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Show By INEZ GERHARD TNAN DURYEA (real name) has made his reputation on stage and screen as a heel. He has slapped Joan Bennett, Lizabeth Scott and Yvonne De Carlo. In "Manhandled," his latest film for Paramount, he twice delivers a short right to Dorothy Lamour's chin. As an actor no one can be slicker or slimier. In real life he's one of the nicest guys you could ask to meet, devoted to his wife and two young sons, active in PTA I: ir-;. ! DAN DURYEA and with the Boy and Cub scouts. He played a cur on the stage in "Missouri Legend," which set him for a similar role in 'The Little Foxes" on stage and screen. In some 25 pictures he has given such excellent performances that someone's some-one's description, "a heel with sex appeal," will probably type him forever. If Alexander Knox doesn't like his role in "The Judge Steps Out" it will be his own fault; he collaborated col-laborated on the screen play. A reporter for 12 years before taking to the stage, he starts his lfrth year in films with this one. Ben Johnson, star of "Mighty Joe Young," was the favorite stunt man of Gary Cooper, Errol Flynn, Johnny Weismul-ler Weismul-ler and most of Hollywood's other male stars before John Ford and Merlan Cooper discovered dis-covered him in "Fort Apache." He was doing stunts for the picture on location at Monument Monu-ment Valley, Utah now he's starring in their new picture. In one of the biggest deals in radio history ABC has arranged with Ted Collins for a new series of shows, "Kate Smith's Music Room,." Kate and Collins will play records, discuss songs and composers com-posers end present nationally known guest stars. SaiiJ to be a $5,000,000 deal. The show will run from 9 to 11 p. m. beginning July 4, but will not affect Kate's two MBS shows. |