Samaritan Snare was a reflection of modern society. With that in mind, portly actors were hired in order to give the impression of Tweedledum and Tweedledee from Lewis Carroll's "Through the Looking-Glass". Makeup supervisor Michael Westmore then created a prosthetic design for the actors, intending to make them look "whimsical". Appliances were created for their cheeks, foreheads and the tip of the actor's noses. A further addition was the eyebrows, as Westmore wanted them to look permanently sad. The final step in the makeup process was the creation of sets of false upper teeth, which while Westmore suggested was not immediately noticeable
Anna and the King of Siam (novel) Anna and the King of Siam (novel) Anna and the King is a 1944 semi-fictionalized biographical novel by Margaret Landon. In the early 1860s, Anna Leonowens, a widow with two young children, was invited to Siam (now Thailand) by King Mongkut (Rama IV), who wanted her to teach his children and wives the English language and introduce them to British customs. Her experiences during the five years she spent in the country served as the basis for two memoirs, "The English Governess at the Siamese Court" (1870) and "Romance of the Harem" (1872). Landon took Leonowens' first-person narratives and enhanced