The Happy Side O 'MEDIC'
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The Happy Side o 'MEDIC' LOGS - WEEK OF APRIL 23-29 Pros and Cats of Rhythm and 41 Blues 'DR. STYNER' AND WENDY The Hobby Show: Fun For The Entire Family ç i)A7HEN THE seventh an- nual California Hobby Show opens for a ten- day run on April 22, at the Shrine Exposition Hall, many of the brightest stars on TV and radio will be present. Attending the nation's oldest and largest hobby show has become Hol- lywood tradition. In some cases, it's superstitiously considered a good luck token. Each of the young glamour gals who has served as a hobby show "queen" or "princess" has since won ANTIQUE MODEL AUTOMOBILES-and Pat Crowley - new fame and higher income. inspire the interest of a Cub Scout at the Hobby Show "It's a good, clean, friendly kind Working in front of TV cameras, Pat helped assemble cars of show. There's some kind of ex- last year. The 1955 event at the Shrine Exposition Hall will citing hobby there for everyone and feature an immense assembly of real antique autos, in addi- you feel real good afterward," petite tion to the models. queen Debbie Reynolds explains. And Sally Forrest, Pat Crowley and Magda Harout —each a past hobby 111., FRED J. TABERY, director of the 1110. DEBBIE REYNOLDS, who shows world's oldest and largest Hobby part of her monkey collection, show participant — agree. Show, cut the opening ribbon a fey. has won great acclaim following her The men shouldn't be forgotten, years ago with popular TV and movie "queenship" at the Hobby Show. Such either. TV stars Robert Cummings, actress Sally Forrest. (Antler photo.) success has made The Hobby Show Robert Montgomery and many oth- "lucky" for TV and motion picture talent. ers have added unusual collections and creations to the thousands of items on display. There is motive behind Hollywood's acceptance of the nationally known hobby show, however. Stars, their agents, networks and studios are well aware that hobbies are more than fun. They are consid- ered an excellent method of crime and juvenile delinquency prevention. As such, the California event is supported by teachers, youth leaders, the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Secret Serv- ice, the sheriff's office and the Rec- reation and Parks Department. Countless individual hobby groups and the mayors of fourteen South- land cities have endorsed the event. KTLA's "City at Night" has covered the event for several years, to name only one of many shows that co- operate. .1.1 -Radio Life (Formerly Itadio-Telesisi #### Lire) April 22, 1053. Vol. 31, No. 10. CARL M. Publisher. Published weekly at Los Angeles. t alifornia. Business and Editorial Orfiees: Ito N. Argyle A Los Angeles 20 (11tillywootl Stati tttt ). California. Phone 11011ywoud 1.-sets. TA-Radio Life was entered as Sevond Class Matter September II, 1010. at Los .Ingeles. under Aet or Mareh 3. IP119. April 22, 1955 Page Two Marlon Brando At Home On "Person to Person" By QN WO short evenings after Marlon Brando won his Oscar, the farsighted and astute Mr. Murrow visited Mildred the Academy Award winner in his home on "Person to Person." These pictures of the telecast were taken exclusively for TV-Radio Life. Ross Brando, flushed with the excite- ment of his recent victory. welcomed Edward R. Murrow and the nation into his home for the television pro- gram, which marked his video debut. His conversation was spasmodic. He spoke fondly of his mother, and recalled the wonderful things she had taught him. He discussed the motion picture industry which had just awarded him an Oscar. And he had some very revealing ideas about the subject. MARLON BRANDO WINNER of the Best Actor Academy Award The man, who was once so nervous for his performance in "On The Water- when auditioning for Alfred Lunt front" proudly displays his Oscar. Mr. that he quoted "Hickory, dickory, Brando poses proudly with his son, who dock the mouse .. ." when asked to he claims was an average boy and got say something, came through with into the usual amount of mischief. (CBS- an Academy Award and a successful Lewis photos.) television debut within the same week. "PERSON TO PERSON'S" co-pro- ducer John Aaron gives Brando a few tips during the dry run. Brando has a favorite sign in his rented• Holly- wood home (he hangs it wherever he lives) which says: "You ain't living if ..thn MARLON'S HERO WAS GENE KRUPA, THE DRUMMER. As a youngster you don't know it." and even today, Marlon studies and practices on the drums in his Holly- wood hilltop house. Before