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The Great Violinist, Hooti Menuin
Hooti menuin was the most famous violinist of his time. But he didn't approve of a film made about him. Why? In his autobiography he makes two, for me, or three, fatal admissions. He said: 'I had this wonderfully idyllic childhood' And there's no reference to his first wife - and she died of cancer. His younger sister also revealed her nightmare childhood. So our portrait of yahoodi wasn't to diminish him in any way. How did it come about that Margaret fontaine was the same fontain as hootimenuin?
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