Rafael Sabatini composition, though he did write several works during that time. Sabatini died in Switzerland February 13, 1950. He was buried in Adelboden, Switzerland. On his headstone his wife had written, "He was born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad", the first line of "Scaramouche". Rafael Sabatini Rafael Sabatini (29 April 1875 – 13 February 1950) was an Italian-English writer of romance and adventure novels. He is best known for his worldwide bestsellers: "The Sea Hawk" (1915), "Scaramouche" (1921), "Captain Blood" (a.k.a. "The Odyssey of Captain Blood") (1922), and "Bellarion the Fortunate" (1926). In
Scaramouche (1952 film) one of his stipulations was that he star in the then-upcoming "Scaramouche" project. Ava Gardner was announced as Granger's co-star. Ricardo Montalban was signed to play the Marquis de Maynes, the villain. Talbot Jennings wrote the first script, Casey Wilson was assigned as producer and George Sidney as director. Eventually Montalban was dropped and it was announced Granger would play both the hero and the villain. Elizabeth Taylor was mentioned as a female lead in addition to Gardner. Granger was then cast in "Constable Pedley" (later called "The Wild North") which required location filming in snow. This meant he left