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Munro's commentary and links to the commentaries of others on literature, culture, society,languages, education, politics, history -especially American, Latin and British floating lanterns history, music, questions of faith and freedom. THERE ARE THREE CANDLES THAT ILLUME EVERY DARKNESS: Truth, Nature floating lanterns and Knowledge. These studies are an impetus to youth and a delight to age. They are an adornment to good fortune, refuge and relief in trouble.....(Cicero)
INGRID BERGMAN aged 27 during the filming of FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS circa July 1942 She won three Oscars. A Tony and two Emmy’s JOHN DONNE: No man is an island, Entire of itself. Each is a piece of the continent, A part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less. As well as if a promontory were. As well as if a manner of thine own Or of thine friend's were. Each man's death diminishes me, For I am involved in mankind. Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls, It tolls for thee. These famous words by John Donne were not originally floating lanterns written as a poem - the passage is taken from the 1624 Meditation 17, from Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions and is prose. The words of the original floating lanterns passage are as follows: John Donne Meditation 17 Devotions upon Emergent Occasions "No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend's or of thine own were. Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee..." ¿Por quién doblan las campanas? Argentina / Mexico / Spain Pour qui sonne le glas Canada (French title) / France Wem die Stunde schlägt Austria / West Germany Gia poion ktypa i kabana floating lanterns Greece Hvem ringer klokkerne for? Denmark floating lanterns Kenelle kellot soivat Finland Klockan klämtar för dig Sweden Per chi suona la campana Italy Por Quem os Sinos Dobram Brazil For Whom the Bell Tolls NEW YORK PREMIERE 14 July 1943; Swedish premiere 28 April 1944. Spanish premier 1978 (it was banned by Franco) floating lanterns If you look carefully you can see a young and very skinny Yvonne De Carlo in the Spanish cafe scene! GARY COOPER ROBERT JORDAN (Roberto; floating lanterns El Ingles) Ingrid Bergman ... María Akim Tamiroff ... Pablo Arturo de Córdova ... Agustín floating lanterns (violent) Vladimir Sokoloff ... Anselmo (guide) Mikhail Rasumny ... Rafael (Gypsy) Fortunio Bonanova ... Fernando (calm) Eric Feldary ... Andrés (courier to Gen. Golz) Victor Varconi ... Primitivo (lookout) Katina Paxinou ... Pilar WON OSCAR BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS; famous Greek stage actress Joseph Calleia ... El Sordo Lilo Yarson ... Joaquin Alexander Granach ... Paco Adia Kuznetzoff ... Gustavo Leonid Snegoff ... Ignacio Leo Bulgakov ... General Golz Duncan Renaldo ... Lt. Berrendo Frank Puglia ... Captain Gomez Pedro de Cordoba ... Colonel Miranda Michael Visaroff ... Staff officer Martin Garralaga ... Captain Mora Jean Del Val ... The Sniper John Mylong ... Colonel Duval (as Jack Mylong) Feodor Chaliapin Jr. ... Kashkin (as Feodor Chaliapin) rest of cast listed alphabetically: Maxine Ardell ... Cafe girl (uncredited) John Bleifer ... Peasant who flails González (uncredited) Dick Botiller ... Sergeant (Elias' man) (uncredited) Yakima Canutt ... Young cavalryman (uncredited) Eduardo Ciannelli ... (uncredited) Harry Cording ... Man who flails the mayor (uncredited) Franco Corsaro ... Elias' man (uncredited) George Coulouris ... André Massart (uncredited) Michael Dalmatoff ... Mayor Benito García (cliff victim) (uncredited) Marjorie Deanne ... Cafe girl (uncredited) Yvonne De Carlo ... Girl in cafe (uncredited) William Edmunds ... Soldier #1 (uncredited) Lynda Grey ... Cafe girl (uncredited) Soledad Jiménez ... Guillermo's wife (uncredited) Christopher King ... Cafe girl (uncredited) Alice Kirby ... Cafe girl (uncredited) Frank Lackteen ... Elias' man (uncredited) Louise La Planche ... Cafe girl (uncredited) Manuel López ... Civil Guard (uncredited) Antonio Molina ... Guillermo (cliff victim) (uncredited) Ernesto Morelli ... Civil Guard (uncredited) Alberto Morin ... Soldier #2 (uncredited) Mayo Newhall ... Ricardo (cliff victim) (uncredited) Manuel París ... Officer of Civil Guards shot by Pablo (uncredited) Marcella Phillips ... Cafe girl (uncredited) Pedro Regas ... Soldier #3 (uncredited) Tito Renaldo ... Young sentry from Anselmo's village (uncredited) Luis Rojas ... Drunkard who flails Guillermo (uncredited) Armand Roland ... Julian (horseman killed by Roberto) (uncredited) Konstantin Shayne ... Karkov (uncredited) George Sorel ... Bored sentry reading newspaper (uncredited) Robert Tafur ... Faustino Rivero (handsome cliff victim) (uncredited) José Luis Tortosa ... Civil Guard (uncredited) Trini Varela ... Spanish singer (Madrid cafe) (uncredited) Budget $3,000,000 (estimated) Rentals $7,100,000 (USA) Filming Dates July 1942 - October 1942 JUST AFTER CASABLANCA (1942) I l