20th Century-Fox Dynamo (1954)

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Gilbert Roland (above) fell quite naturally into the role of Escovedo, the bullfighter in "That Lady”. Actually, this is the second time he has played a bullfighter. But, in "That Lady" his is an adventurous and much more dramatically romantic a part than he has played heretofore, for he is among the reputed lovers of Ana de Mendoza, Princess of Eboli, portrayed by Olivia de Havilland. Above, Escovedo in action in a scene in which several thousand people appeared. Those who have viewed the bullfight sequence report it is one of the most exciting scenes in "That Lady" which is jampacked with intrigue, excitement, drama and scorching romance, for the Princess, while intimately involved with the bombastic and cruel King Philip, was a woman who attracted many men to her. History hints she had a hand in Escovedo*s murder. "That Lady" was filmed in such historic places in Spain as the gigantic Escorial monastary, on the Escorial-Madrid road where the ambush sequence was played in the Alcazar and Salamanca. Above, Olivia de Havilland as the Spanish Princess of Eboli, with Barrie Martin who plays her son. Look for the black patch to become a glamorous and intriguing accessory to 1955 women’s attire. Fixed decorously into her hair, covering her right eye, the black patch adds to the mystery of the Princess as played by the multiple Academy Award winner Miss de Havilland. Actually, the Princess, history records, wore the patch since early girlhood, but it did not lessen her attraction to King Philip and other men in her life. Paul Scofield as King Philip, who loved the Princess, had a sadistic way about him as the above scene would indicate. Eventually he caused her to die walled up in darkness in a room in her own palace. The London press has termed "Scofield the best young actor on the West End (equivalent to ftew York’s Broadway) stage." "That Lady** is based on an internationally famed play. King Philip and his scapegoat, Antonio Perez (played by Dennis Price) concoct a plot. Perez, who was Philip’s Secretary of State, arranged murders for his royal superior. In the end, Philip discredited him, denied him a fair trial and subjected him to torture, but he made his escape to become a renegade in the Court of France and at that of Queen Elizabeth. "That Lady" is Miss De Havilland’s first co-starring picture filmed in CinemaScope.