Description: Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE A signed October 3, 1941, US Navy letter from the Third Naval District, New York, New York. The letter is addressed to a well-known and popular radio and newspaper conservative columnist, Walter Winchell who was also in the US Navy reserves. Walter Winchell was in the US Navy Reserves during World War II. This letter came from Walter Winchell’s personal files from his estate. The letter has a little wear to the corners and normal mailing folds and otherwise, is in nice condition with no tears or creases. The letter is 8 x 10 1/2 inches in size. Please see the other vintage items listed on eBay. Thanks for looking. Walter Winchell alter Winchell (April 7, 1897 – February 20, 1972) was a conservative 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. He rose to national celebrity in the 1930s with Hearst newspaper chain syndication and a popular radio program. He was known for an innovative style of gossipy staccato news briefs, jokes, and Jazz Age slang. Biographer Neal Gabler claimed that his popularity and influence "turned journalism into a form of entertainment".[1] He uncovered both hard news and embarrassing stories about famous people by exploiting his exceptionally wide circle of contacts, first in the entertainment world and the Prohibition era underworld, then in law enforcement and politics. He was known for trading gossip, sometimes in return for his silence. His outspoken style made him both feared and admired. Novels and movies were based on his wisecracking gossip columnist persona, as early as the play and film Blessed Event in 1932. As World War II approached in the 1930s, he attacked the appeasers of Nazism, then in the 1950s he aligned with Joseph McCarthy in his campaign against communists. He damaged the reputation of Josephine Baker as well as other individuals who had earned his enmity. He returned to television in 1959 as the narrator of the 1930s-set crime drama series The Untouchables.[2] Over the years he appeared in more than two dozen films and television productions as an actor, sometimes playing himself.
Price: 38.5 USD
Location: Folsom, California
End Time: 2024-12-22T06:35:01.000Z
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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
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Conflict: WW II (1939-45)
Original/Reproduction: Original
Theme: Militaria
Region of Origin: United States
