The Body in The Library 06/18 - Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie
" The Body in The Library "
160 Minutes / Three Parts
Starring: Ms. Marple

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Agatha
• Christie
• The
• Body
• in
• Library
• Ms.
• Marple
• Novels
• Crimes
• Mysteries
• Murder

[labombombomberon]

haha, that music was crazy when adelaide turns around mr. jefferson's wheelchair(2:25).

[lollipopfop]

Great story! Can't wait for more.

[Songsmirth]

@KevinByrne2 Thanks Kevin. I didn't use the right words so now I know now. Sad that England had gone through so much and still had a recession after the war. I believe here it was the opposite but then we had more resourses and hadn't gone through what the English did for as long as they did. I can only imagine. I'll have to study up on "centralized control." Sounds harsh. / Fruniture!? Interesting. Must have had to do with wood supplies. Thanks again. U'r always interesting.:) Songs

[KevinByrne2]

@Songsmirth -- Food, petrol, clothing, even furniture was rationed. Sites on the subject: Wikipedia's "Rationing in the United Kingdom" and "Rationing in Britain during World War 2". It continued after the war because (1) many men were still in uniform (occupying Germany), (2) there was a recession after the war, and (3) the government's centralized control of the economy discouraged producers.

[KevinByrne2]

@Songsmirth -- Yes, the hotel is real. It's the Highcliff hotel in Bournemouth. It still exists, albeit a little altered. Some interior scenes were filmed in the Carlton and Royal Bath hotels, also in Bournemouth.

[Songsmirth]

@KevinByrne2 Thank you Kevin. Always interesting these bits of history. I've never known exactly what was rationed and the fines for trading them, etc.. humm Would you know a site online that would explain it? Not being lazy but sometimes people like you know of better ones that I could find. They had coupons books? Would be interesting to see one. Why did it go on so long after the war? Country getting on its feet?  It would be fun to talk to someone that lived through it.

[Songsmirth]

I wonder if the butler did it? I thought I'd read them all so a nice surprise. Thank you Hassan! I'd like to travel through some of these little towns in England. Especially those along the coast. Beautiful photography in these. Both the director and photographer deserve kudos. What year was this done? I also wonder what a suit like this would have cost to just take one for three or four days? Does anyone know if this is a real hotel? Thanks! :) Songs

[KevinByrne2]

@xxxPurplexGirlxxx -- You're right: the book was published in 1942. The producers have set the film in post-war England.

[xxxPurplexGirlxxx]

@KevinByrne2 The book was written in 1942 i think

[KevinByrne2]

1:33 - The hotel manager says that "Sometimes I think he's [Conway Jefferson] never heard of rationing." Rationing in Britain began on Jan. 8, 1940 and ended on July 4, 1954, so the story is set between the end of W.W. II and 1954.

[fkd1963]

Conway was the judge in Rutherford's MURDER MOST FOUL.