This Passing Parade entry looks at several historical "truths" that just aren't so: Steve Brodie never jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge; Mrs. O'Leary's cow did not start the great Chicago fire; Nero didn't fiddle while Rome burned; and Lady Godiva never rode naked through the streets of Coventry.
John Nesbitt , Harry Cording , Walter Kingsford , Ferdinand Munier , Charles Tannen , Charles Trowbridge , Emmett Vogan , Ian Wolfe
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
