Confidential Magazine and Scandal in the 1950's

Before there was "The National Enquirer"...Before there was TMZ....there was "Confidential Magazine", the publication that struck fear into the heart of Hollywood in the 1950's. Hosted by Maury Povich. Written and produced by Nancy Gershwin.

[@jeffweskamp3685]

Humphrey Bogart once said that every celebrity in Hollywood read the Confidential; they just claimed the cook brought it in....

[@sint0xicateme]

3:40

[@kathrynfauble9053]

@Jeff Weskamp Nobody asked Lauren Bacall to confirm that her late husband had said that. He could have been misquoted.

[@marlisbuckner5631]

Loved the battling columnists Louella Parsons and Hedda Hopper, they went all out to scoop each other.

[@WJack97224]

@Marlis Buckner, and then along came 'rona Barrett.

[@joshuaturnage5243]

Hedda Hopper was good friends with FBI man J. Edgar Hoover. She definitely gave him information on the Hollywood stars.

[@c.d.macaulay66]

Maury’s father Shirley (yes, Shirley) Povich was the dean of Washington sports writers. Elegant and classy, he wrote beautifully for The Washington Post for 75 (!) years.

[@c.d.macaulay66]

He covered Walter Johnson, for Christsakes!

[@101kmontgomery]

Surely you must be joking..

[@c.d.macaulay66]

@@101kmontgomery You could look it up. His daily sports column was must reading. The man had great style.

[@bhsbmd]

As a lifelong Washingtonian, I can confirm as fact!

[@scotnick59]

In all honesty, "Confidential" must have been the most fun (to read) of any "trashy" gossip magazines in the history of Hollywood society

[@tajmulhall]

Kirk Barkley My grandmother always had this one and glamour girl on the coffee table gosh I would I would give to have those magazines now

[@daydayh7671]

Sworn affidavits? Confidential was all about their business and covered their Tuckus too. Fascinating !

[@freddylubin]

Can't help but think of Danny DeVito's "Hush Hush" magazine from "L.A. Confidential".

[@mohamedashian604]

Remember Freddy Lubin you heard it here first off the record on the QT and Very.... HUSH- HUSH 😉

[@lisaellis2593]

Love! that movie!

[@QEsposito510]

That’s exactly what it was based on.

[@sparx180]

Wow this mag went for the jugular. It must have been horrible to be gay back then, always in the back of your head thinking "are they going to find out." Never heard of this mag until today.

[@Franskie266]

Damm Maury Polvich has always been old.😂😂😂

[@christinamitchell6796]

Lol pretty much 😂

[@derrickkimmons1814]

Old and rich hope to get there someday.

[@rateyesmertz3785]

I bet they had pictures of Clyde Colson going down on Hoover

[@donaldgoodinson7550]

Pity they didn't publish them.

[@rateyesmertz3785]

@@donaldgoodinson7550 you'll have to settle for the nude photos of Obama's mother on the internet

[@donaldgoodinson7550]

@@rateyesmertz3785 Good Lord,what a thought.I think I would rather stay with old Clyde doing what he does best.LOL.

[@jamesfox2579]

I have a total of 8 of these early trash mags. LOL!!

[@jamesfox2579]

@I miss my cat A friend of mine gave them to me about 22 years ago. 😁

[@sparx180]

James Fox Maybe someone would pay you for them!

[@jamesfox2579]

@@sparx180 Maybe so, Chloe.😁

[@sparx180]

@@jamesfox2579 It is worth a try. I have postcards over 100 yrs old, 8 of them. I went to Sotheby's and they said they would give me $20. for each one. Had they had a stamp on them they would be worth a fortune. I still have them.

[@jamesfox2579]

@@sparx180 Really? I collect verrrry old Postcards, as well. Thanks for the Tip, Chloe!!❤️😘😁

[@petersurdo4984]

Looking at Ms. Van Doren what possible harm could she have been up to?

[@brn2wld]

The first Tabloid. I wonder how many lives it ruined.

[@markcantemail8018]

brn2wld ,Tabloid yes. But did they have a story about Bigfoot ?

[@douca1]

Scotty Bowers has said it all.

[@alonenjersey]

You ain't kidding. I first read his book two years ago and my jaw dropped at least six times. I lost count how many times it made me smile.

[@kellybrown685]

And NONE of the people he wrote about are alive to dispute him.

[@autobug2]

@@kellybrown685 2020: And now, neither is HE!!

[@lisaellis2593]

@@alonenjersey Where can I get this book?!

[@alonenjersey]

@@lisaellis2593 The mid-size paperback book is one that will take a liitle time to find.

[@trilby5546]

I remember the Con story of Guy Madison Franchot Tone and Joan Crawford.

[@juneportuondo6668]

life was crazy then an now....

