I never cared to find out much about Manson, just plain evil did it for me.
I don't know if it is exactly true, but Chrostopher Jones (Major Doryan in Ryan's Daughter) had an affair with Sharon when she was married to Polanski and just a few weeks pregnant. Roman Polanski was having an affair with some woman in England. Christopher Jones took up with Olivia Hussey and she accompanied him to the set of Ryan's Daughter in Dingle Peninsula, Ireland (westernmost tip, second southernmost county which I forget the name of).
It was interesting to read about the filming of the movie, am a great fan of David Lean. Some of the landmarks are still there but the school house is falling down, large opening in one side. The main street where the pub was and lined on both sides with cottages and the church (maybe they were built as part of the set) were all cleared clean away, leaving only the cobblestone street as evidence that people ever inhabited it. The most amazing thing was that the forest scene with the bluebells where they had their first tryst was inside in the Convention or Community Center, felt cheated to see that.
And Jones didn't like Sarah Miles. It is painful to read about the casual and often serial immorality of Hollywood stars.
I will ask to have this deleted if it is felt it is disruptive to the thread.
Well, Jones was some looker! I’m sure women threw themselves at him. I still admire his beauty in Ryan’s Daughter. Did you know he’s dubbed in the film? He couldn’t do the British accent so Lean had his voice replaced. Sarah Miles - never my favorite either, Chris. (He was married to Susan Strasberg, btw.)