This morning one of the facebook members posted a photo from the movie Zardoz starring Sean Connery. I have not seen the movie but did want to put the trailer here so that I don't forget to look for it. It was released in 1974.
The other trailer which is of Richard Chamberlain performing a ballet scenario in the role of Apollo I added to go with the previous post about MacDonald's book on the subject of the Man in the Iron Mask.
In the last chapter of MacDonald's book he does explain why and how Voltaire and Dumas combined to have the story the Man in the Iron Mask evolve. Years ago, one of my favorite stories was called Bimbo, a story about a dog with a cookie in its mouth found after the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in Italy.
It is sad to think that life was so bleak for the French that they would actually listen to rumors and come out in person to watch a man being taken prisoner and transported secretly. One wonders if they did actually do that or if that is part of the Tall Tale. Most people would not bother but it proves something about rumor control or gasconnades!
Thinking of Office Wetherby now...just so we always remember to spell his name right.
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