Radio mirror (Nov 1936-Apr 1937)

Page scan 000259 from Radio mirror

Record Details:

Title:
Radio mirror
Date:
Nov 1936-Apr 1937
Publisher:
New York : Macfadden Publications, Inc.
Volume:
Radio mirror (Nov 1936-Apr 1937)
Leaf #:
000259
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:
July 18, 2024
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Maureen O'Sullivan wears a smile as she gossips with this "mart feared reporter." HOD ft WHY IS MOVIEDOM AFRAID TO TUNE IN JIMMY FIDLER' PROGRAM? WHY HAS IT TRIED TO PUT HIM OFF THE AIR? By FREDERICK RUTLEDGE HOI.l YWOOD did as it pleased for years. Business deals and private lives were conducted behind locked doors and drawn blinds. The inside dope on all but the most trivial subjects was taboo. I he sun shone in Hollywood for those who held the whip hand. H Lots of people knew plenty, but said nothing. Nobody dared say anythmg. Jobs were held by radio commentators, and newspaper columnists, and magazine writers who knew the ropes well enough to talk or write for hours without saying anything. And then came Jimmy Fidler-and how things have changed in Hollywood! Out of almost nowhemTt 7a mazeo Hollywood writers, came a young man with mil! ^tfu^d^^^^^^^^oniy with Jimmy Fidler has the one radio broadcast that all Holly wood fears— and respects ! He is the only person who has ever been able to verbally spank Mr., Mrs., and Miss celebrity— and make them like it! Hollywood big-wigs have tried to bribe him, reason with him, and have even threatened him, but each and every Tuesday evening at 10:30 P. M., his Hollywood on the Air has the entire movie colony holding its breath. And when the smoke from Mr. Fidler's attack clears away there is many a headache in cinema land! The phenomenal rise of this astounding young man to national importance in one short year, is one of the miracles of Hollywood. More people probably depend on him for their Hollywood news, comments, and gossip than on any other person. Plus his large radio following. Jimmy has a daily syndicated column which is read by 10,000,000 tans and his Fox Movietone Newsreel which reaches an estimate 45,000,000 here and abroad. A year ago he was struggling for recognition; today he is a power Hollywood must reckon with. It is no wonder filmdom fears him with his nearly 80,000,000 followers. Many powerful organizations have tried to have Jimmy Fidier taken off the air. One of his worst enemies is the Screen Actors Guild. Hie Hollywood Reporter has printed tirades against his broadcasts, anQ a producers' association has gone after him time and again. If it's news that can be proved, if it happened today, Jimmy brings it to the attention of the world. At the many dinners I've attended in I corripany of movie stars there has '— ti?yi one sure t0P'c of discussion the broadcasts of Jimmy Fidler. I've thiver kr|own a star who didn't have some 8 to say. When the conversation ns to Jimmy, voices become lowered. nere is hate, (Continued on page 80)