Show Takes More Than Coonskin Cap To Play Early Trapper That it takes more than a coonskin cap and muzzle loading rifle to film an authentic movie about an early American American American Ameri Ameri- can fur trapper Is no secret to Clark Gable The star who makes his latest appearance on the Egyptian screen to tonight tonight tonight to- to night and Friday as a trapper of the West's In Ms M-G-M's spectacular outdoor Technicolor drama Across the Wide Missouri casts an appreciative nod toward the small army of technical al experts who helped Insure realism In his his' newest film Long before we began work on location location location loca loca- tion In Colorado says Gable I was taking g lessons from Chief Nipo Strong Strong- heart His full name Hah strong strong-I Pauw Tum Nah means menns Messenger of Light an indication Of 01 his unceasing work to Improve conditions for his fellow fellow fellow fel fel- low tribesmen An official representative tive of the National Committee of American Indians the National Council of American Indians and several historical historical historical his his- commissions he frequently visits Washington D. D C C. as translator and interpreter Nipo is one of the country's outstanding outstanding outstanding out out- standing authorities on Indian dialect sign language and tribal customs He speaks four eighty-four different dialects For Across the Wide Missouri he coach coach- coached coached ed our cast including Ricardo Montal- Montal ban John Hodiak Adolph J J. J Carrol Naish and Jack Holt In the Black- Black feet teet and Nez Perce dialects and in sign language In addition to checking ward ward- robe This authenticity stressed throughout the picture by Director A. A Wellman Wellman Wellman Well- Well man has Indians sp speaking Indian not I Harvard English Gable plays the m most unusual role of or his career as a trapper I who makes love to an Indian girl girl In In Insign sign language I Appropriately Maria Marla El Elena Elena Elena El- El ena Marques Ms M's Mexican-born Mexican discovery makes her Hollywood debut speaking only dialect plus four or five Ive English words she learns from Gable during the film mm From romance to music was Gables Gable's next step He worked with studio music coaches on the American folk songs he sings In Across the Wide Missouri Plus he adds a course of instruction instruction instruction tion in concertina playing and the art artof artof artor of or loading a rifle rifle I know something about a modern rifle but an expert had to show me how when It came to handlIng handling handling handl handl- ing the 1830 Hawken muzzle I have the greatest respect for those pioneers pioneers pio plo who poured powder down the barrel barrel barrel bar bar- rel rammed home a bullet and patch withdrew the rod ram-rod primed pruned and fired I It must have been tricky business when someone was chasing you with a tomahawk tomahawk toma toma- hawk i I O O O ROCK HOCK HUDSON REACHES TOP IN TWO YEARS I It required exactly two years of intensive in intensive intensive in- in acting training and roles In 12 films to bring movie stardom to big Rock Hudson who gets his first star billing with James Stewart Arthur Kennedy and Julia JuIl Adams in Universal Universal- Internationals International's Technicolor color Bend of the River showing snowing at the Egyptian Theatre Theatre Thea- Thea tre Sunday and Monday The year old actor and former I sailor in Uncle Sams Sam's N Navy vy stands 6 feet 3 Inches tall and weighs pounds Hudson resembles a heavyweight boxer so closely that he was given the role of a fighter in Iron Man prior to tob b being cast in Bend of the River His p performance e in Iron Man co convinced vinced studio executives at Universal Intern that he was ready for stardom t Rock was born In Winnetka Illinois Illinoi and was graduated from that city's New High 8 School hool He acquired a taste for acting while appearing In plays at atthe atthe atthe the school Ho Joined the Navy following his I graduation and served In the Pacific throughout the war basing In Hawaii Guam Australia and the Philippines I Lori Nelson Jay C. C Flippen and Stepin head the strong supporting supporting sup sup- I porting cast of or Bend of the River Anthony Mann directed and Aaron Rosenberg Rosenberg Rosenberg Ros Ros- enberg produced I O WHICH OCEAN WHALE OF OP DIFFERENCE FOIL FOH FISH I There may be plenty of or fish In the ocean but which ocean makes a whale of or a difference where motion picture I authenticity is concerned I This Tills was recently demonstrated when crates of or fish Ish peculiar to the Atlantic 1 I seaboard were flown to the M-G-M M studios In Culver City The Thc fish had been cast in a Fulton Fish Market seque sequence c in one of the New York City s scenes enes of Ms M-G-M's new drama The People Against OHara O'Hara showing at the I Egyptian Theatre next Tuesday and Wednesday I I Because Spencer Tracy Pat OBrien O'Brien Diana Lynn and John all had J 1 I scenes adjacent to the fish they had tobe to tobe be the type of the locale Director John Sturges didn't want any Pacific Ocean I abalone mingling with Atlantic cod In close So a record shipment of Blue BlueFish BlueFish BlueFish Fish Cod Haddock Florida Red Snapper Snapper Snapper Snap Snap- per Florida Pompano Alewives Qua- Qua Little Ne NeCk k Claims Cotuit oysters Oy Oysters Lynnhaven Bay Oysters and tague arrived at the studio much Inthe in inthe inthe the manner of or most newcomers newcomers newcomers-by by air Only these newcomers were frozen stiff f from ice rather than fright Their screen debuts came off on schedule Some Sonie of or them d destined for mob scenes reposed comfortably in their boxes throughout the sho shooting Others with bit parts were hoisted onto scales It was all very authentic even evento evento evento to the odors At the close of the days day's work the finny actors rs were donated to II any members of the cast and crew who could still look look looka a fish in the face 1 I I |