Show 7 S E 10 released by features by GERHARD LITTLE more than two A years ago howard duff a comparatively unknown ra dio actor was picked by director william spier to be sam spade on the air wiseacres along radio row shook their heads but spier knew what that distinctive voice would do for the role later mark hellinger Hell mger said if his looks come anywhere near matching his voice howard duff s going to be the N 5 A A HOWARD DUFF biggest thing in pictures in years the looks match continuing on the air dute duff has turned in mag ent performances in hellinger Hell mger IS brute force and the naked city as well as in all my sons and in the forthcoming wildfire alexis smith 1 is known in holly wood as one of the most beautiful stars under contract to warner bros however she a prouder of the fact that she s also known as the best braided wool rug maker of coldwater canyon where she lives una 0 connor oconnor character actress whose latest role is ni m a fighting father dunne likes to puzzle acquaintances by telling them that though she was born in hollywood she did not reach the film capital till she was in her twenties the answer the holly wood she was born bom in is a small town near belfast ireland she went to belfast to go to school decided to go on the stage and went on to dublin to learn about acting at the famous abbey theater elaine riley now can say I 1 told you so signed her and let her go after one picture she got a paramount contract and now Is free lancing so called her to play franchot Franc not tone s sweetheart in every girl should be mar tied ried when marlene dietrich wa wax an hour late for a studio one re hearsay it was obvious that pro ducer director fletcher markle was thinking shed she d better have a per feet al bi in radio circles you just arent aren t late hers was perfect her grandson was just 25 minutes old and M ss dietrich had been up all night keeping her daughter marta company ak just tour four pictures have dished john dall as one of holly wood s most talented and versatile actors A sensitive welsh student in the corn Is green a comedy role in something in the wind a confederate officer in another part of the forest a psychopath ic killer in rope those are the roles that have built his reputation larry parks played his first scene cene in his own starring film the gallant blade with a blanket over his head it was for a rescue scene in which he was covered up and jerked backwards through a doorway to save his life the indian players who worked with randolph scott in coroner coroners s creek took golf lessons between scenes from scott who qualified fled fied tor for the national amateur champion ship he d battle the redskins di rector ray enright would yell cut and scott and the indians would dash off the set grab their golf clubs and practice until they were needed again all that lovely food you 11 U see in the gypsy cantina sequence in the loves of carmen is plastic except tor for the turkey drumstick which rita hayworth eats colum bia lining up with the govern ment s food conservation program uses real foodstuffs only if it the script says the food load must be eaten before the cameras it its s take fake food in the gallant blade too ODDS AND ENDS susan peters fi is fhe star of a new half hour radio program called book store girl ctrl being heing offered radio agencies for fall production dinah the cat in new terry mo moore are glenn ford comedy the return of octo her was framed trained for her role from birth by trainer frank inn lit at al least what he says cattle breeder ezra stone is the proud new owner of a 14 month old champion scotch A Ayre shire re bull lum and abner are hsc busy getting gelling into shape for the national sheet skeet championships on sep ember by spending their week weekends ends practicing |