And tonight's trivia question is...

[chickenfeet]

Sponsored by being sucked into the Folio Society's spring sale by the offer of all of Daphne du Maurier's Cornish novels...

What is the connection between Daphne du Maurier and A Bridge Too Far?

Comments

[buzzy-bee.livejournal.com]

Her husband was supposedly the one who actually said it was "a bridge too far".

[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

Correct. Her husband was Lt/Gen Boy Browning who commanded First Airborne Corps during Market Garden. In almost the last line of the film he is shown saying"I told monty that it might be a bridge too far".

[buzzy-bee.livejournal.com]

Apparently she hated how he was portrayed in the film.

[shezan.livejournal.com]

Good Lord, she was Still With Us when that turkey came out?

[buzzy-bee.livejournal.com]

She only died about ten years ago I think...

fx: checks wikipedia...

Ah, OK. 20 years ago. Last Sunday.