TV Radio Mirror (Jul - Dec 1956)

between New England and California, he comes back with a professional travelogue. "Our friends plead to see them," Claire says. "We love to entertain, but never do as much as we would like." "Claire loves to do for people," Mel smiles. "She's a wonderful cook and enjoys domestic things. I believe that's because she enjoys the complete change from her workaday world. After all, she's been working since she was fifteen." At fifteen, Claire had her first job on a small radio station. At sixteen, out of high school, she was performing in works of Shakespeare and Ibsen. She went into TV and from that into two Broadway shows. And she had barely reached voting age. She has played Mary Noble in Backstage Wife for ten years. Mel has done a lot of television recently. He has been on the Kraft, U. S. Steel and Philco tele-theaters. Frequently he is cast as a suave, dignified character. But, on The Web, he was a gangster. He particularly likes his role as Dr. Barton Crane of City ' Hospital, and remarks: 'Some of my neighbors greet me, 'Hiya, Doc' Thank goodness, no one has brought a case to me. But I'm really fond of the part, for it is neither clinical nor Pollyannaish. The stress is on human values." Friends of Mel tell you that in some ways he is like Dr. Barton Crane. Mel is deep -thinking, witty and intelligent. He is good for a talk when you're trying to think something out. John Moore, an actor friend, says. "Mel is good company for an eighty-eight-year-old grandmother or a fourteen-year-old boy — and those in between. He has tea with my mother and tells her that in two years, when she reaches ninety, he will take her for a ride in a new Jaguar. And my son Peter looks forward to Mel's visits so that he can talk about his future." At parties, Mel is the spark. It was his son Bob who said, after spending an evening with him, "It's hard for me to believe that he's my father." But Mel is very much a father to his children and, in some ways, to many of his friends— for Mel is loyal, dependable and generous. He is the kind who gives without thought of the return. Barbara may be separated by a continent's distance but continues to say, "Daddy's my tower of strength, my Rock of Gibraltar." When she and Mel are together, they have their fun and laughs, but they spend long hours in serious talk, too. Sometimes she takes his advice, other times she says, "Daddy, I think there are some things we just have to learn -from experience, no matter how much it hurts." Barbie and Claire are very good friends. Claire has expressed this affection by embroidering a skirt for Barbara— it was the first embroidery she had ever done. And she looks forward to the conversations with Bob, too, when he visits. "Let me tell you something about Claire," Mel says. "She is more than a beautiful woman to look upon. She is a woman who finds beauty in others and in nature. She has a great capacity for affection." As he says, "If a man has the respect and affection of his wife and children, what more can he ask of life?" ! Don't miss the cover picture and sparkling story of Alice Lon and Lawrence Welk in the August TV RADIO MIRROR on sale July 5 Dollars Can't Buy a Finer Deodorant! .?\*N #<** cP c* .w **>* M ?^SV" ^ . no «# no *atfe &'«*"** never sVicty wjrf grease\ess. °olu, HARMLESS ,o «. o, c1o*es FRAGRANT and luxurious as a lipstick SURE PROTECT/ON, 5fi^ las ' big a" d°Y long for Iander ^^CHLOROPHYLL STICK DEODORANT A t all 5 & 10 cent stores Show New ToocA G/otv TALL 71 CHRISTMAS CARDS '62' 'IS YOURS OH ONLY 50 BOXtS Sensational sellers! See their brilliance, feel their plush I SI .25 profit per box. Newest TALL Christmas cards, etc. , 21 & 24 for $1. dp. SO for $1.50 with Name iD Color. Gilts galore! Bio: line pays you up to 60c per SI . pins Bonuses of noma appliances worth {10 to $100! Assortments on approval. Album of Imprints FREE, tl.26 Gift FREE if yoo act fast. CREATIVE CARD COMPANY. 4401 Csrmak Road, Oml. 190-0 ACT FAST Sllllrrtpil CIHcatoJ3.il!. SHORTHAND Famous SPEEDWRITING shorthand. 120 words per minute. No symbols; no machines. Uses ABC's. Easiest to learn, write, transcribe. Lowest cost. 350,000 taught by mail. Typing available. 33rd Year. Write for FREE booklet to: *-* * Dept. 307-6 ® 55 W. 42 St.. N. Y. 36 Life is thrilling when you're a Rl UNUt Be a fascinating golden-top — today! MARCHAND'S GOLDEN HAIR WASH FIND OUT what fun it is to be a beautiful blonde. No matter what your hair color now — blonde that's turned mousey brown, brunette, redhead — with Marchand's Golden Hair Wash you can add a glow of sunshine or lighten honey bright. Golden Hair Wash is the tried-andtrue home hair lightener preferred for over 50 years. Not a dye. Nothing extra to buy. Fine for lightening arm and leg hair, too. At drugstores everywhere 75c and $1.00, plus tax 81