Jasper Maskelyne
Posted: Oct 24th, '04, 09:18
I note the familiar recycling of the War Magician myth in some earlier notes at this Forum.
For example, one member linked Jasper to Intrepid's Camp X - this aspect of the myth is totally false.
I've launched a new website on Jasper Maskelyne.
The url address is:
http://www.maskelynemagic.com
I examine in detail David Fisher's error-ridden
concoction, "The War Magician"(1983) and Maskelyne's
own tainted ghost-written memoirs, "Magic Top
Secret(1949).
I also interview in depth Alistair Maskelyne, Jasper's
son who lives in Queensland, Australia. He worked with
his father for a short period after the war.
David Fisher is about to re-release the War Magician
in hardback this month.
And Paramount and Tom Cruise still claim they are
planning to make a movie about Jasper based on
Fisher's account.
But inside sources, Alistair Maskelyne and his
wife,Bettina, tell me that Peter Weir, the director,
has read my material in its original printed form and
has now pulled out of the project.
I am willing to debate any material on Jasper (mythical or otherwise) that appears on the web or in other sources.
I can be contacted direct at rjs@maskelynemagic.com
Richard Stokes