Radio-TV mirror (July-Dec 1952)

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NO ROOM FOR FEAR Fran Carlon has played many a daring heroine, confident and unafraid. In real life, she waged her biggest battle against panic By MARIE HALLER With husband Casey Allen, Fran now teaches daughter Kerry and son Kim self-reliance, as she herself learned it — through love. " \\ J hen I was a youngster," explains Fran Carlon, "I yy was a tomboy . . . could skin-the-cat, pitch a ball, or climb a tree with the best of the neighborhood boys. But I was haunted by well-meaning adults. All I had to do, it seemed, was get into a particularly precarious position, then a solicitous adult would come along and sing out, 'Look out — careful!' Startled, I'd look in the direction of the voice, and voom — a perfect three-point landing, with one point broken! Broken bones, ye Gods, we finally stopped counting!" Surprising as it may seem, it was not the broken bones that left the real marks on Fran Carlon, popular radio and television star — the girl who has played Irene Galway and so many other exciting heroines. It was that constricting phrase, "Look out — careful!" A phrase, an idea so often used by adults in an effort to protect children. "Actually," continues Fran, "I never fully realized how affected I was by this negative approach until I met my husband, Casey Allen. To Casey, I must have acted like one of those dogs you read about — the ones that have been trained by scientists to drool at the sound of a bell. My 'bell' was a word of caution. I'd be going along great guns until somebody would offer a word of caution. Immediately I'd tighten up and become a sure bet to lose. Casey sensed my trouble. Patiently, and at great length, he proceeded to undo the inner damage these very well-intentioned adults had inflicted. You see, his philosophy was, and still is, quite the opposite from that hammered into me. He believes that to instill confidence is to assure success. And I, Fran Carlon Allen, am here to say he's right. I've seen it work on me. I've seen it work on my children." Even though Fran is now a (Continued on page 81) Fran Carlon is Irene Galway on Our Gal Sunday, CBS, M-F, 12:45 P.M. EDT; sponsored by Whitehall Phannacal Co. for Anacin. Fran and Casey Allen are also heard frequently on Armstrong's Theatre of Today, CBS, Sat., 12:00 noon EDT. 49