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Introducing JOAN ALEXANDER

Introducing JOAN ALEXANDER Equal to any role -versatile is the word for Joan JOAN ALEXANDER, lovely, brown-haired with deep, brown eyes, is all things to plays. She’s the versatile actress who plays Lynn Alexander, the proprietor of a music school in Lewiston on the Lone Journey, and has portrayed Lois Lane, the girl friend of Superman , for years. To meet her, Joan is poised, alert, interested in the world and what goes on in it. That she has this cosmopolitan air is not surprising. In her young life she has been to a lot of far flung places in the world. When Joan was eight years old, her father, who owned a linen factory in Madeira, took her on her first trip to Europe. By the time Joan was through with a part of her schooling, she had made up her mind to become an actress. She studied with the fabulous European actor, director and coach, Benno Schneider. And, as part of her training, she toured the leading cities of Europe, North Africa and Latin America. In 1938...
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Biography Steve ALLEN

1950 Biography Steve ALLEN If her stays in character, a busy summer faces Steve Allen, the guiding comedy light of the “ STEVE ALLEN SHOW ”, summer replacement for “ OUR MISS BROOKS ”, heard over CKTS on Sundays at 6:30 p.m. ERT. Allen, already an established comedian on the west Coast, will continue his midnight Columbia Pacific Network show each night as well as assuming the key spot in his new entertaining audience participation program. Steve’s Rangy 6’3’’ frame will come in handy to shoulder the added workload for a quick loot at his background reveals a host of theatrical and non-theatrical accomplishments and interests.    For example, don’t be surprised to credit for a song include: “Written by Steve Allen”, I he personable young comedian already can point to his recently-published song. “Let’s Go to Church Next Sunday”. Other tunes he has penned include “Little Man”, and “An Old Piano Plays the Blues”. No wonder musical-minded Allen likes to va...

Louise Arthur

Louise Arthur __the New Orleans redhead, was a dancer at thirteen but had to conquer a syrupy Southern accent before she could become an actress. She currently combines work in the theater and movies with her radio career and is Annie Marie Templeton on NBC’s Woman in White, Mondays through Fridays at 2:15 P.M., EDT. Her work in a full length 16 mm film. The People’s Choice, is bringing her fan mail from South Africa, India, Hawaii and the Philippine Islands.

DON BALL . . .

DON BALL . . . our hat’s off to Don Ball of CBS for having a name easy to catch over the air. Block Island, R. I., was his home before he reached 11 inches over 5 feet in his vertical movement. Weighing 165 pounds and with reddish brown, wavy hair and blue eyes, he could convince anyone to buy Ipsy Wipsy wash Cloths. He’s 29 and married. 

Old Time Radio Veterans Day

The 11th November, is observed annually across the world to honor military veterans, who have served in the armed forces. The anniversary is always marked with special remembrance programs, and as well as the ones on television, there are also many radio shows available. One of the most popular is Wings To Victory . Presented by the Army Air Forces, each thirty minute story is a dramatization of America heroism based on combat reports from the fighting fronts. If you'd like to listen to a little music and variety, there's a series called Sound Off . It features favorites such as Tommy Dorsey and Glen Miller and ran from 1946 - 1948.  Sponsored by the US Army as part of its recruiting program, and the shows are remarkably good quality.  There's great music and variety from Command Performance too, a series that was created especially for the US Armed Forces. You'll find a non-stop selection of poignant old time radio shows to remind us of the courage and bravery of th...

Say Hello To – JACK BAKER

Say Hello To – JACK BAKER—whose nickname around NBC’s Chicago studios is “The Louisiana Lark,” partly because he was born in Shreveport, partly because he loves to sing. His real name is Ernest Mahlon Jones, he has been a semi-pro baseball player, a baseball coach and a schoolteacher, and his job as star soloist on this morning’s Breakfast Club is the result of an audition he took at NBC back in 1936.

Betty Barclay

Betty Barclay __ was selling Sammy Kaye ’s records in a music shop in Macon, Go., when she decided that some day she would be the vocalist with his band. Today she is appearing with him on both Sunday Serenade and So You Want to Lead a Band, over the ABC network. She admits that it took several preliminary jobs with other name bands and her singing of “I’m a Big Girl Now” to put her where she wanted to be.