[@JSOMERSETJSOMERSET]

June Portuondo European websites report far more dirt on American celebrities..there are tons of video's and photographs of sports stars and backstage antics they wouldn't dare publish here

[@kerry9025]

*Sinatra "fortified" himself between lovemaking sessions w/ Wheaties¡!?!¡* 🤣⚰️🤣⚰️🤣 *#ImWeak*

[@judithhstevens126]

Kerry do you realize this either show the person who made this statement is either stupid or just saying something to say something bad. Biological the guy has to wait before he goes again eating give him that. Either people are stupid or something.?

[@kerry9025]

@@judithhstevens126 *I didn't take the statement as God's truth; it was meant to be funny & I had a good chuckle. A little advice though... Maybe next time you say something/someone is stupid make sure your comment makes sense & isn't full of mistakes.* 🤷 *#SorryNotSorry*

[@cynthiaadams2392]

@@kerry9025 😜🤣

[@AbbeBuck]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@donjames7971]

The term 'bottom-feeders' in reference to this tripe gives actual bottom-feeders a bad name ...

[@tiffanylewis5473]

pre national equirer

[@brendastarr7833]

Tab Hunter says he was the actor outed to protect Rock Hudson, and he says that came about because his agent also represented Rock Hudson and Hudson was making more money for the agent. The Confidential was squeezing the agent about Hudson, so the agent gave him Hunter to keep Hudson "clean." All the people they talk about on this show or on E's Mysteries and Scandals are dead. The family of a dead person can't pursue libel charges, so the guys making big bucks off these shows don't care about the truth. They'll say whatever they want to make the story better. They aren't journalists, so there's no ethics involved in what they do. Also, since these people are dead, you'd think there would be surviving witnesses who would talk about these episodes, so Maury Povich wouldn't have to use yesteryear's gumshoes or somebody's kid for his interviews. Actual witnesses would be a real show. This is lazy, cheap-to-make crap TV that doesn't tell you anything more than what you already knew. The forerunner of reality TV.

[@bwayland1290]

Brenda Starr Tab may have conveyed that in interviews, but most documentation shows Rory Calhoun was the 'Sacrificial Lamb, ' in that scandal. The story that hurt Tab was 'how he was beating his dog.' Whether true or not , it made a horrible impact on all the kids that were his fans. I didn't know Tab was gay until I met him in a gay bar .

[@WJack97224]

@@@bwayland1290, Confucius said that the beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper names. So, I call a homosexual a homosexual and avoid the term "gay." Why was the term "gay" stolen and applied to perverts? To conceal the truth?

[@autobug2]

@@WJack97224 Depends on one's interpretation of the word, 'pervert'. Coming from someone so Lilly white & pure, you sure seem to dwell on things gays do alot. Excuse me....homosexuals.

[@WJack97224]

@@@autobug2, You assume that which is untrue. I am not pure and I don't dwell. You have spewed pejoratives and that only harms you. I have just stated the facts. Confucius said that the beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper names. The first casualties of emotions are reason/logic and morality.

[@AbbeBuck]

Brenda Starr, it wasn’t Tab Hunter, it was Rory Calhoun. But Tab Hunter fired the mutual agent Henry Wilson. Tab came out on his own terms.

[@francistubolino8810]

We humans are fools!

[@niamhryan9677]

Liberace was very handsome back then 👍🏵

[@autobug2]

he was still a flaming queen. He never changed.

[@Sharon-fw9qw]

Very young yes he was.

[@Sharon-fw9qw]

​@@autobug2 So what???🙄

[@tiffanylewis7633]

The national enquire of its day

[@doloresvargas6450]

This was way before Star Magazine.Tony

[@lynnpurcell7583]

What is that huge flower on top of Mamie Van Doran's head for? Was that a style and if it was UGH!

[@monilaninetynine3811]

Lynn Purcell Mamie has always done her own thing, fashion wise.

[@AbbeBuck]

A Fascinator!

[@katiezee2]

She knew what she was doing, it got her noticed and that's what she was after - and wearing red too, an old trick for drawing attention

[@donaldgoodinson7550]

Closed for telling the truth.Rock Hudson et al should have been exposed years before.

[@crash-symbols]

Steve Govoni looks like Dean Stockwell in "Dune".

[@marygriffith6800]

I had dinner many times with Al Govoni and his wife many times. I always wonder what happened to Steve and his sister.

[@lenevee4925]

And I thought the National Enquirer told hot stories and gossip!

[@SenorZorrozzz]

These magazines were amazing. I have a stack of them. I'd sell them if anyone wants to make an offer.

[@timsopinion]

I'll give you 20 bucks for em?

[@vickijones9081]

Don Diego Vega

[@JSOMERSETJSOMERSET]

Don Diego Vega eBay!

