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...
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...