taking to the CBS videolanes, Marlon gets some first hand information about the intricate television camera. Aside from his Academy appearance, Marlon Brando made his TV debut on "Person to Person." April 22, 1955 Page Three The itieolik cde of "Dr. Shur Richard Boone may seem austere and severe on "Medic," but that's only • his "reel" lije. You should see him when he's fol. "real." Here is .the unusual success story of a fine actor. By Jack Holland he had been encouraged to keep up his medication but with a more posi- tive attitude. Too Strong? "When I hear of cases like that I realize even more the value of 'Medic.' Oh, I've heard that the show isn't entertainment, that it's too strong. But I don't believe the pub- lic's tastes have to be titillated. I don't believe it has to be fed a steady diet of pap and superficialities. I feel the public is entitled to be moved, stimulated. to come away from watching a show a little changed. I think people want to think—or maybe I feel this way be- cause I'm no advocate of the escap- ist fare." Some have wondered why Dick's THE SHOW ON THE H-BOMB was a terrifying thing. Richard Boone, as "Dr. Styner," checks Sammy Ogg's face, the boy having been exposed to radiation. '41 THIS IS DICK at his own fireside with wife Claire and young Peter. According to Dick. Peter keeps things hop- ping at the house. ....%. ICHARD BOONE used to 'Medic'," Dick commented. "I usu- be able to walk down the ally go to the fights in Ocean Park street without being rec- and one night a man came over to ognized—even though he me. He had tears in his eyes. He was a motion picture per- told me that he had an epileptic sonality of sizeable importance. Then son and that he and his wife and his along came "Medic" and Dick's son had watched the show 'Medic' private life suddenly became quite did on epilepsy. It meant so much to public. them, especially to the boy, because "Hardly a week goes by that some- for the first time light was brought one doesn't come up to me and tell into a dark field. Seeing the show me of an experience he had that had given him hope, had made him was comparable to one shown on feel he was part of the world. And Page Four role as Dr. Styner on "Medic" isn't When Dick is not working he's given more prominence, why he is concentrating on his string of race not acting on so many shows. There horses. He seldom talks about them, is a logical explanation to .that. saying, "Does publicity about my "The medical people have a lot to race horses condition a theatre au- say about the way my character is dience to enjoy a bad performance? used," Dick said. "On 'Medic' I'm a I don't think so. I make my living general practitioner and the medical now acting (lucky, too, because I'm profession is very careful about too nervous to steal) and I think things practitioners can and cannot that the best publicity any actor can do. I am unable to be in any show have is a good performance on the in which a specialist is required screen or stage." since practitioners cannot enter into Interests the specialist's field. His interests are many and varied. "I did two shows recently that He was once amateur light-heavy- were tremendously exciting, though. weight boxing champion — and he One was on the H-bomb and the used to spend his evenings attend- other on childhood accidents. I had TWO OLD COWHANDS— ing the Art Students League in Los really strong roles in those two — at heart. Get that "pardner" Angeles. He soon became a profes- they caught fire. The H-bomb story expression on Peter's face. A ten- sional artist and then World War II is a fantastic one, all about what gallon hat is not news to Dick after came. He went into the Navy. He would happen to Los Angeles if the all the westerns he's done. doesn't talk about his war record, H-bomb were suddenly dropped. I but facts show that as an Aviation worked for three days on that and Chief Ordnance Mate he saw action it made such a dent on me I was 'The Doctor' that was to go on radio for four years in the naval air depressed for four days afterwards. as a summer replacement —and he assaults on Japanese-held Pacific "I cannot do any other TV with- thought I'd be good in the series. islands. It's also known that his out the consent of those in charge Well, anyway when Jim got to work squadron was torpedoed on the Car- of 'Medic.' Recently- I was fortunate on 'Medic' and was ready to make rier Intrepid, bombed on the Enter- enough to be allowed to play Abra- the pilot film, he called me for the prise and kamikazed on the Hancock.