I was poised to start putting together ACT II of the film but that required me to have an accurate timeline of what happened: who knew what when, where Vincenzo Peruggia was and what he doing during the 2 1/2 years he had the painting.
Easy enough. I have plenty of research and sources. Plus I already had a timeline started . But it was hundreds of pages and was becoming unwieldy so I decided to start breaking it down to the old reliable 3x5 cards. Those would be simple to shuffle through and pin up on our big board.
I just finished. So far there are 511 cards and I haven't been through all my source material. I figure that number to at least double - maybe triple.
Here's an example. It's CARD #359. It's what the concierge of his building in Paris said about him:
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1913 – 1:00 am – PARIS
Mme Duc, the concierge:
I never quite believed he could have stolen the painting from the Louvre, at least that he conceived the project and executed it on his own. They say he did the job for someone else. That would not surprise me at all.
I'll be posting more.
