Talk:Walter Winchell
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I have looked but can't find in my sources the history of his movement from paper to paper in New York, I believe he worked for 3 or 4, at one he was replaced by Ed Sullivan......
Also I recall the "Winchell" spelling was intended not just to anglicize "Winchel" but to distance himself from the Jewish "Winschel" of his grandfather and "Weinschel" of his ancestors.... again I cannot find reference... anybody else see either of these things in print?--Pmeisel 01:12, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Wasn't he noted for going after Josephine Baker? Is that in there and I missed it?--T. Anthony 17:13, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
- IIRC, Winchell was a big fan of Josephine Baker, a black entertainer. At the Stork Club one night, the staff refused to serve Baker and her party; Winchell was there, but did not speak up to help her, nor did he discuss it on his show. Baker called Winchell out on it, and Winchell turned against her, with his comments getting more and more racial in turn. Whether that's all true or not, I don't know, but that's the way I remember it. Rattlerbrat 11:47, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
Wall Street traders Frank Kennedy and Sam Revitz from C.J.Devine Company (acquired by Merrill Lynch in the early 1970's). were part of a group of carousers that hung out at the Cotton Club in the late thirties early forties and got to know Walter Winchell very well. William J. Conway, Jr. also became friends with Mr. Winchell over the years.
[edit] Spelling
Whatever the spelling of his birth name was, Winchell needs to be referred to throughout the article with the spelling of the name which he used to become famous and is best-known by. The article John Wayne is not a redirect from Marion Morrison, it's the other way around, and Cary Grant is not found under "Archibald Leach". Let's stick with the famous name.
[edit] Reference to Wife's Name Incorrect?
Confusion on his wife/wives -- in the article there is this statement: "On August 11, 1919, Winchell married Anita Dickens, one of his onstage partners. The couple separated a few years later, and he moved in with June Magee, who had already given birth to their first child, a daughter named Walda. Winchell and Greene eventually divorced in 1928." But who is "Greene"? I see no mention of a woman named Greene prior to this point. Something must be missing. Or should "Greene" actually be "Dickens," who appears to be his wife at the time the statement refers to? Davidb0229 20:53, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
