Radio-TV mirror (July-Dec 1954)

Information Booth (Continued from page 11) won him praise from police groups across the country, yet the mail bag is more than half-filled with letters from the distaff population. But when Reed filled out a routine biographical form, he listed under Most Treasured Possession : "My wife, she's the greatest!" The Hadleys, together with their nine-year-old son Dale, live on a San Fernando Valley ranch and Reed teaches Sunday school and is a regular at Boy Scout meetings on Fathers' Nights. ... A native of Petrolia, Texas, Reed grew up in Buffalo, New York, caught the acting fever in a high school play and graduated directly to Broadway, where he played two small parts in "Hamlet." While in stock, learning more about his trade, Reed was signed by a movie company and for two years drew a salary without appearing in a single film. But after a stint as the original Red Ryder of radio, Reed renewed the movies' interest in him and he has since appeared in "House on 92nd Street," "Captain from Castille," "Leave Her to Heaven," "Behind the Iron Curtain," and other films. Although he can command top bracket salaries. Reed has accepted only a token $25 fee for each of almost a hundred documentaries he has made for the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Defense Department and Atomic Energy Commission. He has also appeared in almost every top dramatic show emanating from Hollywood, including Lux Theater and Screen Guild. You can write to Reed Hadley, c/o CBS-TV, 6121 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, Calif. Mr. District Attorney Dear Editor: I am a Gray Lady and work in the tuberculosis wards of an Army hospital. Every ward has a television set and the boys in my ward are very interested in learning something about David Brian who plays Mr. District Attorney on television. Where can they write for a picture of him? V.R., Memphis, Tenn. Alice Frost David Brian David Brian is a tall, blond, blue-eyed native of the Vinegar Hill section of New York City. When David, whose real name is Brian Davis, was graduated from the City College of New York, he tried some commission selling, a bit of carpentry, and then had his first brush with the theater as a ticket taker and doorman at the famed Roxy Theater. One day he joined a friend standing in a group outside the Imperial Theater and, a short while later, David found himself hired as one of a group of singers in "Crazy Quilt." Next came a string of Broadway roles and then tours of both North and South America as a songand-dance act, a straight man and an emcee. After a World War II hitch in the Coast Guard, followed by an appearance in a Broadway flop, David decided to give up the theater and moved to Los Angeles to become a building contractor. But Joan Crawford spotted him at a dinner party, thought he was just the right man for the part of the political boss in her forthcoming "Flamingo Road." Thus David was launched on a movie career which has included such films as "Intruder in the Dust," "Beyond the Forest," "The Damned Don't Cry," "Breakthrough," "This Woman Is Dangerous," and "The High and the Mighty." In 1949, David married actress Adrian Booth and settled down for good in California in a Sherman Oaks home. Television's Mr. District Attorney is fast at ping pong and tennis, expert at the Spanish guitar, and fond of music, good graphic art, and reading. You can write to him for a picture c/o ZIV Productions, 5255 Clinton St., Los Angeles 4, Calif. Organ Encore Dear Editor: I would like to know about Alice Frost, who plays Mrs. Lew Archer on The Second Mrs. Burton and Aunt Trina on Mama. B.W., Schenectady, N.Y. When Alice Frost, in her role as Marcia (Continued on page 16) bring out the natural beauty of your hair If you really want to make your hair lovelier, you can do it, safely, easily in about 3 minutes. From Noreen's 14 wonder-working colors you'll find just the shade that enhances your natural color, reviving its youthful, lustrous beauty or i'o blend in gray or streaked hair. Try a Noreen beauty treatment. See for yourself how Noreen will keep your hair the way you want it from shampoo to shampoo.. bright and shining instead of dull and drab. \ \ \ \ \ I \ \ I. S everywhere AKcosVierlc counter* = »=./. Also. prdfessiorially applied •V \ \ \ V \ in beauty salons. -. ■ \ X \ \ \ Available in, Canada. COLOR HAIR RINSE 15