Radio and television mirror (July-Dec 1950)

TONI TWINS Discover New Shampoo Magic Soft Water Shampooing Even in Hardest Water "Toni Creme Shampoo really worked wonders the very first time we tried it," say beautiful twins Joan and Jean McMillan of Houston. "Our hair was so shining soft . . . as if we washed it in rain water. And that really marvelous softness made it much easier to manage, too." Soft Water Shampooing. ..that's W~S/ rtT»l the magic of "Toni Creme ^J.*^ Shampoo. Even in the hard p» »S* est water, you get oceans of creamy lather that rinses If away dandruff instantly. Never leaves a soapy film. That's why your hair sparkles with natural highlights. And it's so easy to set and style. TONI CREME SHAMPOO • Leaves your hair gloriously soft, easy to manage • Helps permanents "take" better, look lovelier longer • Rinses away dirt and dandruff instantly • Oceans of creamy-thick lather makes hair sparkle with natural highlights. Enriched NOVEMBER, 1950 VOL. 34, 1\0. 6 RADIO -__-■— -— -^ ■m~^ .^~ AND TELEVISION MIRROR KEYSTONE PEOPLE ON THE AIR Best Answer to Ma Perkins' Problem (Names of the Writers of the Five Next-Best Letters) 11 101 Ranch Boys 26 How To Win Contests by Wilmer S. Shepherd, Jr. 29 Backstage Wife Asks: Does Your Husband Still Love You? 30 The Lindlahr Diet by Victor Lindlahr 32 A Woman To Remember — by Ida Zeitlin 38 One Man's Family 40 The Radio Mirror Awards Ballot for 1950-51 42 My Bosses, Amos 'n' Andy by Louise Summa 60 "Being A Local Boy Myself . . ." by Helen Cambria Bolstad 62 IL'HI.HH.IM Information Booth. Inside Radio 4 72 FOR BETTER LIVING Like Mother, Like Daughter by Dorry Ellis 12 Traveler Of The Month by Tommy Bartlett 14 Poetry 21 When A Girl Marries Contest Winners 22 Home Is Where You Make It by Pauline Swanson 44 Radio Mirror's Daytime Fashions For You 46 This Is My Life by Nora Drake 48 Best Of All— by Nancy Craig 50 Nonsense and Some-Sense by Art Linkletter 66 Smart Setting 76 TELEVISION D Is For Dorothy and Dick Doan 52 Hollywood's Hamilton by Lester and Juliet Lewis 54 Especially For Roberta 56 Zoo Parade 58 The Radio Mirror Awards For 1950-51— TV Stars Ballot 59 Break The Bank Quiz by Bert Parks 75 YOUR LOCAL STATION WOR: Split Personality 6 WBEN: Frank and the Facts 10 WFIL: Triple-Threat Tom 16 KDKA: King of Brunch 24 RADIO MIRROR READER BONUS Radio's Own Life Story by Llewellyn Miller 8 The Silent Challenge (A Portia Faces Life Story) 64 Daytime Diary 68 ON THE COVER: Claire Niesen— Mary Noble of Backstage Wife Color portrait by Geoffrey Morris Editor DORIS McFERRAN Art Director JACK ZASORIN Editorial Director FRED R. SAMMIS Associate Editor Associate Art Director JOSEPHINE PEARSON FRANCES MALY Editorial Assistants: JOAN POLLOCK, MARYANNE CROFTON, MARIE HALLEK Ass't to Editorial Director: NINA SITTLER Television: FRANCES KISH Home Service Department: ESTHER FOLEY Chicago Office: Editor, HELEN CAMBRIA BOLSTAD Hollywood Office: Editor, LYLE ROOKS Managing Editor, FRANCES MORRIN Assistant, BETTY MILLS Staff Photographers: HYMIE FINK, STERLING SMITH Assistant, BETTY JO RICE PUBLISHED MONTHLY by Macfadden Publications, Inc., New York, N. Y., average net paid circulation 590,240 for 6 months ending June 30, 1949. EXECUTIVE, ADVERTISING, AND EDITORIAL OFFICES at 205 East 42nd Street, New York, N. Y. Editorial Branch Offices: 321 South Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills. Calif., and 221 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, 111. O. J. Elder, President: Herbert G. Drake, Ernest V. Heyn, and James L. Mitchell, Vice Presidents; Meyer Dworkin, Secretary and Treasurer. Advertising offices also in Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $3.00 one year, U. S. and Possessions, and Canada. $5.00 per year for all other countries. CHANGE OF ADDRESS: 6 weeks notice essential. When possible, please furnish stencil-impression address from a recent issue. Address changes can be made only if you send us your Member of The TRUE old as well as your new address. Write to Radio and Television Mirror, 205 East 42nd Street, New York 17, N. Y. MANUSCRIPTS, DRAWINGS AND PHOTOGRAPHS should be accompanied by addressed envelope and return postage and will be carefully considered, but publisher cannot oe responsible for loss or injury. Re-entered as Second Class Matter June 15, 1950, at the Post Office at New York, N. Y., under the Act of March 3. 1879. Authorized as Second Class mail, P. O. Dept.. Ot awa. Ont., Canada. Copyright 1950 by Macfadden Publications, Inc. All rights reserved under International Copyright Convention. All rights reserved under Pan-American Copyright Convention. Todos derechos reservados segun La Convention PanAmericana de Propiedad Literaria y Artistica. Title trademark registered in U. S. Patent Office. Printed in U.S.A. by Ail Color Printing Co. STORY Women's Group