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1944 in Print — Hollywood News and Gossip by Louella Parsons, Oct. 10, 1944

Posted on October 10, 2014 by lmharnisch

Oct. 10, 1944 Walter Winchell: All Around the Town The Waldorf’s special entrance for private railroad cars … Ramshackle Lower East Side apartments without any bathing facilities – in the world’s most modern city .. The 22 reservoirs that supply … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood News and Gossip by Louella Parsons, Oct. 9, 1944

Posted on October 9, 2014 by lmharnisch

Oct. 9, 1944 Walter Winchell says: Wendell Willkie* didn’t know the real reason for his hospitalization. Intimates persuaded news and air reporters to “play it down.” … When the flash of his passing reached midtown spots at 2:30 Sunday ayem … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood News and Gossip by Louella Parsons, Oct. 3, 1944

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Oct. 3, 1944 Walter Winchell says: You probably have been frightened no little in the past two years by the many articles which threatened inflation … The following (from Fortune) was reprinted in The Reader’s Digest in 1934: By next … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood News and Gossip by Louella Parsons, Oct. 2, 1944

Posted on October 2, 2014 by lmharnisch

Oct. 2, 1944 Walter Winchell says: Joan Fontaine’s intimates suspect that if she weds again the groom will be producer D. Lewis … The postponed Edgar Bergen marriage is just a nice way of saying it is off for good… … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood News and Gossip by Louella Parsons, Sept. 26, 1944

Posted on September 26, 2014 by lmharnisch

Sept. 26, 1944 Walter Winchell says: Many of the staffers at Time-Life are said to be “tired of anonymity” and are taking sides… The big musical hit in town, “Song of Norway,” advertises Milton Lazarus as adapting the book … … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood News and Gossip by Louella Parsons, Sept. 19, 1944

Posted on September 19, 2014 by lmharnisch

Sept. 19, 1944 Walter Winchell says: FDR’s desk has four new miniatures of his sons in uniform. The Copacabana’s new revue starring Joe E. Lewis is the talk of the town. Before Pearl Harbor there were 3,000 Jap organizations in … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Hollywood News and Gossip by Louella Parsons, Sept. 18, 1944

Posted on September 18, 2014 by lmharnisch

Sept. 18, 1944 Walter Winchell and Danton Walker refer to the Aug. 5 fight between Jon Hall and Tommy Dorsey in the so-called Battle of the Balcony at Dorsey’s apartment on the Sunset Strip. Walter Winchell says: Norma Shearer is … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Walter Winchell and Louella Parsons, July 31, 1944

Posted on July 31, 2014 by lmharnisch

July 31, 1944 Walter Winchell says: Times Sq. Ticker: Otto Preminger’s production of Vera Caspary’s hit novel “Laura” gives the villainous role to Clifton Webb, his first film. It’s a racy mystery murder with Gene Tierney in the role Jennifer … Continue reading →

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March 2014 Reader Survey

Posted on March 29, 2014 by lmharnisch

Here are the results as of Saturday. I’m guessing the figures may change a bit, but not too much.

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1944 in Print — Walter Winchell on Broadway, March 29, 1944

Posted on March 29, 2014 by lmharnisch

March 29, 1944 The Private Papers of a Cub Reporter The following is an editorial from the St. Louis Star-Times titled: “Dies Committee’s Un-American Investigation of Winchell” … “The Dies committee to investigate Un-American activities, in the course of its … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Walter Winchell on Broadway, March 28, 1944

Posted on March 28, 2014 by lmharnisch

March 28, 1944 Notes of an Innocent Bystander The Magic Lantern: “See Here, Private Hargrove” is loaded with familiar comedy gags, but it’s got so doggone much good feeling that you skip the stencils. Besides, it’s got a pair of … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Walter Winchell on Broadway, March 27, 1944

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March 27, 1944 Broadway Alien She was once taken to a New York nightclub on New Year’s Eve and didn’t enjoy herself … She believes everything she reads in the movie mags… The only time she stays up all night … Continue reading →

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In 1944 in Print — Walter Winchell vs. Rep. Martin Dies

Posted on March 27, 2014 by lmharnisch

March 27, 1944 Rep. Martin Dies (D-Texas), the head of the House un-American Activities Committee, goes on the radio to accuse Walter Winchell of being used by “one of the most sinister forces this nation ever faced.” Dies called this … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Walter Winchell on Broadway, March 25, 1955

Posted on March 25, 2014 by lmharnisch

March 25, 1944 A Broadwayite in Italy Mel Diamond files this report from Italy: Ernie Pyle was with us for about six weeks and a simpler and more unpretentious celebrity I have never known. In fact, if you didn’t happen … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Walter Winchell on Broadway, March 24, 1944

Posted on March 24, 2014 by lmharnisch

March 24, 1944 Soldiers of the Press Under fire from some members of Congress, Walter Winchell says: Every crusading newspaperman has discovered that his life is just a bed of thorns. Truth is as a red flag to the bull … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — The Lyons Den, March 23, 1944

Posted on March 23, 2014 by lmharnisch

March 23, 1944 When Walter Winchell didn’t file a column, the St. Petersburg Times ran Leonard Lyons’ “The Lyons Den” instead. All of which will be explained in a few days. At Mrs. Evelyn Walsh McLean’s party in Washington, Rep. … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Walter Winchell on Broadway, March 22, 1944

Posted on March 22, 2014 by lmharnisch

March 22, 1944 Man About Town Lyle Talbot is getting used to civilian life with Judy Cook … Vaughn Paul, the ex of Deanna Durbin, is trying to make Joy Barlow his next … The Humphrey Bogarts are gunning for … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Walter Winchell on Broadway, March 21, 1944

Posted on March 21, 2014 by lmharnisch

March 21, 1944 Notes of an Innocent Bystander The Wireless: Cong. Dies, who riles easy, is demagoging at a couple of news broadcasters. Now he intends to ask the stations, he says, if they are willing “to afford maligned persons … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Walter Winchell on Broadway, March 20, 1944

Posted on March 20, 2014 by lmharnisch

March 20, 1944 Portraits of Patriots Jerome Hartman: 44-year-old lieutenant commander U.S.N… Hails from Dayton, Ohio … When World War I was over, he became a resident M.D. at the veterans’ hospital in Ohio. For five years, he devoted himself … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Walter Winchell on Broadway, March 18, 1944

Posted on March 18, 2014 by lmharnisch

March 18, 1944 Broadway Ballad Novelette: Irving Berlin arrived the other day from England with messages for kin and loved ones of members of “This Is the Army.” Berlin phoned parents, wives, sweethearts and pals, and took down messages to … Continue reading →

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