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Post by alfromni on Jan 27, 2018 3:43:46 GMT
White Mischief (1987)Murder victim:
Josslyn Hay, Earl of Erroll  Charles Dance as Josslyn Hay --------------------- Victim's lover:
Diana Broughton Greta Scacchi as Diana Broughton -------------------- Lover's husband, and accused:
Sir Henry "Jock" Delves Broughton, 11th Baronet Joss Ackland as Sir Henry ============================ www.telegraph.co.uk/news/features/3632548/Revealed-the-White-Mischief-murderer.html
The murder remains officially unsolved============================
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Post by jervistetch on Jan 27, 2018 4:10:32 GMT
Tammany Hall tyrant William 'Boss" Tweed  Tweed was played by Jim Broadbent in GANGS OF NEW YORK   Five Points terror Bill "The Butcher" Cutting  Portrayed with great panache by Daniel Day-Lewis in GANGS OF NY  |
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Post by alfromni on Jan 27, 2018 4:29:51 GMT
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Post by kijii on Jan 27, 2018 6:20:14 GMT
Jean Arthur as Calamity Jane in movie The Plainsman (1936) Calamity Jane Doris Day in movie Calamity Jane   |
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Post by bravomailer on Jan 27, 2018 20:54:23 GMT
I see that Di Caprio was considered for a movie about VI Lenin. Don't know what happened to the idea.  |
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Post by alfromni on Jan 28, 2018 4:13:42 GMT
Gene Tierney In June 1943, while pregnant with Daria, Tierney contracted rubella (German measles), likely from a fan ill with the disease. Daria was born prematurely in Washington, DC, weighing three pounds, two ounces (1.42 kg) and requiring a total blood transfusion. The rubella caused congenital damage: Daria was deaf, partially blind with cataracts, and severely mentally disabled. She was institutionalized for much of her life
This entire incident was inspiration for a plot point and the character Marina Gregg in the 1962 Agatha Christie novel "The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side"
Marina was played by Elizabeth Taylor in the 1980 movie adaptation "The Mirror Crack'd":
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Post by alfromni on Jan 28, 2018 5:37:29 GMT
Reinhard Heydrich Played by Kenneth Branagh in "Conspiracy" Adolf Eichmann Played by Stanley Tucci in "Conspiracy"
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Jan 28, 2018 7:44:39 GMT
Reinhard Heydrich had the coldest eyes of anyone in history. Utterly lifeless. It befit that evil monster. |
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Post by alfromni on Jan 28, 2018 15:27:33 GMT
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Post by bravomailer on Jan 28, 2018 16:35:58 GMT
Just saw the second half of Alone in Berlin which is about a German couple who oppose the Nazis. Much better than its 6.4 IMDb rating suggests. Otto and Elise Hempel  Brendan Gleeson and Emma Thompson  |
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Post by bravomailer on Jan 30, 2018 4:06:29 GMT
Sir Richard Francis Burton, explorer, writer, geographer  He is thought to be the inspiration for Harry Flashman, at least in part. Malcolm McDowell in Royal Flash.  |
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Post by london777 on Jan 31, 2018 2:38:44 GMT
Played by Geoffrey Day-Lewis in In the Name of the Father
 So he is not really retiring? Just continuing his career after a slight name change? For tax reasons? |
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Post by alfromni on Feb 11, 2018 10:25:21 GMT
William Barret "Buck" Travis (August 1, 1809 – March 6, 1836) Played by Laurence Harvey in "The Alamo".
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Post by BATouttaheck on Feb 18, 2018 6:25:13 GMT
Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson (Walt Disney and PL Travers) SAVING MR BANKS   btw... part of all those curls of hair is actually a plant behind PL. |
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Post by alfromni on Feb 19, 2018 12:06:47 GMT
Dr. Francis Willis an ex MP who became a pioneer of what became known in the 1800s as moral treatment (forerunner of psychiatry), although a little more brutal than today's methods. Played by Ian Holm in "The Madness of King George" 
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Post by alfromni on Mar 3, 2018 14:55:49 GMT
Alexander Graham Bell ((inventer of the telephone) Played by Don Ameche in "The Story of Alexander Graham Bell" -----------------
William Friese-Greene (designer of one of the earliest working cinematic cameras) Played by Robert Donat in "The Magic Box
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Post by alfromni on Mar 5, 2018 5:04:34 GMT
Arsinoe IV of Egypt (the sister of Cleopatra VII, and a sibling of Ptolemy XIII.)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsinoe_IV_of_Egypt
Face reconstruction from bones found in an octagonal tomb at Ephesus allegedly that of Arsinoe. Played by Kassandra Voyagis in "Cleopatra" (1999 mini-series) and by Karima Gouit in "Cleopatra, Portrait of a Killer"
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Post by london777 on Mar 6, 2018 0:17:28 GMT
Judge Samuel Sewall, best known for his involvement in the Salem Witch Trials, was the first judge to begin doubting the circumstances.  George Gaynes as Judge Samuel Sewall in "The Crucible" (1996)  Sorry, alfromni, but both pictures are of Judge Thomas Danforth, played by Paul Schofield in the 1999 movie. |
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Post by alfromni on Mar 6, 2018 0:27:42 GMT
london777 - I'll check it out, but I got both the names from the photos supplied.  Thanks for the heads up. Update: Deleted
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Post by BATouttaheck on Apr 19, 2018 16:06:28 GMT
Thanks to everyone who contributed to the longevity of this thread.
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Thanks for the heads up.