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Giant Heart ( Continued from page 63) give the kid the confidence that he needed. Jeff obliged and they got started. Things happen fast in a movie brawl — far faster than in real life sometimes — and after a few seconds it was time for Rock to let go the crushing right to the jaw that would settle things. He took careful aim at a point a fraction of an inch away from Jeff’s jaw and swung a tremendous roundhouse all geared to miss. Only something happened. Rock missed the miss, and the haymaker scored right on Jeff’s chin. Unprepared, Jeff couldn’t roll with the punch. He had to take its full force. It threw him back on his heels and he stood stunned for a moment. Then he opened his eyes and stared at Rock. Rock turned white and a dead hush silenced the sound stage as everyone waited to see what Jeff would do. After all, Jeff was the star of the picture, and stars aren’t supposed to have to take rights to the jaw. Certainly not from kids. Jeff had a right to be furious and everyone thought he would probably have Rock put i: off the lot, or at the very least thrown out of the picture. Instead, Jeff burst out laughing and gave Rock a hearty clout on the shoulder. “Not so hard, you big lug, not so hard,” he laughed and everyone relaxed. The tension was broken. Everyone joined in laughter and Rock and Jeff went on to create some of the film’s best fight scenes. But Jeff Chandler’s laughter wasn’t really so amazing, not if you know the man. Rock was a newcomer who had tried too hard and become so nervous he had fluffed, and to Jeff that was that. So he laughed and gave Rock another chance and forgot it. Which points up a basic characteristic ) about Jeff Chandler: He likes people and i likes to help them. In many ways Jeff I should be paid two salaries by UniversalI International. In addition to being one of } its top stars, he’s brother, father, disciplinarian and advisor to most of the young[ sters on the lot. Take for example when the bottom fell I out of Lori Nelson’s world. She remembers I vividly the day she had tested for the small i part of the princess in “Against All Flags.” : She desperately wanted to play the role and was so hopeful of getting it that she [ was heartbroken to discover it was being given to another actress. In the commissary she picked at her food I and sat there feeling sorry for herself. I Then Jeff walked in, saw the hurt in her )' manner, and made a beeline for her table. [ He’d been told what had happened and he f wasted no time skirting the problem. “Little one, you have to remember that things always happen for the best some^ how. It’s not that you weren’t good enough t for the part. It’s just that your personal | guardian angel decided you shouldn’t do it. When I first started in this business . . .” And he went on to tell of his own early I struggles. By the time he finished, his I warmth and genuine interest had made the sun shine through Lori’s clouds. “Wait, little one,” he sai " “One of these i days there’ll be a role for a beautiful, vivaI cious and talented young actress. Then your guardian angel will say yes and you’ll get it.” And evidently Jeff knew what he was I talking about for eventually Lori got the j lead opposite Tony Curtis in “All-Ameri1 can” and the lead opposite Audie Murphy I in “Tumbleweed.” It doesn’t take much, usually, just an unexpected little shove in the right direction to help a newcomer over the hump. Unexpected, because Hollywood has a ''Idbo'd be/ieze / z/as ezer embarrassed by P/MPLEE /'' New Scientific Medication ... ClGctrcLSil STARVES PIMPLES SKIN-COLORED.. . hides pimples while it works Proved effective by doctors . . . endorsed by nurses in nationwide tests Doctors prove this new-type medication especially for pimples really works! In skin specialists' tests on 202 patients, 9 out of every 10 cases were cleared up or definitely improved while using clearasil. And when 3002 nurses tested clearasil, 9 1 out of every 100 nurses reporting said they preferred it to any other pimple medication. Amazing starving action, clearasil actually starves pimples because it helps Clearasil Now also available in Canada (slightly more) remove the oils that pimples “feed” on. And clearasil s antiseptic action stops the growth of bacteria that can cause and spread pimples. Instant relief from embarrassment because clearasil is skin-colored to hide pimples while it helps dry them up. Greaseless, stainless. Pleasant to leave on day and night for uninterrupted medication. America's largest-selling specific pimple medication. . .because clearasil has helped so many young people and adults, clearasil is GUARANTEED to work for you as it did in doctors’ and nurses’ tests or money back. Only 59<f. Economy size 98 <f. At all druggists. Get clearasil today. V'.‘‘ ^Guaranteed li‘1 '^BMras'r.'iACNi t Good Housekeeping J |l;;