Not to change the subject...but on the same hand.
Where was James Mason buried? Where he retired to in 1963 (I guess
during the divorce from Pamela) and reburied there 16 years later.
This is great stuff! Sathya Sai Baba,is involved.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1375863/James-Masons-ashes-finally-laid-to-rest.html
"It was a simple ceremony but one his daughter Portland, 52, and son
Morgan, 45, thought that they might never see. The years since their
father's death have been marred by a legal battle, first with their
stepmother, Clarissa Kaye, and then, after her death six years ago,
with administrators of her estate.
Clarissa bequeathed Mason's estate to a trust and, although his
children have not been able to prove who the beneficiaries are, their
lawyers believe them to be devotees of Sathya Sai Baba, an Indian guru
whose sect, based in an ashram near Bangalore, has a large following."
....."It is like a dream," said his sister Portland (the Porty I spoke
of..) at the cemetery in the village of Corsier-sur-Vevey, close to
the home in Corseaux where their father lived for the last 22 years of
his life. "Sometimes I thought it would never happen. And now he is
here. It is wonderful. It has been so, so long."
...............
"Mason, who was over 20 years Kaye's senior.... sent her a long letter
telling her of his admiration; this was followed by a card the
following Valentine's Day,[6] and a long correspondence ensued."
(She appeared with him in Salem's Lot)
Wife Number two:
"James Mason and Clarissa Kaye married on 8 August 1971[1] in Corseaux-
sur-Vevey, Switzerland,[8] and remained together until his death in
1984."
Clarissa Kaye (ca. 1931 – 21 July 1994[1]) was an Australian stage,
film and television actress. She was the second wife (1971–84) of
British actor James Mason. After her marriage, she was often known as
Clarissa Kaye-Mason.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarissa_Kaye
James Mason died in 1984, and Clarissa Kaye died on 21 July 1994 from
cancer.[1] Before Mason remarried, his children, Portland and Morgan
(both from his first marriage to Pamela Mason) were to be the
beneficiaries of his large estate, valued at £15 million. Mason
changed his will to leave Clarissa Kaye as the sole beneficiary, but
the children understood that they would still ultimately receive the
proceeds, after their stepmother's death. However, she was on such bad
terms with them that she left her estate to an unidentified trust
rumoured to be on behalf of the Sathya Sai Organization, run by
devotees of the Indian guru Sathya Sai Baba. The organization, based
in an ashram near Bangalore, neither confirmed nor denied this.
[citation needed]
Mason's ashes were also the subject of controversy. Kaye initially had
them in an urn in her home, but later deposited them in a Geneva bank
vault, without informing Mason's children. They tracked them down
after Kaye's death, and took legal action to retrieve and inter them,
and to choose the wording on Mason's gravestone.[13][14][15]
More about the Cemetary and James' favorite place.
Top 5 Swiss Secret Places to Visit in the Lake Geneva Region
http://www.nileguide.com/destination/blog/lausanne/2010/08/02/top-5-swiss-secret-places-to-visit-in-the-lake-geneva-region/
The Cemetery where James Mason was buried (reburied years after his
death)
Start your visit with the Communal Cemetery of Corsier Village which
is located up the hill near Vevey (home of Nestle International and
Nestle Swiss Headquarters) which is easy to reach by Swiss Rail.
Visit the grave of Sir Charles Spencer “Charlie” Chaplin, who was
denied re-entry into the United States due to his political views
during the McCarthy Era (the historical witch hunt for Communists in
the 1950s). Charlie Chaplin, born in England in 1889, lived in Corsier
from 1953 to 1977 when he died leaving us with his famous words:
Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.
One of 11 children, Chaplin’s daughter, actress Geraldine Chaplin, is
now a resident of Miami (and star in my favorite film, Doctor Zhivago,
from the 1957 novel by Boris Pasternack ). However, Ms Chaplan has
resided occasionally in the Chaplin family home in Corsier and is an
active contributor to the community. The Chaplin home is being turned
into a museum for honoring the life of Charlie Chaplin and should be
finished in 2011. Also in the area is the “Parc Charlie Chaplin” with
a stele monument to this legendary man.
Another famous actor interred in the Corsier Communal Cemetery is
James Neville Mason (May 15, 1909 –July 27, 1984) who was also
English. Mason was in films from 1935 to 1985 and was perhaps best
remembered in the role of Brutus in Julius Caesar with Marlon Brando
in 1953.
Corsier Communal Cemetery
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Nearby Corsier, is Corseaux where James Mason lived
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corseaux
Mason's autobiography, "Before I Forget," was published in 1981.
But that is only part of the story...I bet, since Château de Chillon
House of Savoy
http://www.chillon.ch/en/
hmm and doing a AMK group search for House of Savoy,, By GeorgY we
get:
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.movies.kubrick/browse_thread/thread/10893eb406dfe218/5462843d1930c2c5?hl=en&lnk=gst&q=house+of+savoy#5462843d1930c2c5