<"I'm ashamed to say it but I'm 49 and 9 months and I really don't
know anything about him other than he was a columnist, right?">
know anything about him other than he was a columnist, right?">
Dear Channing--
You are, of course, FAR from being an ignorant and uninformed man-- but you do prove the point that things get forgotten. What is probably the most fascinating thing is that Rush Limbaugh (and others on both sides of the political stream!!) obviously so wants to be Winchell--- but now there are so many venues, e.g., 300 television channels, sattelite radio, etc) that there will probably never be another. Hell, even little kids listened to his program.
Following is the link to a mini-bio that mentions the Neal Gabler biography that I read with absolute fascination. What it misses is that in the late 50s, Winchell's gravelly and urgent vocal delivery was used to great effect in the narrations for "The Untouchables" tv show.
Check this
out:
Even Hedda and Louell di'nt have nuttin' on Winchell.
Joe
PS-- In the film version of "Sweet Bird of Youth," (just released on dvd), Geraldine Page's charcter holds a conversation with Winchell on the phone. "Walter, you don't MEAN it! My talent has GROWN?????!!"
Joe
channinglylethomson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Joe -- I'm ashamed to say it but I'm 49 and 9 months and I really don't
know anything about him other than he was a columnist, right? Channing
P.S. However I do know who Kay Francis was and always watcher films
on TCM!
On May 15, 2006, at 8:20 AM, Joseph Bonelli wrote:
> Hi, Scott, Michael, et. al., from Joe B.
>
> In the 1940s and early 1950s the most famous "name" in "journalism"
> (of a sort) was Walter Winchell. I defiy you to find ANYone in this
> country under the age of 50 who know who he was or what his
> significance is in "journalistic" history!
>
> Joe B.
>
> Scott Burns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
>> Being young is no excuse for having no knowledge of the world that
>> preceded
>> you. History teachers must be crying in their beer. :)
>>
>> I wasn't alive in 1941 but I know about Pearl Harbor, the War in
>> Europe--and
>> that "Citizen Kane," "The Maltese Falcon," "Hold That Ghost,
>> "Suspicion,"
>> "Sergeant York," "Here Comes Mr. Jordan" and "Babes on Broadway" were
>> released that year. (Those are black and white movies for those of
>> you who
>> don't recognize the titles). Even when I was 20 years old, I was
>> aware of
>> what came before me.
>>
>> It's disheartening to think that someone who was so incredibly famous
>> at one
>> point in time can be completely unknown in just a generation. To quote
>> George C. Scott, quoting General George S. Patton: "all glory is
>> fleeting."
>> So is fame, sadly.
>>
>> Maybe some of these "youngsters" need to play a little more Trivial
>> Pursuit--or pay attention in history class.
>>
>> Sorry for the rant, but this is a topic that just drives me up a
>> wall. I
>> guess, I'm "getting old" as Michael B put it. :)
>>
>> My 2 cents!
>> Scott
>> MoPo List Owner
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > On Behalf Of
>> > channinglylethomson
>> > Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 9:40 AM
>> > Subject: Re: [MOPO] DEAR OLD OLD OLD OLD FREINDS
>> > I went to see POSEIDON on Friday. One of our group was in his late
>> > 20s/early 30s. He'd never seen the original film, had never heard of
>> > the song THE MORNING AFTER, and had no clue who Shelley Winters was!
>> > This guy wasn't unintelligent or uninformed -- in fact, he is
>> employed
>> > by Vanity Fair magazine. However, he is young and grew up familiar
>> > with names like Meryl Streep, Jeremy Irons, and Fergie of the
>> > Black-Eyed Peas, rather than Marlon Brando, Elizabeth Taylor, and,
>> dare
>> > I say it, Carol Lynley?
>> >
>> > Channing Thomson in San Francisco
>> >
>>
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