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PAUL DOUGLAS
Born in Philadelphia, Paul was a football hero who became a sports announcer — then proved he had dramatic talent . . . first in radio, with early roles in Aunt Jenny . . . next on Broadway, as the junk tycoon of "Born Yesterday" . . . finally in Hollywood, in "Letter to Three Wives." Married to actress Jan Sterling, he now stars in such top motion pictures as "The Solid Gold Cadillac" and "Joe Macbeth."
AGNES MOOREHEAD
This minister's daughter, born in Boston, has an M.A. from Wisconsin U. — as well as many an acting award. Radio still thrills to her "Sorry, Wrong Number" . . . critics voted her best-of-the-year in the second movie she made . . . -theatergoers everywhere acclaimed her in "Don Juan in Hell," 'touring with Charles Laughton, Charles Boyer, Cedric Hardwicke. Her most recent film: "All That Heaven Allows."
ORSON WELLES
Nobody had to discover "the •kid from Kenosha," who did Shakespeare on his own at six! But radio — including Aunt Jenny — helped boost Orson to fame. . . . Since then, he's electrified Broadway, Hollywood, the world at large (and probably Mars) . Picture above was taken in 1946, before he departed for Europe . . . from whence he just landed to do "King Lear" on stage — and storm American TV.
JOAN BANKS
She's the feminine half of broadcasting's happiest romance — which blossomed about the time these two were playing in Aunt Jennyl ... A native New Yorker, Joan was a most popular radio actress when she wed Frank Love joy in 1940. Now in Hollywood with her husband, she still stars in top radio and TV dramas . . . when not too busy raising their two children.
FRANK LOVEJOY
He studied finance at New York U., took a flyer in "little theater," soon found himself on Broadway— not Wall Street. . . . One of radio's highest-paid actors in the 1940's, he tackled Hollywood next — a single character role, then Frank was a cinema star, too, in such melodramas as "The Crooked Web." . . . Like his wife Joan, he still finds time to continue acting on the air.
MERCEDES McCAMBRIDGE
Here's one lass who made a name for herself at the mike — then won an Oscar for her first role on the screen (in "All the King's Men"). . . . Born in Joliet, 111., Mercedes (named for a Mexican grandmother) attended Mundelein College in Chicago, has since lived in many lands. . . . Still active in radio-TV, she can also be seen in the film version of "Giant," Edna Ferber's titanic novel about Texas.
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