Word: columnist
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Bogart sternly denied that he had ever hit a lady in his life, described himself as "a lovable character, about as vicious as Margaret O'Brien." When New York Post Home News's Columnist Earl Wilson asked him if he had been drunk, however, he replied moodily: "Isn't everybody...
...year-old New York University sophomore, Brooklyn-born Wald landed a job as radio columnist for the old New York Graphic on the strength of sample columns written with the help of a CBS office boy. A free-lance fan magazine piece about the late Crooner Russ Colombo won him a Warners' writer contract when he was 20, and his career began in earnest. As a producer, after nine years of scripting, he quickly displayed a knack for grabbing story ideas out of the headlines (Action in the North Atlantic, Destination Tokyo), and for hastily getting aboard profitable trends...
This week the Bargy formula began to pay off. She got a sponsor (the Duffy -Mott Co.), at least one settled time spot (Tues., 10:15 p.m.), and was hailed by Columnist Walter Winchell, who gushed that she was "new and refreshing . . . soft, sweet and dreamy." Mildly surprised by success, Jeanne Bargy said: "I'd been thinking of adding guest stars and things like that to my show. Now, I guess I'll keep...
...thus insulting Mom and Home Cooking, Columnist Coates last week was paying a heavy price. More than 260 readers had flooded the Mirror with letters challenging Coates to take potluck at their homes, and vowing to make him eat humble pie. A man with a cast-iron stomach and an eye for a circulation chart, Coates accepted most of the 260 invitations and offered prizes for the tastiest meals...
Married. Dr. Herbert Thomas Kalmus, 67, co-developer and financial brainpower of flourishing Technicolor, Inc. (1948 net profit, $1,775,834); and Eleanore ("Glorify Yourself") King, 38, syndicated columnist for King Features; both* for the second time; in Los Angeles...