Document Signed by Winchell Walter, Used (3 results)

The grandaddy of all gossip columnists reigned supreme both as a syndicated columnist and radio journalist from the 1930s through the '50s. DS, 1p, 8ĵ" X 3", New York, NY, 1960 July 4. Very good. Check drawn on the Irving Trust Company, made out to Gaiety Delicatessen -- surely a clearinghouse for publishable gossip! -- in the amount of $15.90 and boldly signed. Red cancellation stamp lightly touches upon the first two letters. Most attractive.

Winchell was extremely popular and influential in shaping public opinion, notoriously aiding and ruining the careers of many entertainers. Although heconcentrated on gossiping about entertainment figures, Winchell frequentlyexpressed opinions about public affairs, too. He was one of the first public commentators in America to attack Adolf Hitler and American pro-Fascist and pro-Nazi organizations such as the German-American Bund. He generally had a left-of-center political view through the 1930s and World War II, whenhe was stridently pro-Roosevelt, pro-labor, and pro-Democratic Party. Following the war, he perceived communism as the main threat facing American and in a few short years he became allied with the right-wing of American politics. He frequently attacked politicians he didn't like by implying in hiscommentaries that they were communist sympathizers. In the 1950s he supported Senator Joseph McCarthy, and as McCarthy's "Red Scare" tactics became more extreme and unbelievable, Winchell lost credibility along with McCarthy. His readership gradually dropped, and when his home paper, the New York Daily Mirror, for which he worked for 34 years, closed in the 1960s,he faded from the public eye. He did, however, receive $25,000 an episode to narrate The Untouchables on the ABC television network for five seasons beginning in 1959. Winchell's highly recognizable voice lent credibility tothe series, and his work as narrator is often better remembered today thanhis long-out-of-print newspaper columns. Very clean and bright with dark typewriter ink and a very dark fountain pen signature by "Walter Winchell." Tax Form 591 printed on blue paper which measures 8" x 3.5". Certificate of nonresidence & claim for personal exemption. I Hereby Certify, that I reside at 523 North Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California. With personal tax information and dependents. Winchell declares 5 dependents and then signs the document: "Walter Winchell". Winchell was extremely popular and influential in shaping public opinion, notoriously aiding andruining the careers of many entertainers. Although he concentrated on gossiping about entertainment figures, Winchell frequently expressed opinions about public affairs, too. He was one of the first public commentators in America to attack Adolf Hitler and American pro-Fascist and pro-Nazi organizations such as the German-American Bund. He generally had a left-of-center political view through the 1930s and World War II, when he was stridently pro-Roosevelt, pro-labor, and pro-Democratic Party. Following the war, he perceived communism as the main threat facing American and in a few short years he became allied with the right-wing of American politics. He frequently attacked politicians he didn't like by implying in his commentaries that they were communist sympathizers. In the 1950s he supported Senator Joseph McCarthy, and as McCarthy's "Red Scare" tactics became more extreme and unbelievable, Winchell lost credibility along with McCarthy. His readership gradually dropped, and when his home paper, the New York Daily Mirror, for which he worked for 34 years, closed in the 1960s, he faded from the public eye. He did, however, receive $25,000 an episode to narrate The Untouchables on the ABC television network for five seasons beginning in 1959. Winchell's highly recognizable voice lent credibility to the series, and his work as narrator is often better remembered today than his long-out-of-print newspaper columns.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Signed-Autograph Very Good WINCHELL, Walter. Document Signed, Los Angeles, June 23, 1933, contract with Twentieth Century Pictures for the plot line of the motion picture "Broadway Through a Keyhole" (for which Winchell provided the story) for the total sum of $25,000. 4to, 4pp (with additional yellow legal size sheet attached), signed in purple ink on page 4. Signed by Author(s).