Radio and television mirror (July-Dec 1948)

It's Not the Money that Counts (Continued from page 37) young actresses hope some day to star on Broadway. Some of these announcers have the courage to break into the big time and others have the talent but few have both. Bert Parks had the winning combination to rate a job as staff announcer with CBS at the age of seventeen, a feat that's never been repeated at any of the major networks. "I didn't let on how young I was," Bert explains but it's doubtful that CBS was fooled, for now, at the age of thirtythree, Bert easily passes for twenty-five. Bert's next break came when he was given his own singing program, Dear Columbia, over the network. Then, as everyone knows, he was straight man and singer for Eddie Cantor in 1939 and 1940. He announced and sang for Benny Goodman and Xavier Cugat on the Caravan. "But the biggest break of my life came when I let a friend talk me into a blind date," Bert said. "I never realized how much living I was missing I till I married Annette. She's wonder I ful, sensible and very beautiful but you've got to see her for yourself." And he's quite right! For New Yorkers, jammed into concrete caves that are called apartment buildings, the only way of getting their children into an unreasonable facsimile of nature is to take a bus to one of the i rivers where the city has set up a few benches, trees, and maybe a heap of sand or a small pool for wading. At one of these clearings off the East River, you are likely to find Annette Parks and the twins. SHE is little and nimble as only a mother of two-year-old twins must be and at any moment she may be dashing through a group of children to retrieve a small, energetic boy who is about to make a scooter airborne. "That stuff about being as busy as a one-armed paper hanger doesn't even begin to tell the story," she says. Her face is slightly flushed from chasing the children. Her eyes are deep green, her hair light brown. As she talks, her head shifts constantly, following the twins, ready to lend a guiding hand to one of the boys before he gets into trouble. Annette vividly remembers her first date with Bert. Both were skeptical about a blind date and when Bert's friend suggested he make a date for both Saturday and Sunday with a girl he'd never seen, Bert balked. However, they had so much fun together the first evening that Bert was annoyed when Annette couldn't see him the following night because, naturally, she had made other arrangements. She was Annette Liebman then, just graduated from Columbia University and working as a dental assistant. But she well remembers the happiness and companionship of their pre-marital days. Both loved good food and together would hunt up out-of-the-way restaurants in New York, then go to Number One Fifth Avenue to hear a favorite singer. In between, they took long drives into the country with Bert playing the singing troubadour. "When you see the male lead in a movie singing to his sweetheart, most people know real life isn't like that," T%t( DuflfoA smile wins her a story-book career ! Peggy Diggins, Beauty Director at famed John Robert Powers School, attracts glamorous assignments wherever she goes. Peggy's charming smile was first spotted by a famous columnist, who launched her on a promising movie career. When war began, Peggy left Hollywood to join the WAC. Overseas, another exciting task awaited her— as a war correspondent, she interviewed world-famous people. Now marriage and motherhood keep Peggy in New York. Her winning smile serves as a shining example to her Powers students. It's a Pepsodent Smile! Peggy says, "Using Pepsodent is part of my beauty routine." The smile that wins is the Pepsodent Smile ! Peggy Diggins knows it. And people all over America agree — the smile that wins is the Pepsodent Smile! They've seen how Pepsodent removes the film that makes teeth look dull — uncovers new brightness in their smiles! Wins 3 to 1 over any other tooth paste — families from coast to coast recently compared New Pepsodent with the tooth paste they were using at home. By an average of 3 to 1, they said Pepsodent tastes better, makes breath cleaner and teeth brighter than any other tooth paste they tried. For the safety of your smile use Pepsodent twice a day— see your dentist twice a year! •g*g$ ^ ANOTHER FINE LEVER BROTHERS PRODUCT 71