6     August 7, 1952
Bill, Jayne, Melville Cooper, Laura Hobson
  
Steve Allen hosts

Mrs. Victor Cahill from Washington, DC: “I was the first Miss America (1921)” 
Margaret Gorman used her married name on the show.  In that early pageant, Gorman only competed against seven other girls representing cities along the eastern seaboard.  The term Miss America Pageant wasn’t even used until 1940.  Still, by 1952 it was a massive annual cultural event before declining in popularity in the ensuing decades amid controversies and changing societal norms.  The 1945 Miss America, Bess Myerson, would later become a regular Secret panelist.   

[Mr. Ellenberg] (an elderly man): “I’m on my honeymoon.”                 
Wacky matrimony secrets were quite popular with the IGAS staff, especially in the early years.  Mrs. Ellenberg appears at the end of the segment, and Steve mentions that she’s 83.  Mr. Ellenberg’s age is never revealed.   

Special Guest Paul Lukas: “I’m going to kiss Laura Hobson.” 
In her autobiography, Laura Hobson goes into detail about this segment, and how Allan Sherman gave her questions designed to get a laugh (“Is it dangerous?”) without telling her the secret.  She said afterward, “I felt like the biggest damn fool in the world.”  A versatile, Academy Award-winning actor, the Hungarian-born Lukas began his career playing smooth womanizers, but increasingly drifted to villainous roles.  He made dozens of pictures in the 30s and 40s but is possibly best remembered today as Professor Aronnax in the Disney film 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954).     

Mr. X: “I invented long-playing records.”                 
Dr. Peter Goldmark is credited with inventing the 33-1/3 rpm LP, which revolutionized the record industry.  At the time of this appearance, the LP had only been in homes for about four years.  The LP record quickly became the standard in the music industry until being replaced by the CD in the 1980s, though in recent years, the vinyl format has made a bit of a comeback.