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A Woman to Know: Louella Parsons

A Woman to Know: Louella Parsons

The first person I cared deeply and sincerely about was — myself. — Louella Parsons

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Dec 16, 2019
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The first person I cared deeply and sincerely about was — myself. — Louella Parsons

(you can guess which one is Louella. image via Wikimedia Commons)

In 1914, Louella Parsons started the first-ever movie column in the United States. As a writer for The Chicago Record-Herald, Louella recognized show business was big business, and she took her reporting cho…

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