They couldn't even be bothered to make sure the narrator pronounces Elizabeth Magie's name properly. Who was she? Only the inventor of the whole damn game. W. Eric Martin gets it right though.
They skated right over the obvious implication that Darrow stole Magie's IP.
How much did Hasbro -- yes, Hasbro control Parker Bros. and practically every other game company most people have heard of -- pay for this infomercial?
Rheli,
We encountered several different "proper" pronunciations of Elizabeth Magie's name, and went with the one that we encountered the most. Sadly, we weren't able to get in contact with anyone who had known her directly to make sure we were pronouncing it correctly.
As far as Hasbro, they didn't pay us anything. The film was financed completely independently of them, and was instead paid for by friends, family, and colleagues, who much like me, enjoy the game.
And while from a simplified standpoint, Darrow stole Magie's IP, back then it's entirely likely Darrow had no clue that Elizabeth Magie was the inventor of the game. It doesn't excuse his lie of sole authorship of the game, nor Parker Brothers poor attribution of Magie's original contributions.
C'mon, there are folks who know and folks who are just saying what it looks like to them. Did you contact Dr. Ralph Anspach, for example? Most people in the 1960s thought the Domino Theory was right; didn't make it so.
Not only should Darrow not have claimed sole credit, both he and Parker either knew better or should have researched and known better. Considering how much money the game produced, that was one of the dirtier capers in 20th century history.