Radio and television mirror (July-Dec 1942)

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Record Details:

Title:
Radio and television mirror
Date:
July-Dec 1942
Publisher:
New York : Macfadden Publications, Inc.
Volume:
Radio and television mirror (July-Dec 1942)
Leaf #:
000354
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 25, 2024
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Her father, Ted Cooper, ran a band — "Ted Cooper's Harmony Four" — in which her mother, Velma Dimmitt, played the piano. Donna was born in O'Neill, Nebraska, and spent a large part of her babyhood parked behind the piano in a clothes basket while her young parents played for dances. She learned to sing and dance as a matter of course, and was making radio and stage appearances in Lincoln and Council Bluffs when she was still a tiny little girl. In those days her name was Donna Rae Cooper, but as time went on Donna and her family decided that short names are easier to remember — and also look better in bright lights. For a while she was known as Donna Rae, but then people with similar names began to shine in Hollywood — notably Martha Raye — so rather than confuse the issue further, Donna changed the first letter of her last name and became Donna Dae. Donna is only nineteen years old, and although in her short life she has attained success that most of us only dream about, her boss, Fred Waring, insists that what's happened to her so far is only the beginning. Fred "discovered" her in the summer of 1937, when she was singing and dancing with Frankie Masters' orchestra at the College Inn in Chicago. The Waring Pennsylvanians weren't on the air at 50 the time. Fred had just lost his two popular girl singers, Priscilla and Rosemary Lane, to the movies, and he was very much on the lookout for new recruits. As soon as he saw Donna he knew he had one. It wasn't until the following New Year's Day, though, that Donna joined the Waring gang, and not until the next October that she went on the air with them. In the meantime, she put in a lot of time studying. She took dramatic lessons from Frances Robinson Duff, who had coached the Lanes when they were with Fred. And Waring himself gave her singing and "stylizing" lessons. "Stylizing," in case you're puzzled, is the art of singing a song in a way that's peculiarly and particularly your own. Even though she'd been singing and dancing in public since the age of nine, Donna says now that she soon realized, when she began to work with Fred Waring, how much she still had to learn. All the hard work will be worth it, though, if the future develops as Fred is confident it will. He says she's going to be a big star in radio and movies — and if he's right, of course that means he'll probably lose Donna as he lost the Lane sisters. He won't mind, though, because he gets a kick out of discovering and developing new talent. Donna used to have long hair, but she's had it bobbed to page-boy length now. When she sings for the Waring broadcasts she usually wears long hoop-skirted evening gowns, which go well with her petite figure. RADIO AND TELEVISION MIRROR