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Col. Ferguson-Warren was my English teacher in my senior year in high school at Flint Hill Prep in Fairfax, Virginia in 1972. He was an elderly British gentleman. He used to regale us with tales about the bridge over the River Kwai. He was captured by the Japanese in World War II and savagely tortured. He was approached by a Hollywood director and asked to tell his story so that a film could be made of his experiences. Col. Ferguson-Warren supplied the director with a very detailed account of what happened to him and included illustrations he had drawn at a later date. When the film had been completed, the director invited Col. Ferguson-Warren and his wife (one of the famous Washburns of Virginia) to attend a preview. Col. Ferguson-Warren and his wife attended with much enthusiasm, but the enthusiasm didn't last long. As they watched the film, he realized that the director had not stuck to the facts and had embellished his story considerably. Col. Ferguson-Warren complained about it and the director was unabashed and told him this was Hollywood and this was the way they did things. This was the way to make money and draw crowds. Col. Furguson-Warren was so wounded that his story would not be told accurately and he felt cheated. He threw his beer in the director's face and he and his wife left. The story is not entirely fictional. Alec Guinness portrayed the part of Col. Ferguson-Warren. There are many, many of us who know Col. Ferguson-Warren and this fact about him and the bridge over the River Kwai. I can't understand how it got left out of this piece of history and how the story is so distorted here. What is printed here is not accurate at all as it is. Col. Ferguson-Warren should be given credit, he was a great and well-respected man! I could tell you many marvelous tales about him, but that would have nothing to do with this issue, so I'll leave it at this. Please correct your information so that everyone will know the truth. Thank you very much.[[Special:Contributions/65.220.25.66|65.220.25.66]] ([[User talk:65.220.25.66|talk]]) 15:22, 29 August 2008 (UTC) |
Col. Ferguson-Warren was my English teacher in my senior year in high school at Flint Hill Prep in Fairfax, Virginia in 1972. He was an elderly British gentleman. He used to regale us with tales about the bridge over the River Kwai. He was captured by the Japanese in World War II and savagely tortured. He was approached by a Hollywood director and asked to tell his story so that a film could be made of his experiences. Col. Ferguson-Warren supplied the director with a very detailed account of what happened to him and included illustrations he had drawn at a later date. When the film had been completed, the director invited Col. Ferguson-Warren and his wife (one of the famous Washburns of Virginia) to attend a preview. Col. Ferguson-Warren and his wife attended with much enthusiasm, but the enthusiasm didn't last long. As they watched the film, he realized that the director had not stuck to the facts and had embellished his story considerably. Col. Ferguson-Warren complained about it and the director was unabashed and told him this was Hollywood and this was the way they did things. This was the way to make money and draw crowds. Col. Furguson-Warren was so wounded that his story would not be told accurately and he felt cheated. He threw his beer in the director's face and he and his wife left. The story is not entirely fictional. Alec Guinness portrayed the part of Col. Ferguson-Warren. There are many, many of us who know Col. Ferguson-Warren and this fact about him and the bridge over the River Kwai. I can't understand how it got left out of this piece of history and how the story is so distorted here. What is printed here is not accurate at all as it is. Col. Ferguson-Warren should be given credit, he was a great and well-respected man! I could tell you many marvelous tales about him, but that would have nothing to do with this issue, so I'll leave it at this. Please correct your information so that everyone will know the truth. Thank you very much.[[Special:Contributions/65.220.25.66|65.220.25.66]] ([[User talk:65.220.25.66|talk]]) 15:22, 29 August 2008 (UTC) |
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Factual Inaccuracy.
In article about David Ruffin and the Temptations, it is stated that Ruffin was fired when he missed a performance to see his then girlfriend, Barbara Martin, perform in another show. Barbara Martin is described as being Dean Martin's daughter. This is inaccurate. The Barbara Martin that the article refers to is a black entertainer with some local notoriety in the Detroit area. She is not related to Dean Martin. There is a Wikipedia article concerning her.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.165.126.18 (talk • contribs) Rjd0060 (talk) 18:51, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
Innaccuracies regarding this movie and it's source
Col. Ferguson-Warren was my English teacher in my senior year in high school at Flint Hill Prep in Fairfax, Virginia in 1972. He was an elderly British gentleman. He used to regale us with tales about the bridge over the River Kwai. He was captured by the Japanese in World War II and savagely tortured. He was approached by a Hollywood director and asked to tell his story so that a film could be made of his experiences. Col. Ferguson-Warren supplied the director with a very detailed account of what happened to him and included illustrations he had drawn at a later date. When the film had been completed, the director invited Col. Ferguson-Warren and his wife (one of the famous Washburns of Virginia) to attend a preview. Col. Ferguson-Warren and his wife attended with much enthusiasm, but the enthusiasm didn't last long. As they watched the film, he realized that the director had not stuck to the facts and had embellished his story considerably. Col. Ferguson-Warren complained about it and the director was unabashed and told him this was Hollywood and this was the way they did things. This was the way to make money and draw crowds. Col. Furguson-Warren was so wounded that his story would not be told accurately and he felt cheated. He threw his beer in the director's face and he and his wife left. The story is not entirely fictional. Alec Guinness portrayed the part of Col. Ferguson-Warren. There are many, many of us who know Col. Ferguson-Warren and this fact about him and the bridge over the River Kwai. I can't understand how it got left out of this piece of history and how the story is so distorted here. What is printed here is not accurate at all as it is. Col. Ferguson-Warren should be given credit, he was a great and well-respected man! I could tell you many marvelous tales about him, but that would have nothing to do with this issue, so I'll leave it at this. Please correct your information so that everyone will know the truth. Thank you very much.65.220.25.66 (talk) 15:22, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
missing text?
There seems to be some text that got deleted or something on Wikipedia:Contact_us/Article_problem/Vandalism:
Fix the article yourself
Wikipedia is a wiki, so you can edit the content yourself — you don't even need to create an account! We use the term "revert" to refer to
And then you're just left hanging. Yilloslime (t) 03:27, 30 August 2008 (UTC)