Radio and television mirror (Jan-June 1949)

R M 2 ^ Tobacco Mouth Why take it with you? New tooth paste with Lusterfoam attacks tobacco stain and ofF-color breath. Don't kid yourself about "tobacco mouth" — it's as real as the stain on a chain smoker's fingers! But your tongue can tell! (You can "taste" an odor.) And your dentist knows when he cleans your teeth. And your friends might notice . . . you know. But they won't point the finger at you (after you've left the room of course) if you're a regular user of Listerine Tooth Paste. Here's why — It contains Lusterfoam. — a special ingredient that actually foams cleaning and polishing agents over your teeth . . . into the crevices — removes fresh stain before it gets a chance to "set" . . . whisks away that odormaking tobacco debris! See for yourself how Listerine Tooth Paste with Lusterfoam freshens your mouth and your breath! Get a tube and make sure that wherever you go — you ^„^^ \^n won't take "tobacco mouth" with you! IbBACCO Mouth • ••& , flf" ii^^;^ VKSV (!^&d'dcitj0^^ga^tm£f'' JUNE, 1949 VOL. 32, NO. 1 MIHROR AXD TELEVISION KEYSTONE PEOPLE ON THE AIR Russ Hodges 13 Alan Reed 18 Ruth Perrott 19 Winchell Contest Winners 25 "I'm Growing Up Again" by Gracie Allen 28 This Is Your Life by Ralph Edwards 30 Parky Pulled Me Through by Harry Einstein ("Parkyakarkus") 34 Through the Years With Big Sister — in Pictures 36 But Is It Talent? by Gwen Jones 40 Come and Visit Dennis Day by Dorothy Blair 42 One of the World's Good People by Martin Cohen 56 Quiz Kid of the Quarter 58 The McNeills Come Calling by Mrs. Sam Cowling 60 My Husband — Mr. Keen by Mrs. Bennett Kilpack 62 li;HfHifi1'H'l Facing the Music by Joe Martin 8 Look At the Records by Joe Martin 10 Collector's Corner by Andy Russell 11 What's New From Coast to Coast by Dale Banks 14 Information Booth 23 Are You Quiz-Wise? by M. A. McCann 26 Inside Radio 70 Quiz Catalogue 73 FOR BETTER LIVING You and the Cosmetic Tax by Mary Jane Fulton What Makes You Tick? by John McCaffery Between the Bookends by Ted Malone When a Girl Marries by Joan Davis Most Likely to Succeed by Kate Smith 4 17 46 48 64 Qammiz Your Ticket to the Texaco Star Theater 32 Televisit with the Erwins 50 Cartoonists j.g 51 "Miracle" on TV 52 Coast to Coast in Television 54 YOUR LOCAL STATION WOV: The Show's the Thing 6 KDKA: Some Pass In 12 WFIL: Just Plain Jones 16 WBEN : Roving Norseman 21 RADIO MIRROR READER BONUS Where the Heart Is — A Second Mrs. Burton Novelette by Helen Christy Harris 66 ON THE COVER: The Dennis Day Family; color portraits by Hymie Fink, Sterling Smith. Editorial Director Editor Art Director FKED B. SAMMIS DORIS McFERRAN JACK ZASORIN Managing Editor Associate Art Director EVELYN L. FIORE FRANCES MALY Television Editorial Assistant Research FRANCES KISH JOAN POLLOCK TERU GOTO Chicago Office: Editor, HELEN CAMBRIA BOLSTAD Hollywood Office : £iii7or, ANN DAGGETT Managing Editor, FRANCES MORRIN Staff Photographers, HYMIE FINK, STERLING SMITH Assistant, BETTY JO RICE RADIO AND TELEVISION MIRROR, published monthly by MACFADDEN PUBLICATIONS, INC., New York, N. Y. General Businessr Editorial a?dAcfvertising Offices, 205'East 42nd St., New York 17, N. Y. Hollywood-Beverly Hill<i Office 321 S Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills. California. O. J. Elder, President; Harold Wise, Executive Vice President; Herbert Drake, Vice President; Ernest V. Heyn, Vice President; Meyer Dworkin, Secretary and Treasurer; Edward F Lethen, Advertising Director. Chicago Office: 221 North La Salle St., Leslie R. Gajre, Mgr. San Francisco Office 1613 Russ Buildincc, Joseph M. Dooher, MgT. Los Angeles Office: 612 South Flower St., George Weatherby, MCT Charles O.Terwilliger, Jr.,'^Eastem Advertising Manager, 205 East 42nd St., New York 17, N. Y Reenter«I as Second Class matter March 1, 1948, at the Post Office at New York, N. Y., under the Act of March 3. 1879. Authorized as Second Class mail, P. O. Dept., Ottawa, Ont., Canada. Subscription rates: U. S. and Possessions. Canada, $2,50 per year. All other countries S5.00 per year. Price per copy; 25c in the United States and Canada While Manuscripts, Photographs and Drawings are submitted at the owner's risk, every effort will be made to return those found unavailable it accompanied by sufficient first class postage and explicit name and address. Contributors are especially advised to be sure to retain copies of their contributions; otherwise they are taking unnecessary risk. The contents of this magazine may not be reprinted either wholly or in part without permission. (Member of Macfadden Women's Group) . ,... ^ *, « Copyright, 1949, by Macfadden Publications, Inc. All rights reserved under International Copyright Conventlpn. AH rights reserved under Pan-American Copyright Convention. Todos derechos reservados segun La Convencion Pananiericana de Propiedad Literaria y Artistica. Title trademark registered in U. S. Patent Office. Printed in U. S. A. by Art Color Printing Co., Dunellen, N. J.