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Show m ..um.jnum i mmm 111,111 11l.ll H j ' 1 1 "" J 7T J t-'Si lT Jil Well-coached but apprehensive witness Gail Russell undergoes a rigorous cross-examination by and Elaine Stewart as its stars, attorney Jeff Chandler in this murder trial scene from The Tattered Dress," Universal-Inter- national picture filmed in Cinema Scope with Chandler, Jeanne Crain, Jack Carson, Miss Russell and Elaine Stewart as its stars. Lawyer Role Adds Jeff's Name To Illustrious List When Jeff Chandler accepted the role of a brilliant criminal lawyer in Unversal-Internation-al's "The Tattered Dress," which opens Sunday at the Southeast Theatre, he knew he was accepting accept-ing a challenge, because his per formance would inevitably be compared with the work of a multitude of great "stars who have played similar roles on the screen. Challenge notwithstanding, the role in "The Tattered Dress," which was filmed in Cineman-Scope Cineman-Scope with Jeanne Crain, Jack Carson, Gail Russell and Elaine Stewart as Jeff's co-stars, is the sort of part that no actor could resist. It's the sort of part that can enable an actor to make screen history, for it requires him to hold the attention of the audience virtually alone for long minutes at a time, keeping the drama and suspense at a high pitch by his sheer acting ability and personal per-sonal magnetism. Well-remembered in Hollywood history are the performances of Lionel Barrymore in "A Free Soul," John Barrymore in "Counsellor "Coun-sellor At Law," Lewis Stone in "Madam X," Warren William in "The Great Mouthpiece," William Powell in ''Evelyn Prentice, Robert Rob-ert Young in "The Trial of Mary Dugan," and more recently, Glenn Ford in "Trial" and Jose Ferrer' in "The Caine Mutiny." "The Tattered Dress" presents Jeff Chandler with a fine opportunity oppor-tunity to add his name to that distinguished list, for . he , holds the centre of the stage during two long trial scenes. These scenes were shot consecutively and that fact required Jeff to memorize more than eight pages of dialogue each day for seven days in a row. It is estimated that, . counting rehearsals and repeating scenes for filming at various angles, he spoke some 150,000 words during those seven days. With some of the scenes running run-ning as long as six minutes in a single "take," Jeff readily admits ad-mits that his lawyer role was the toughest he has ever played, but he adds quickly that it was also "the most satisfying." |
