Radio-TV mirror (Jan-June 1954)

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enabling me — because of its set schedule, only one performance a week and no traveling — to be the family man I try to be, and want to be, and a normal father to my children. To spend an hour with my children, I'd rush — not walk — out of the most important conference. I'll go home now, for instance, and, as I do every evening but one, put the little fellow to bed and read to Celia. Celia, by the way, was named for my mother and Howard for my father. We're hoping to have another boy, so we'll have another David. "After our dinner Toni likes to read, and I'm a TV bug. Naturally, I love to watch comedians — just to see if I can learn anything or if they've stolen anything. On days when I'm not working, either I do violent physical exercise — mow the lawn, work out in a gym — or just collapse, sort of. I'm not much use, I'm afraid, around the house. I can't cook. I'm not a handyman. I don't like to tinker. "We have a lot of fun together at home, all five of us (soon to be six). The fun comes naturally. We laugh when we feel like it, cry when we feel like it. The keynote we strove for in our home was to make it relaxed and relaxing. In every single room, for instance, there is a rocking chair. Even the more formal rooms just have more formal rocking chairs. When we moved in, we didn'-t have a napkin. Within three weeks, the place was furnished from top to bottom. We did it all ourselves. In furniture departments and shops. 'We'll take this,' we'd say, 'and this, and this and those!' And there we were. I was against having an interior decorator. It would take too long and, besides, we weren't building a showcase. We knew we had little tots. Just to make it livable, to furnish it so that if the kids destroy something it won't cause an upheaval, that was our aim. I think we accomplished it. Outside, it isn't much to look at, but it has an acre of fenced-in land out back, which is important for the children — we just open the door and let em go! But, in spite of the fenced-in yard and a governess for the kids, Toni is in a frenzy all the time. She has that anxiety about kids that's common, I suppose, to all mothers. "Otherwise, we keep it pretty light. All the kids have a sense of humor. Toni has a very dry wit — she's a character. I got a girl," Jan laughed, "who's been a glamour girl in show business, yet what she wanted all her life was a home and children. Now she's got what she wanted. Her career is her home and her kids, and doing everything she can to please her husband. Very old-fashioned — for instance, in this respect: If I ever comment on a pretty blonde, my wife is a blonde the next day! So in order to keep the beauty parlor bills down, no comment! This is what I meant when I told you I've loved her through all shades of hair. A blonde with dark eyes when I met her, she's since gone from blonde to her natural shade — which is dark — to red, and back to blonde again! "When I told you that marrying Toni and founding a new family has been like a rebirth to me, I meant it," Jan said, "with all my heart. My only fear now is the fear of not being able to raise the children right. I feel a great responsibility toward them which makes me want to keep working hard until I'm stable enough, financially, to make them safe. "A marriage like mine, a good solid TV show to go on with — if things can only stay just as they are," Jan said, "just exactly as they are, what more could any man ask of life, of God?" The answer is a humble and a grateful, "Nothing. Nothing more." »*>x This Gorgeous Yearbook Contains Your Favorite TV-Radio Stars Here's the yearbook that TV and radio set owners await with glee! It covers all the events and all the history-making moments of all the great shows and programs of 1953. This exciting new edition is better than ever! The editors of RadioTV Mirror have outdone even themselves! This is the big TV-radio book-ofthe-year. It contains hundreds of il lustrations . . . stories about the lives of all your favorites! Just feast your eyes over the contents of this gorgeous yearbook. Remember — this is not just another magazine — it's a book that you will cherish and refer to for years to come. It's a real collector's item. And it costs only 50c. NEWS EVENTS OF THE YEAR — The behind-the-scenes stories of Julius La Rosa • Herb Shriner • Jack Webb • Ray Milland • Phyllis Avery • Jeff Clarke • Donald O'Connor • Walter Brooke and Betty Wragge • Milton Berle • Eve Arden and Brooks West • Rosemary Clooney and Jose Ferrer • Dean Martin. NEW SHOWS OF THE YEAR — Danny Thomas • Jean Hagen • Liberace • Paul Hartman • Fay Wray • Dave Garroway • Brandon deWilde • Ernest Truex • Mike Wallace • Lurene Tuttle • Ray Bolger • Eddie Fisher • Win Elliot • Ann Sothem • Jan Murray • Bob Crosby. WHO'S WHO ON TV — Bishop Fulton J. Sheen • Kate Smith Show • Lucille Ball and Desi Amaz • Martha Raye • Randy Merriman • Bess Myerson • Steve Allen • John Daly • Perry Como • Martin and Lewis • Robert Q. Lewis • Garry Moore • Ken Carson • Denise Lor • Art Linkletter • Peggy Wood • Judson Laire • Warren Hull • Paul Dixon • Wanda Lewis • Sis Camp • Jim Backus • Joan Davis • Tommy Bartlett • Jack Sterling • Edward R Murrow • Art Baker • Godfrey and His Gang: Frank Parker, Marion Marlowe, Janette Davis, Haleloke, Lu Ann Simms, Tony Marvin, Mariners, McGuire Sisters • Maria Riva • Eddie Albert • James Daly • John Forsythe • Margaret Hayes • John Newland • Sarah Churchill • Joey Walsh • Mark Stevens • Beverly Tyler • Loretta Young • Ralph Bellamy • Robert Montgomery • Elizabeth Montgomery • John Baragrey • Constance Ford. STARS OF THE DAYTIME DRAMAS — Ma Perkins • Guiding Light • Search For Tomorrow • Second Mrs. Burton • Stella Dallas • Hilltop House • Our Gal Sunday • Right To Happiness • Road Of Life • Front Page Farrell • Hawkins Falls • Just Plain Bill • The Bennetts • Young Dr. Malone • Valiant Lady • Follow Your Heart • Perry Mason • The Brighter Day • Pepper Young's Family • Wendy Warren • Three Steps To Heaven • This Is Nora Drake • Life Can Be Beautiful • Aunt Jenny • Love Of Life • When A Girl Marries • The Woman In My House • Romance Of Helen Trent • Backstage Wife • Lorenzo Jones • Young Widder Brown • Rosemary. 1954 EDITION ON SALE FEB. 26TH Ask your newsdealer to reserve your copy now. Only 50c. This yearbook sells out as soon as it is placed on sale. Or, if more convenient, mail coupon TODAY. ! RADIO-TV MIRROR Dept. S 205 E. 42 St., New York 17, N. Y. RM-354 : 5 Send me postpaid, a copy of TV-RADIO • 1954. 1 enclose 50c. ANNUAL • Please Print • City State • R M 79