[@degsbabe]

I offer to wipe my botty with them.

[@marlisbuckner5631]

If I had even an extra $5.00, I would try to buy them. I grew up in the late 40s and throughout the 50s etc. to be the old old gal I am today. By the way we lived on Wiltshire Blvd between Beverly Hills and Westwood Village. great life and plenty of juicy gossip.

[@richardbaseheart6642]

What year was this video made? And for what show?

[@popeye5432]

Sure. 7:41 "Such a clean, pure love affair". A "beautiful t'ing". It just warms the heart. Of course, it's possible that they were ordered into keeping their mouths shut. You decide. As far as the F.B.I. investigation; they probably just wanted the dirt the magazine was getting.

[@tiffanylewis5473]

Maury maury

[@bascet1]

"Blacked out" redacted old boy, redacted.

[@cherylmason5840]

Hollyweird back then and Hollyweird still now 😶👁👌👹😈

[@bwayland1290]

Cheryl Mason And 'HOLLYWEIRD' will continue to be until it falls into the Pacific.

[@echostrogo143]

Cheryl Mason u

[@terry4137]

B Wayland, that can’t happen soon enough!

[@emeraldkimble7602]

Only a quarter a issue now mags are five bucks iglatio

[@andrewbaroch2141]

Special K works for me.

[@elchoya8770]

5:42,must have seen CHINATOWN!

[@tanyapeterson667]

FOR REAL! HOLLYWOOD DRAMA CHILDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!

[@shannonmiller8144]

Bacon didn't tell the whole truth about the Wrong Door raid,if what I heard was true.supposedly,Di Maggio thought that Marilyn was having it off with another woman Years later there were stories that she was bi sexual,which might be true

[@Zeldarw104]

Now, now, tell them that it's human nature, stars being people: I mean people just wanna have fun! #Confidential But, nowadays I don't give a shittttt.....🤭

[@elchoya100]

5:42,didnt jack nicholson do that in CHINATOWN 1974?

REPLACED NOW BY THE TV CRAP. PROGRAMME .........ET......

[@robertdemitro1520]

You can't continue to step in people's private lives ,embarass them and put their careers in jeopardy, without getting burned ! The " magazine " Confidential was ruined by a seedy man . Whether or not any of the stories were true , people's rights were I referred with .

[@salmongrundyII]

What a bunch of sick ass garbage, these creatures were disgusting monsters.

[@babygretz5]

Liberace & Marine O'Hara .....only if O'Hara was pitching with a product by Minx ....

[@bwayland1290]

gary schultz Maureen O'Hara may have been great friends w./ Liberace ; just as she was w/ Charles Laughton, who was married, for many years to Elsa Lanchester ; but Laughton was as gay as Liberace.

[@babygretz5]

B Wayland .....always found Laughton's performances to be great ... never thought of his sex life...Liberace was so out that it's amazing he won a lawsuit against confidential magazine for stating the obvious...don't blame Lee for being fearful at that time in America....wish I could have met them both....

[@MortusSweet]

Ugh the red scare. It ended one of most favorite radio shows, Sam Spade. Thank goodness this is illegal now (well, it was then, but...ya kno).

[@johnlew8025]

hellywood,stay away from it

[@EagleRockers]

zoinks, you got that right!

[@XX-gy7ue]

Confidential was and is smut

[@elleeway8060]

15:10 you can see the attorney who inspired Donald Trump's coiffure

[@MerleOberon]

you don't think it's real?

[@JohnSmith-kz8yo]

You saying Trump is bald as a bat?

[@elissam.corsmeier469]

Jealousy is so unbecoming

[@kingforaday8725]

But........were the stories true?

[@thinkagain9457]

much ado about very little. Waste of time.

[@bwayland1290]

Think Again This is much to do about EVERYTHING !

[@ketboard012]

"I used bitches a couple of times" excuse me?

[@lulubelleish]

I Love the truth

[@spunbearing65]

The "magical" age of Hollywood. The guys were all sausage gravy junkies and the leading ladies all had lickher licenses. What's changed? Nothing. Big fucking deal

[@lauramatthews1617]

Look at Maury Povich

[@princesslehaha]

Four minutes in and it's still intro... yawn

[@danielstanwyck2812]

See below for the usual "Commie" riff. These people come out of the woodwork and vote for Trump. In a word: crap.

[@MerleOberon]

Liberace just never met the right woman.

[@bwayland1290]

MerleOberon R U BEING SERIOUSLY SERIOUS ???

[@monilaninetynine3811]

MerleOberon If that helps you sleep at night.😀😀

[@IanThaddiam]

Because women don't have penises.

[@quester09]

lol

[@tomryan914]

He did, his 'Mommy' !