Radio and television mirror (July-Dec 1951)

LESLIE NIELSEN AT the age of three, when most aspiring actors are being applauded for their poetry recitations, Leslie Nielsen was about as far from Broadway and its influence as you can get and still stay on this continent. Way up in the northwest corner of Canada lies the little settlement of Fort Norman, populated chiefly by Indians and Eskimos. It was to this post that Leslie's father, a Royal Canadian mounted policeman was assigned for the first few years of Leslie's life. The big day in Fort Norman was the coming of the boat which brought fresh food and mail once every six months. Even after the family moved back to civilization in Edmonton, Alberta, acting was far from young Leslie's mind. It was n/t until his discharge from the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1947, when he was already twentyone, that Leslie became interested in radio. Following this interest up, he took a job as a disc jockey and shortly afterwards started studying at a radio school in Toronto. Although he continued his studies, it was only when he won a scholarship to the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York that he decided to make acting his career. After graduating from the Playhouse he went into summer stock and made his way into television from there. The big event for Leslie, his first TV show, was a CBS production, Battleship Bismarck, and he waited anxiously for more calls. After about two months he received a call from David Pressman, under whom he had studied at the Playhouse to do a show for the Actors' Studio. While rehearsing for that show he was asked to do another one, so that he found himself rehearsing for two shows at once. It took the second show to impress the CBS casting office, but they liked it so much that soon Leslie was starring regularly on shows like Studio One, Kraft Theater and Suspense. Recently married, this blonde, sixfooter from Canada has finally settled down in New York for a long run on television. Timely lips by Little Lulu HOW DO YOU SCORE ON THESE HELPFUL WAY'S TO SAVE 9 What mends broken lipstick? I I Glue Q A heat treatment Put pucker-paint back in the pink— by softening broken ends over low flame. Press together. When slightly cooled, smooth seam with fingernail. And to smooth off makeup, use Kleenex— absorbent, heavenly soft— so different from ordinary tissues. Saves complexions! No groping in the dark, if you — | I Eat carrots Q Sparkle your "specs" ^] Use /ominous paint Save stumbling, fumbling ! Outline door edges, switch plates with luminous paint. Likewise, why not sparkle your "specs" with new Kleenex eyeglass tissues? Big enough, strong enough, lint-free — and they serve one at a time. Clean piano keys with — □ Water Q Milk Q A boogie beat Piano keys shrink from water. So whiten "ivories" with milk— and Kleenex tissues. Kitten-soft Kleenex protects the keys; it's sturdy . . . doesn't crumble. And with that Serva -Tissue box there's always a Kleenex tissue handy to polish furniture, ash trays, mirrors. Saves trouble. To "save" salad bowls, avoid— I I Termites Q] Soaking Wooden salad bowls "wooden" warp, if you'd avoid soaking them. Scrape, dunk quickly in cool water; dry with Kleenex and stash away in a dark place. You can't beat Kleenex for K. P. duty. Let this soft, strong tissue soak up moisture, grease; save time, trouble. Kleenex* ends waste saves money... INSTEAD OF MANV YOU GET JUST ONE 3. AND SAVE WITH KLEENEX ' T. M. REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. AMERICA'S FAVORITE TISSUE © INTERNATIONAL CELLUCOTTON PRODUCTS CO0 23