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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Mabel Normand and Pola Negri. Another make-believe identity was Madeline, a beauteous cowgirl who emerged from the pages of Zane Grey's melodramatic novel, The Light of Western Stars, To get authentic background for Madeline, young Lucille corresponded with the chambers of commerce of Butte and Anaconda, Mont. She read and reread their publicity handouts until she felt she knew more about Montana than the people who lived there. It was the powerful spirit of Madeline that caused her for many years to claim Butte, Mont, as her birthplace. Only in the most recent edition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Sassafrassa, the Queen | 5/26/1952 | See Source »

Good Customer. In Butte. Mont., Shoe Repairman C. E. Miller surprised a burglar entering his store, let him go after the man assured him: "I trade here all the time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, may 5, 1952 | 5/5/1952 | See Source »

...Voice. This week, Down You Go is still being telecast from Chicago (Fri. 9 p.m. E.S.T., Du Mont), still has Moderator Evans and the original panel, enlivened by an occasional "name" guest. It also has a sponsor (Old Gold), an audience estimated at 16 million, and it has received an impressive 2,000,000 letters in less than a year. Last February the show went on radio over the Mutual network; this month a Spanish-language version began telecasting in Cuba, and this fall it is expected to be heard in Australia and England. Much of the credit for these...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The Adenoidal Moderator | 4/28/1952 | See Source »

...book, they'd love him." The Sheen show, called Life Is Worth Living, is a half-hour talk on such subjects as freedom, pleasure, war & peace, love. The talks, Christian in outlook but not specifically Roman Catholic, are designed to appeal to listeners of all faiths. The Du Mont network, which presents the show but gets no money for it, gave Sheen what the trade calls an "obituary spot," i.e., conflicting with two very popular shows on other networks, Milton Berle and Frank Sinatra (Tues. 8 p.m., E.S.T.). Against this formidable competition, Sheen has made a spectacular...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Microphone Missionary | 4/14/1952 | See Source »

showing. Du Mont was overwhelmed by the mail response (8,500 letters a week). The program, now carried by 17 stations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Microphone Missionary | 4/14/1952 | See Source »

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