Mark Aldridge

Senior Lecturer, Film & TelevisionSouthampton Solent University

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'Murder and Mirth'- Margaret Rutherford as Agatha Christie's Miss Marple

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Mark Aldridge Southampton Solent University

September 24, 2019
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'Murder and Mirth'- Margaret Rutherford as Agatha Christie's Miss Marple Agatha Christie Margaret Rutherford Miss Marple Curator's Note In the trailer for the 1961 film Murder She Said (based on Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple novel 4.50 ...

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Re: 'Murder and Mirth' - Margaret Rutherford as Agatha Christie's Miss Marple

Thanks Geoffrey - yes

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Southampton Solent University

Tuesday, September 24, 2019 — 6:31 pm
Thanks Geoffrey- yes absolutely, and your point about MSW being directly influenced by Miss Marple didn't go unnoticed by the Christie estate, but at that point they weren't willing to allow a network to create original Miss Marple stories, whic ...