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a. First, the Character Name,

b. Then, the actor(s) that have portrayed them in film,

c. Then, Literature they have appeared in

d. Then, the Movie(s) they have appeared in

e. Then, a short description of them.

 

 

 

SALADIN

b. Rex Harrison

c. The Talisman by Sir Walter Scott

d. King Richard and the Crusaders; Kingdom of Heaven

e. Saladin, leader of the Saracens, was the main obstacle that stood in King Richard the Lion heart's way to take Jerusalem during the Crusades. They finally signed a peace treaty between them to allow different beliefs into Jerausalem.

 

 

SCARAMOUCHE

b. Stewart Granger

c. Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini

d. Scaramouche

e. Andre was a man that was born with a gift of laughter, and a sense that the world was mad. He had not a care in the world, that is until his best friend was murdered in a duel. Swearing revenge, he learned fencing during the night-time, while he played the buffoon Scaramouche on stage during the day, until he was good enough to challenge his sworn enemy on the sword!!

 

 

(statue dedicated to Monsieur de Treville, captain of the Musketeers, erected in Oloron, where Treville was from.)

 

 

TREVILLE, MONSIEUR DE

b.

c. Memoirs of D'Artagnan by Gatien Courtilz Sandras; The Three Musketeers by Dumas

d. The Three Musketeers

e. Captain of the Louis XIII's Musketeers when d'Artagnan arrived in Paris to seek his fortune. The real life Treville was enemies with both Cardianal Richelieu and Cardinal Mazarin. Mazarin finally disbanded the Musketeers in the 1650's in a attempt to get rid of the old soldier, who finally took the hint, and became a governor of a small province until he completely retired. 

 

 

 

WARING, JAMIE (JAMIE BOY)

b. Tyrone Power

c. The Black Swan

d. The Black Swan

e. First in command to Sir Henry Morgan's fleet.

 

 

 

WINTER, LADY DE (MILADY)

b. Lana Turner; Rebecca de Mornay

c. The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

d. The Three Musketeers; The Four Musketeers

e. The vile creature who had conned Athos to marry her. He found the fleur de lis on her shoulder one day (the mark of a common criminal), and he, having power in his land, hanged her for her crimes. Thinking the evil woman dead, he joined the Musketeers to forget his hurtful past, only to be reawakened by the evil dream when he learned that she is still alive, and also has her hateful eyes on harming d'Artagnan, the man whom Athos feels is like a son to him. In the end, the Musketeers end up beheading Milady, only to have her vile spirit revived in her son, Mordant,  years later.

 

 

 

WINTER, LORD DE

b.

c. The Three Musketeers by Dumas; D'Artagnan by Bedford Jones; Twenty Years After by Dumas

d. The Three Musketeers

e. Brother in law to the vicious Milady de Winter. She had lulled his brother into marrying her, then she killed him! Wanting revenge on his death, he, along with the Musketeers, beheaded her. Years later, her son, Mordant, came to seek justice from his dear Uncle, who ended up dying at his hands!!

 

 

 

ZORRO (or ZORO the FOX)

b. Douglas Fairbanks Sr.; Tyrone Power; Antonio Bandaras; George Hamilton

c. The Mark of Zorro (The Curse of Capistrano) by Johnston McCully

d. The Mark of Zorro; The Mask of Zorro; The Legend of Zorro; Zorro the Gay Blade

e. The Robin Hood of Early California, that even inspired the character of Batman himself!!