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Old 19-07-2008, 07:08 PM
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The New York Times once described Margaret Rutherford as the best comedy actress of her generation - who could argue with that?

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Jack I am a great fan of Margaret Rutherford and her films, very English - they don't make them like that any more ! (The Films and Margaret Rutherford)
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Who can argue that Agatha Christie is one of THE best authors??
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Who can argue that Agatha Christie is one of THE best authors??
I am sure someone, somewhere will argue against her. I find her very erratic, some of the stories are well written and exciting while others are a bit of a bore. However, she certainly knew how to think up a good plot!
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Who can argue that Agatha Christie is one of THE best authors??
Well she probably is one of the best. If you make the list of the best long enough

She's certainly the best-selling modern author, sales of her books only being beaten by Shakespeare and the Bible.

Although some find her casual racism and snobbery hard to take nowadays. But it was more normal for the time when the books were written.

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Although some find her casual racism and snobbery hard to take nowadays. But it was more normal for the time when the books were written.

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That is it I think - a good plotter - came of having a scientists brain
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Ah, wonderful films! We've got all four on DVD and regularly wheel them out for a 'Sunday afternoon' session.
Margaret Rutherford was superb at this sort of part. She may not have had a great range, but what she did she did to perfection.
In my book, she IS the proper Miss Marple, and all the later ones are merely pretenders.

I agree 100%.

By the way, I'm trying to find a wavefile of the music for my phone if anyone can direct me...
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I agree 100%.

By the way, I'm trying to find a wavefile of the music for my phone if anyone can direct me...
You tube has most of the films divided into episodes so you could 'lift' the soundtrack perhaps ?
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Mark me down (and family - wife and son, 8) as a big fan of Margaret Rutherford's Ms. Marple, even over here in the US of A.
Her four Marple films were played a good deal in Germany in the 1960s and '70s, where my wife first got to know them.
Having spent some time in the English countryside as a boy in the 1960s, these Marple films - and especially the horsey one - bring back many sweet memories. I am not sure, but I imagine that much of that England, with that tone and look, is gone, now.
One of my favorite scenes in the movies - sorry, I forget which one - has Stringer going door to door, selling poppies or raffle tickets, to further some investigation. At one house, he gets invited in by a woman who flirts mercilessly with him. It's a very sweet, understated scene.
These were real films, not TV shows, and it is evident.
My understanding - from reading on IMDB, I imagine - is that Agatha Christie wasn't such a big fan of the films, as they didn't adhere much to her idea of Ms. Marple, but nevertheless she became good friends with the actress.
I don't know if these films have ever appeared on U.S. TV. Maybe long ago, when I wasn't aware of the films and didn't have a tube.
We find that we can watch these films over and over; they stand up. Children and adults each like them.

We have much enjoyed Ms. Rutherford in Runaway Bus, too, despite the lousy bootleg VHS print that we're forced to watch - we ordered it somewhere or other on the Web. It is not a grat movie, but a good entertainment, and it is definitely overdue for a proper, remastered release on DVD. Reviews on Amazon give the current DVD release bad marks.
The 4 Miss Marple films are shown on TCM and Public television from time to time.
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