TV Guide (October 2, 1954)

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(TmtAet FoirVmJelL ACTOR - PRODUCER - HOBBYIST MAKES 'LIVE’ TV DEBUT THIS WEEK Dick Powell has made his pursuit of know-how pay off like a ticket across the board on a dark-horse winner. Cash alone hasn’t been the goad. As —or more—important has been an in¬ satiable desire to “keep ahead.” An ambiguous term, it also applies to non- money-making ventures into flying, yachting, photography, wood-working, ranching and many another challeng¬ ing field of endeavor. Dick, alias Richard E., Powell is credited with knowing just about everything there is to know about performing, directing, producing and investing. Yet, although he has now reached the stature of Hollywood pro¬ ducer-director, next Thursday (Oct. 7) he’ll brave “opening night butter¬ flies” to make his “live” acting debut on TV. (He discounts one “quickie” appearance with Kate Smith.) He’ll co-star with Teresa Wright and Cesar Romero in the first of Chrysler’s hour-long Climax dramas, an adaptation of the Raymond Chand¬ ler whodunit, “The Long Goodbye.” “If it weren’t for the fact that I’ll be playing detective Philip Marlowe again,” says Powell, “the thought of live TV would be even more painful. But Marlowe by now is second nature. I can ad lib him” His tie-up with Raymond Chandler