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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.
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 · Winchell became an effective tool in Roosevelt’s effort to persuade an isolationist-leaning America to intervene in in Europe’s looming conflict. He was also the first major commentator to...
Written, produced and directed by Ben Loeterman. Meet Walter Winchell, the newspaper columnist, radio commentator and television personality who pioneered the fast-paced, gossip-driven,...
Los Angeles, California, U.S. Walter Winchell (April 7, 1897 – February 20, 1972) was an American newspaper and radio commentator. He invented the "gossip column" while at the New York Evening Graphic, ignoring the journalistic taboo against exposing the private lives of public figures and permanently altering journalism .
Oct 19, 2020 · AMERICAN MASTERS presents the broadcast premiere of "Walter Winchell: The Power of Gossip," a new documentary that traces the life and career of the syndicated columnist, radio news commentator...
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...
