Radio mirror (Nov 1938-Apr 1939)

Page scan 000127 from Radio mirror

Record Details:

Title:
Radio mirror
Date:
Nov 1938-Apr 1939
Publisher:
New York : Macfadden Publications, Inc.
Volume:
Radio mirror (Nov 1938-Apr 1939)
Leaf #:
000127
Language:
English
Collection:
Broadcasting & Recorded Sound and Fan Magazines
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Library of Congress, MBRS, Recorded Sound Section
Sponsor:
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Radio Mirror (later known as Radio and Television Mirror) was a fan magazine for radio listeners and later TV viewers that includes profiles of the stars, visits to radio and television studios, and program listings. The early years in the 1930s show the interaction of motion pictures, recordings, the stage, radio and even politics. The role of radio in World War II is well covered in the 1940s, and by the 1950s the focus shifts to television and a new generation of personalities. -- David Pierce, 2013
Date Added:
August 01, 2024
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He's the most modern of comics — a combination of Romeo and Puck — meet the 1939 streamlined clown and Don Juan, Bob Hope! |ADIES' hats and high on the head coiffures, along with men's new zippered underwear, aren't the only radical style changes of the season. The newest, most exciting event of the Hollywood season, at least, is the streamlined comic of the screen and air. The latest combination of Romeo and Puck, of Don Juan and Charlie McCarthy. The boy who can roll 'em in the aisles and give 'em goose pimples while they're rolling. May I at this point introduce— Bob Hope — 1939 comic. The newest, the latest, the hottest with all modern improvements. Radio brought on a new type of talky, noisy funnyman and just when the world could bear it no longer, in walked the suave, smooth lads, the Jack Bennys, the Fred Aliens, the Charlie McCarthys, who remained, however, always comics on the air, on the screen and before audiences. Then — ah then came a new Hope! Came the new streamlined, devil-may-care, to-hell-with-tomorrow'sjokes-you-can-have-all-you-want-today type of comic. Came, in fact, Bob Hope, from Broadway and radio to "College Swing" for Paramount. But the thing that sets this Hope lad apart from all other comedians, past and present, is the fact he can become as great a lover as a funnyman, or better still, he can be both at the same time, and try that on your piano stool and see what it gets you. (Continued on page 63)