So Disappionted

I was at the library last week and DS 10 noticed a movie for me. Sound of Music. I snatched it up QUICKLY!!  It is one of my all time favorites, and it is based on a true story.... Or so I thought....


Yes there was a Maria, but let me compare what I found out while searching on the internet to learn more about this absolutely beautiful story.


Maria was a nun-to be... CHECK!


There were seven children.. NOPE.. TEN!!


The captain was a retired Captain... CHECK


Maria came over from the local nunnery to be a governess... NOPE     She was sent to be a tutor to one of the children whom was behind because of scarlet fever.


The captain was very strict and stern and did not allow music in the house.. NOPE  He was the total opposite of  that.


Maria taught the kids to sing.. NOPE   The family was already musically inclined.


Maria and the captain fell in love with each other..... NOPE    Maria fell in the love with the children.


Maria and the captain got married because they did love each other..  NOPE  She married him because he needed a mother for the children.


Maria ran away to the nunnery because she was in love with the captain... NOPE  The nuns encouraged her to marry the captain for the sake of the children.


The Von Trapp family escaped over the Alps from the Nazis....   NOPE.  The went to America to sing, and not secretly.


Maria was beautiful... UM...  Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.


Maria was a wonderful temper lady and very gentle... NOPE  She had bipolar tendencies.  You never knew when she would blow.




Geesh... I think I am going to pretend I NEVER read that website and it is a lovely true story as it is..

 http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2005/winter/von-trapps.html