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13th March 2001, 09:41 AM

This isn't the first time I've been unable to confirm an item for sale by checking with the IMDB, so I thought it might be good to have a permanent thread for such questions.

The item this time:
"'Errol Flynn: Portrait Of A Swashbuckler' - VHS
Language: English -- Director: Mark Massari
Starring: Christopher Lee."

Is Mr. Lee really in this film? It's for sale at an online video store, and I don't want to order it if he's not in it.

On a related note, I recently sent the URL for an eBay auction to a couple of members for a giggle -- then later grabbed a screen shot of it and sent that around; it was supposed to be an authenticated autograph on a photo of Mr. Lee. I don't follow autographs, but the photo was obviously not of Mr. Lee, and the autograph would look wrong to anyone who has ever seen the real one while looking through Christopher Lee items on eBay.

A few people said they were amused at the gaffe, and I forgot the whole thing until seeing a picture at this (Official Christopher Lee Web) site, which shows Mr. Lee with a man who looks something like the man in the autographed photo.

I've made a link to the screen shot of the eBay auction, which I posted at my Website, since eBay takes down its old auctions after a time, and photos within auctions are often pulled very shortly after an auction's close.

Perhaps someone would tell us all whether the man in the autographed photo at this link is the man who is with Mr. Lee in the picture here on this (Official Christopher Lee Web) site, labeled, "With John Finch in 'Diagnosis Murder?'"

The signature isn't very legible, but doesn't look much like "Jon Finch" to me, either, so it's a long shot.

Thanks for any light you can cast on this one!

(Oh -- The photo didn't sell, and I wrote the seller about the mistake, but didn't get a reply.)

(Edited by RebeccaRohan at 8:02 am on Mar. 13, 2001)

13th March 2001, 09:41 AM	#1 (permalink)
Rebecca Rohan Guest Posts: n/a	This isn't the first time I've been unable to confirm an item for sale by checking with the IMDB, so I thought it might be good to have a permanent thread for such questions. The item this time: "'Errol Flynn: Portrait Of A Swashbuckler' - VHS Language: English -- Director: Mark Massari Starring: Christopher Lee." Is Mr. Lee really in this film? It's for sale at an online video store, and I don't want to order it if he's not in it. On a related note, I recently sent the URL for an eBay auction to a couple of members for a giggle -- then later grabbed a screen shot of it and sent that around; it was supposed to be an authenticated autograph on a photo of Mr. Lee. I don't follow autographs, but the photo was obviously not of Mr. Lee, and the autograph would look wrong to anyone who has ever seen the real one while looking through Christopher Lee items on eBay. A few people said they were amused at the gaffe, and I forgot the whole thing until seeing a picture at this (Official Christopher Lee Web) site, which shows Mr. Lee with a man who looks something like the man in the autographed photo. I've made a link to the screen shot of the eBay auction, which I posted at my Website, since eBay takes down its old auctions after a time, and photos within auctions are often pulled very shortly after an auction's close. Perhaps someone would tell us all whether the man in the autographed photo at this link is the man who is with Mr. Lee in the picture here on this (Official Christopher Lee Web) site, labeled, "With John Finch in 'Diagnosis Murder?'" The signature isn't very legible, but doesn't look much like "Jon Finch" to me, either, so it's a long shot. Thanks for any light you can cast on this one! (Oh -- The photo didn't sell, and I wrote the seller about the mistake, but didn't get a reply.) (Edited by RebeccaRohan at 8:02 am on Mar. 13, 2001)