie Fidlers Hollywood 450115 Martha Rae Sues
    5. Jimmy Fiddler Show 510521
    6. Jimmy Fiddler Show 510522

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    Jimmie Fidlers Hollywood Disc A002

    1. Jimmy Fiddler Show 510523
    2. Jimmy Fiddler Show 510524
    3. Jimmy Fiddler Show 510525
    4. Jimmy Fiddler Show 510528
    5. Jimmy Fiddler Show 510529
    6. Jimmy Fiddler Show 510530
    7. Jimmy Fiddler Show 510531
    8. Jimmy Fiddler Show 510601
    9. Jimmy Fiddler Show 510604
    10. Jimmy Fiddler Show 510605
    11. Jimmy Fiddler Show 510606
    12. Jimmy Fiddler Show 510607
    13. Jimmy Fiddler Show 510608
    14. Jimmy Fiddler Show 510611
    15. Jimmy Fiddler Show 510612

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    Jimmie Fidlers Hollywood Disc A003

    1. Jimmy Fiddler Show 510613
    2. Jimmy Fiddler Show 510614
    3. Jimmy Fiddler Show 510615
    4. Jimmy Fiddler Show 510618
    5. Jimmy Fiddler Show 510619
    6. Jimmy Fiddler Show 510620
    7. Jimmy Fiddler Show 510621
    8. Recollections At 30 560808 08 Recreate Highlights 03041938

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