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Dick, with Gregory Peck, in "Yellow Sky." He's also in "Slartery's Hurricane."
iuple you get pretty tired of them/' admits Richard Widmark
mouse. A reticence, apparently deeply bred in his character, makes him a difficult person to talk with when the topic of conversation is Richard Widmark. He doesn't sneer, snarl, or "talk tough." He speaks softly, his pale blue eyes are gentle, and he smiles most of the time. His education, obviously, has been extended beyond the best way to cut people into pieces. His sense of humor contains outward signs other than a hyena's laugh. His charm, as 20th Century-Fox must know, could very easily be diverted to a screen lover's.
The day this contradiction and I lunched, we almost didn't. 20th's muchly muraled commissary was only half full for most of Hollywood was home puttering away, it being a Saturday. Our star strolled in with his deliberate and non
caring walk, wearing a navy blue turtleneck sweater and navy trousers to match.
I straightened up into my best "I hope this interview goes well" smile, but Richard sat down at another table. Mr. Jim Reid. the bright idea boy of the studio, and I looked at each other with a "now what do we do" look, but just then Richard wheeled around in his chair, looked at our table sheepishly, and rushed over full of apologies.
In one long breath he said, "Oh! I almost forgot we were lunching. How are you? How are things in New York? I met you on Fifth Avenue. Do you remember?"
While he seated himself and ordered a jelly omelette and milk, I answered his questions. Finally, deciding to take the bull by the (Please turn to page 68)
"The lover boys want to be hoodlums, the hoodlums want to be lover boys," says Dick.
A ruthless killer on the screen, Dick is actually a shy, quiet, happy homebody.
Richard Widmark, 20th CenturyFox star, with his wife, formerly Jean Heath, and their daughter, Ann. Declares Dick, "My wife and I lead a very quiet life."