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Apr 16, 2024 · Walter Winchell was a U.S. journalist and broadcaster whose newspaper columns and radio broadcasts containing news and gossip gave him a massive audience and much influence in the United States in the 1930s, ’40s, and ’50s. Winchell was raised in New York City, and when he was 13 he left school to.
Sep 15, 2020 · He was also the first major commentator to directly attack Adolf Hitler and American pro-fascist organizations such as the German American Bund. After President Roosevelt’s death, Winchell lost...
Jan 22, 1995 · A Critic at Large. THE LAST WORD ON WINCHELL. By Harold Brodkey. January 22, 1995. The New Yorker, January 30, 1995 P. 71. Critic At Large about Walter Winchell, the populist newsman from the...
Walter Winchell (April 7, 1897 – February 20, 1972) was a syndicated American newspaper gossip columnist and radio news commentator. Originally a vaudeville performer, Winchell began his newspaper career as a Broadway reporter, critic and columnist for New York tabloids.
Oct 19, 2020 · Featuring Stanley Tucci as the voice of Winchell and narrated by Whoopi Goldberg, this AMERICAN MASTERS documentary breathes new life into Winchell’s original newspaper columns and broadcast ...
One of the most popular and controversial figures in radio, Walter Winchell was born April 7, 1897 in New York City. Winchell left school after the sixth grade and spent several years in vaudeville as part of Gus Edwards’ “Newsboys Sextet.”
Nov 18, 1998 · Walter Winchell, who turned gossip into power in his newspaper column and radio program from late 1920's to 50's, proves facinating to filmmakers and writers more than a quarter century after his ...
