Miss Poppenghul
Secretary to David O. Selznick,
Motion Picture Producer
Age: Perpetually 39 (or so she says)
Miss California Orange Festival 19—
(We’re pretty sure the character of Miss Poppenghul is
fictional. If she is not, there is no biographical information readily
available, so we made some up.)
Miss Poppenghul was the capable and long-suffering
secretary to movie producer David O. Selznick, catering to his various whims
with good grace and humor. A California native, she witnessed the movie
industry grow from its early years into the all-powerful studio systems of
Hollywood’s Golden Age. She liked to think she might have been a starlet
herself if movies had been around when she was footloose and fancy-free.
After a whirlwind romance that ended tragically in a story much too long to be told here, Miss Poppenghul sold perfume at a posh department store until she went to work at MGM Studios when it opened in 1924. When Louis B. Mayer's son-in-law David O. Selznick started his own studio, she went with him and became his personal secretary. Miss Poppenghul was a tremendous fan of "Gone of With the Wind" and read it several times. She could not wait to see Clark Gable take on the role of Rhett Butler.
In "Moonlight & Magnolias," Miss Poppenghul keeps the screenwriting team supplied with nourishment (well, peanuts and bananas) and keeps the world at bay while they complete their task...with the possible exception of Louis B. Mayer.
The Actress
Jennie Stringfellow
Jennie Stringfellow is a favorite with GCP audiences, playing such roles as Myrtle Brown in "Mornings at Seven," Eunice Hubbell in "A Streetcar Named Desire," Amanda in "Private Lives," and Carrie Watts in "Trip to Bountiful." She also directed many popular productions, including "Driving Miss Daisy," "The Sugar Bean Sisters," "Daddy's Dyin', Who's Got the Will?" and "45 Seconds from Broadway."
After a whirlwind romance that ended tragically in a story much too long to be told here, Miss Poppenghul sold perfume at a posh department store until she went to work at MGM Studios when it opened in 1924. When Louis B. Mayer's son-in-law David O. Selznick started his own studio, she went with him and became his personal secretary. Miss Poppenghul was a tremendous fan of "Gone of With the Wind" and read it several times. She could not wait to see Clark Gable take on the role of Rhett Butler.
In "Moonlight & Magnolias," Miss Poppenghul keeps the screenwriting team supplied with nourishment (well, peanuts and bananas) and keeps the world at bay while they complete their task...with the possible exception of Louis B. Mayer.
Jennie Stringfellow
Jennie Stringfellow is a favorite with GCP audiences, playing such roles as Myrtle Brown in "Mornings at Seven," Eunice Hubbell in "A Streetcar Named Desire," Amanda in "Private Lives," and Carrie Watts in "Trip to Bountiful." She also directed many popular productions, including "Driving Miss Daisy," "The Sugar Bean Sisters," "Daddy's Dyin', Who's Got the Will?" and "45 Seconds from Broadway."
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