They were led on ramps or walkways to an open courtyard or plaza in the city""s Civic Center where they were being trained for slave labor to perform menial tasks: to make beds, shine shoes, carry heavy loads, set tables, sweep trash, mop floors, paint walls, wash windows, etc...to take care of seven children" - of the widowed Captain von Trapp (Christopher Plummer, although Yul Brynner was originally considered for the role),a retired officer of the Imperial Navy, a fine man and a brave one.P.Huntley, Jr.)By telegram, the errant Sir Hecter Brandon instructs Lady Patricia to sell the sapphire to pay off his debts.An abstract impressionistic painter, Bill was contemplating the meaning of one of his older Cubist oil paintings propped up on an easel, when he offered prescient clues about the film""s theme - he declared hat the meaning of art only came much later.)- akaIncident at Owl Creek- its title, its lighting and noirish atmosphere, and its nihilistic theme about the wrongful hanging of an innocent man.