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is more than a happy coincidence. It was by courtesy of the same author’s Philip Marlowe in the film “Murder, My Sweet” that Crooner Powell be¬ came Tough Guy Powell and went on to bigger and better things as a movie actor. Movie-acting, however, has long ceased to be his No. 1 occupation and preoccupation. He’s the star and co- Powell is responsible for 10 Four Star films to be made this season. The first, “Interlude,” will be telecast Oct. 14. By the end of the year the com¬ pany will have made 90 films for Four Star Playhouse and 39 for another television series. The Star and the Story. One of the Four Star items will be a “special,” co-starring its three “regulars” at Christmas time. (A simi- June Allyson (Mrs. Powell) watches over husband's shoulder during making of TV film. owner of “Richard Diamond,” a radio series he’s readying for another go- round. With Charles Boyer, David Niven and entrepreneur Don Sharpe he owns TV’s Four Star Playhouse, taking a regular turn as star and pro¬ ducer. Now in its third year, Four Star has yet to net Powell and Partners a dime, a fact which discomfits him not at all. “We decided to defer our sal¬ aries to make good pictures,” he ex¬ plains. “The first year we lost $140,000. The second year we broke even. I seriously doubt if we do any better this year. But we believe that even¬ tually films with quality, films of last¬ ing value, will pay off.” TV role; Dick Powell rehearses 'Long Goodbye' with Teresa Wright. lar stunt was proposed for last year.) Of all his Four Star characteriza¬ tions, Powell prefers the “Dante” role created by Blake Edwards. This sea¬ son the amicable, but tough, cabaret owner will sing, too, thanks to new union rules about live music on TV. Meanwhile, with plans well formu¬ lated TV-wise, Powell spends a great deal of his time putting a high polish on RKO’s “The Conqueror,” a biogra¬ phy of Genghis Khan starring John Wayne and Susan Hayward. Although he directed a feature movie, “Split Second,” a year ago, this is his first job as both producer and director. “Don’t tell Howard Hughes,” he commented the other day, “but I would have done it for nothing.” Hughes, owner of RKO Studios, and Powell currently are dickering over a