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1944 in Print — ‘Walter Winchell on Broadway,’ March 1, 1944

Posted on March 1, 2014 by lmharnisch

March 1, 1944 Man About Town Norma Shearer is expected to resume her screen career in the role of Katy (the mother) in “Tree Grows in Brooklyn” … Franz Werfel, author of “Song of Bernadette” (after two heart attacks), is … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — ‘Walter Winchell on Broadway,’ Feb. 29, 1944

Posted on March 1, 2014 by lmharnisch

Feb. 29, 1944 As you may have noticed from all the gags on the radio shows, 1944 was a leap year — unlike 2014. Here’s the extra Walter Winchell column. Notes of an Innocent Bystander The First Nights: In the … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — ‘Walter Winchell on Broadway,’ Feb. 28, 1944

Posted on February 28, 2014 by lmharnisch

Feb. 28, 1944 Man With a Press Pass in His Hat At about 8:30 the other Monday night (during a heavy rainstorm) a packed Amsterdam Avenue trolley stopped at 128th Street. The conductor got out — went to a bar … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — ‘Walter Winchell on Broadway,’ Feb. 26, 1944

Posted on February 26, 2014 by lmharnisch

Feb. 26, 1944 To a Titian-Haired Bride On Monday, Rep Rankin inserted into the Congressional Record his daily diatribe against this columnist… Rep. Adolph Sabath (Ill.) made reply to the honorable gentleman from Mississippi as follows in part: ”A few … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — ‘Walter Winchell on Broadway,’ Feb. 25, 1944

Posted on February 25, 2014 by lmharnisch

Feb. 25, 1944 Dear. Mr. President This is more than an accusation against Franco the Fascist. It is a bill of particulars for the Senate and House foreign relations committee. It screams for investigation … Right now an American ambassador … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — ‘Walter Winchell on Broadway,’ Feb. 24, 1944

Posted on February 24, 2014 by lmharnisch

Feb. 24, 1944 Portrait of a Man Reading the Newspaper An editorial attacking the presence at Tehran of Pvt. Robert Hopkins, son of Harry Hopkins, said: “If the fathers of all the other Army privates followed Harry’s example, everybody except … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — ‘Walter Winchell on Broadway,’ Feb. 23, 1944

Posted on February 23, 2014 by lmharnisch

Feb. 23, 1944 This is curious. The end of Winchell’s column disappears in mid-sentence from the Palm Beach paper, just as he is about to refer to a situation in Palm Beach. And take more potshots at Congress. Man About … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — ‘Walter Winchell on Broadway,’ Feb. 22, 1944

Posted on February 22, 2014 by lmharnisch

Feb. 22, 1944 Notes of an Innocent Bystander The Magic Lanterns: Warner Bros., old hands at cinematizing the news tickers, have decided that the Free French need a little attention. Vichy being a villain made to order. They’ve got it … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — ‘Walter Winchell on Broadway,’ Feb. 21, 1944

Posted on February 21, 2014 by lmharnisch

Feb. 21, 1944 Man With a Press Pass in His Hat Midtown Vignette: They can point him out to you at the Stork Club … His recent antics there (around cocktail time) have those-in-the-know in stitches … One of those … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — ‘Walter Winchell on Broadway,’ Feb. 20, 1944

Posted on February 20, 2014 by lmharnisch

Feb. 20, 1944 We are clearly working up to Walter Winchell’s clash with Congress next month (that is, March 1944). The Private Papers of a Cub Reporter Winchell quotes a piece from Princeton Republican, an Illinois paper. “Last Thursday, the … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — ‘Walter Winchell on Broadway,’ Feb. 18, 1944

Posted on February 18, 2014 by lmharnisch

Feb. 18, 1944 Tales of the Town Robert Ripley’s exploiter reports that Ripley is the researcher on it … That Herr Goering’s first name, Herman, came from a Jewish doctor, Herman Eppstein, of Tyrol, Austria … Goering’s father was governor … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — ‘Walter Winchell on Broadway,’ Feb. 17, 1944

Posted on February 17, 2014 by lmharnisch

Feb. 17, 1944 Note: If you haven’t noticed already, start keeping track of the number of times Walter Winchell takes a blast a certain members of Congress, particularly Rep. John Rankin (D-Miss.). Next month (that is, March 1944), Rep. Martin … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — ‘Walter Winchell on Broadway,’ Feb. 16, 1944

Posted on February 16, 2014 by lmharnisch

Feb. 16, 1944 Man About Town Errol Flynn was turned down for the seventh time by the Army and Navy. He is asking the latter for special service and a waiver on physical defects … Quentin Reynolds, the war correspondent, … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — ‘Walter Winchell on Broadway,’ Feb. 15, 1944

Posted on February 15, 2014 by lmharnisch

Feb. 15, 1944: Notes of an Innocent Bystander “The Sullivans” …  This is the movies’ memorial to the five Sullivan boys who died in the same sea action. It’s tender and moving and resists the temptation to cry too much. … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — ‘Walter Winchell on Broadway,’ Feb. 14, 1944

Posted on February 14, 2014 by lmharnisch

Feb. 14, 1944: Walter Winchell writes a “New York Newsreel,” a long series of vignettes of the city and its people. Here’s a sample: The church for mutes, where the pastor’s sermon is delivered with his fingers and where the … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — ‘Walter Winchell on Broadway,’ Feb. 12, 1944

Posted on February 12, 2014 by lmharnisch

Feb. 12, 1944 New York Novelette: She was a waitress in a small Midwest hotel. Loved working there … Because her feller played in the band … One day a stranger offered her a screen test chance … She spurned … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — ‘Walter Winchell on Broadway,’ Feb. 11, 1944

Posted on February 11, 2014 by lmharnisch

Feb. 11, 1944: Sherman Billingsley, the Stork Club owner, has mike fright. Last year, frixample, he agreed to appear on “Duffy’s Tavern,” but at the last moment ran out, scared stiff. Ed Gardner went dizzy seeking a substitute, and was … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — ‘Walter Winchell on Broadway,’ Feb. 10, 1944

Posted on February 10, 2014 by lmharnisch

Feb. 10, 1944: Yawn of the Week: The raging waste of words about Steinbeck’s script of “Lifeboat” being distorted (to make the Nazi look good and the rescued look weak and yappy, etc.) is a bore of an argument over … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — ‘Walter Winchell on Broadway,’ Feb. 9, 1944

Posted on February 9, 2014 by lmharnisch

Feb. 9, 1944: Al Jolson is Jinx Falkenberg’s most constant visitor at her St. Luke’s Hospital bedside…. New Yorkers suspect that Wayne (wife-killer) Lonergan’s sudden coin (to hire a lawyer) came from men named in her diary … Betty Hutton … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Walter Winchell on Broadway, March 7, 1944

Posted on February 7, 2014 by lmharnisch

March 7, 1944 Notes of an Innocent Bystander The Magic Lantern: Danny Kaye, who knocked off B’way in his first start, put Hollywood in his pocket the same way. His starter, “Up in Arms,” makes him a Milquetoast in khaki … Continue reading →

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