Radio mirror (May-Oct 1934)

M, ^L rw I R. ■ lO R^ O Kl^ VOL -2 NO . 6 OCTOBER . 1934 JULIA SHAWELL • EDITOR BELLE LANDESMAN • ASSISTANT EDITOR WALLACE HAMILTON CAMPBELL • ART DIRECTOR f e e NEXT MONTH— The boy who rose from small-town obscurity to monarch of waltz time has a story that reads like an adventure novel, but, through it all Wayne King has kept his head and an amazing modesty about his accomplishments. In the November RADIO MIRROR his countless admirers will, read for the first time the true facts of his rise to radio tame, a romantic, thrilling success tale. Gladys Sworlhout is one of the more recent additions to the airwaves but already she has won on important and permanent place in broadcasting. This opera singer who turned her talents to the microphones has everything: beauty, voice, happiness, a husband she loves and a home she's proud of. Next month you will read Rose hleylbut's entertaining personality study, all the details of how kind the fates have been in showering gifts on Gladys Swarthout. For so many years Charles Winninger had his spotlight in the theatre world and just when it seemed as though his career was ending, radio opened new doors to this veteran ond he became the lovable Cap'n Henry of the Showboat Hour. Don't miss this complete, intimate revealing article on the "Howdy Folks" star. Romance doesn't end with Ozzie Nelson and Harriet ^^""^ll Hilliord when they leave the air■^^ ~ waves. Theirs is real love that built itself up before the mikes and has kept the blonde singer by the ork pilot's side, when she could have hod Hollywood contracts. Mike Porter tells you all about them in the November RADIO MIRROR. Cinderella has o new Prince Charming, Dick Powell, whose sensational success in the film world is duplicated on the airwaves. He is the hero of the new "Hollywood Hotel" hour from California and which looms as one of the most important broadcast programs to be sent out over the Columbia chain. We'll tell you all about "Cinderella's Boyfriend" next month. That's only the beginning of what November RADIO MIRROR holds for you — an amazing, clever interview with Walter O'Keefe by Herb Cruikshank, Paul Whiteman's own record of the many stars he has planted in the ether sky, hot news from the Pacific coast, new stories, gorgeous gallery, more homemaking and a dozen other features crowded into the next issue of your RADIO MIRROR. DON'T MISS IT! 12 Behind the Mikes By Mercury 3 Editorial 4 Let the Public Choose Its Stars Sard's Chosen People By Sard 6 . As a Caricaturist Sees the Famous We Nominate for Stardom 7 Cross and Dunn Earn New Laurels What Is Father Coughlin's Future in Radio? 8 Looking Into the Future of the Fighting Priest Hot and Airy By Mercury 10 Nev/ Sossip and Hot News in the Radio World Broadcasting Finds Its Most Thrilling Female Voice By R. H. Rowan Helen Menken Joins the Radio Ranks Meet Radio's Craziest Star By. Herb Cruikshank 14 Joe Cook Wins the Title The Morton Downeys Are Lucky in Love. . . By Mike Porter 16 The Love Story of Two Stars He Holds the Secrets of Countless Crimes. By Rhoda Hague 18 The Voice of Experience In His Real Role The Beautiful Stooge By Peter Dixon 20 Fourth Installment of this Radio Thriller Radio Mirror's Sallery of Stars 23 The Human Side of Edwin C. Hill By Rose Heylbut 28 My Husband's a Perfect Host By Mrs. Jack Denny 30 Jock Denny Takes a Bow Nothing Ever Happens to Ramona . . By Mary Watkins Reeves 32 That's What This Star Says Fall Fashions for Lillian Roth 34 Puck in the Poets' Corner By Robert Eichberg 36 What David Ross Is Really Like An Evening with Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Sreen 38 On the Pacific Airwaves By Dr. Ralph L. Power 40 We Have with Us 44 Around the Clock with All the Progranns Radio Mirror Homemaking Department. .. By Sylvia Covney In the Stars' Kitchens 46 A Columbus Day Dinner 48 Dialing the Short Waves By Slobe Twister 49 Chicago Breezes ' By Chase Siles 50 What Do You Want to Know? By the Oracle 52 "Our Public" Broadcasting 54 The Radio Personalities' Contest 57 RADIO MIRROR (Copyright 1934) is fully protected by copyright, and the contents of this magazine may not be reprinted either wholly or in part without permission. Published monthly by Syndicate Magazine Corporation, Washington and South Avenues, Dunellen, New Jersey. Executive and editorial office, 1926 Broadway, New York, N. Y. Bernarr Macfadden, President; Wesley F. Pape, Secretary; Irene T. Kennedy, Treasurer; Engel-van Wiseman, Sales Representatives; Carroll Rheinstrom, Advertising Director. Entered as second class matter September 14, 1933, at the Post Office at Dunellen, New Jersey, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Price in United States $1.00 a year; 10c a copy. In U. S. Possessions, Canada, Newfonudland, Cuba, Mexico and Panama $1.50 a year; all other countries $2.00 a year. "While Manuscripts, Photographs and Drawings are submitted at the owners' risk, every effort will be made to return those found unavailable if accompanied by 1st class postage. But we will not be responsible for any losses of such matter contributed. Contributors are especially advised to be sure to retain copies of their contributions; otherwise they are taking an unnecessary risk. Printed in the U. S. A. by Art Color Printing Company, Dunellen, N. J.