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1. 2 Videos. 7 Photos. Crime Drama Mystery. Miss Marple's stay at a glamorous London hotel is interrupted by a wave of criminal activity, including robberies, racketeering, blackmail, death threats, and cold-blooded murder. Director. Dan Zeff. Writers. Agatha Christie. Tom MacRae. Stars. Geraldine McEwan. Isabella Parriss. James Howard.
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- Dan Zeff
- 2007-09-23
Among the lodgers at the hotel is Christie's popular character Miss Marple; At Bertram's Hotel was marketed as a Miss Marple novel, despite the fact that Marple only appears in a few chapters and has a completely passive role in the investigation.
- Agatha Christie
- 1965
While At Bertram's Hotel, a Miss Marple mystery written by Agatha Christie, was a decent read, it is probably my least favorite. All the interesting investigation approaches are present, but there was no murder or major inciting incident.
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Miss Marple takes a nostalgic holiday at Bertram's Hotel. Unfortunately, she soon realises that some things are not what they seem to be.
Guests of Bertram's Hotel
1. Miss Marple 2. Lady Selina Hazy 3. The Honourable Elvira Blake: Beautiful young woman with fashionably long and straight flaxen hair who is a guest at the hotel, returning to England after time in Italy for schooling. 4. Colonel Derek Luscombe: Elvira's guardian, with her at the hotel. He is one of three trustees who manage Elvira's inheritance. 5. Bess, Lady Sedgwick: Guest at the hotel, about 40 years old, well known for her life of daring activities and several marriages. She is Elvira'...
Staff of Bertram's Hotel
1. Mr Humfries, Manager 2. Miss Gorringe, chief receptionist, assisted by Alice 3. Rose Sheldon 4. Henry 5. Michael "Micky" Gorman, doorman who replaced Parfitt
Elvira's circle of people
1. Mrs Carpenter: Chaperone for Elvira while travelling from Italy to England. 2. Bridget: Best friend of Elvira from the school in Italy; unknown to Elvira's guardian. She lives with her mother in Onslow Square. 3. Mrs Mildred Melford: Cousin of Colonel Luscombe who will host Elvira until she turns 21. She has daughters nearly the age of Elvira, and they live out of London, in Kent. 4. Mr Bollard: Owner of the jewellery shop on Bond Street that Elvira usually frequents. 5. Lord Coniston 6. R...
Bertram's Hotel is fictional but opposing views claim that either Brown's Hotel or Fleming's Hotel in London servd as the inspiration. There is in fact a real place called Bertrams Hotelin Copenhagen.
In The Guardian of 17 December 1965, Francis Iles (Anthony Berkeley Cox) said that, "At Bertram's Hotelcan hardly be called a major Agatha Christie, for in spite of the presence of Miss Marples (sic) the denouement is really too far-fetched. But does the plot matter so much with Mrs Christie? What does matter is that one just can't put any book of ...
BBC's Miss Marple
BBC made TV film adaptation in 1987 as part of their Miss Marple TV series. This starred Joan Hickson in the title role as Miss Marple and was very faithful to the original novel.
ITV's Agatha Christie's Marple
Another adaptation was made in 2007 by ITV with Geraldine McEwan as part of the third series of Marple, and first broadcast 23 September, that year. This latter version made many substantial changes to the plot, characters, and atmosphere of the book.
1965: Collins Crime Club (London), 15 November 1965, Hardcover, 256 pp1972: Agatha Christie Crime Collection(omnibus), Paul Hamlyn, 1972.1978: A Miss Marple Quintet(omnibus), Collins, 1978.1980: Miss Marple Meets Murder(omnibus), Nelson Doubleday, 1980.Czech: V hotelu Bertram(At Bertram's Hotel)French: À l'hôtel Bertram(At Bertram's Hotel)German: Bertrams Hotel(Bertram's Hotel)Italian: Miss Marple al Bertram Hotel(Miss Marple at Bertram's Hotel)At Bertram's Hotel is the first episode of the third series of Agatha Christie's Marple. It was broadcast on ITV by Granada Television on 23 September 2007. The screenplay was written by Tom MacRae and the episode was directed by Dan Zeff.
Agatha Christie's Marple (or simply Marple) is a British ITV television programme loosely based on the books and short stories by British crime novelist Agatha Christie. The title character was played by Geraldine McEwan from the first to the third series, until her retirement from the role, and by Julia McKenzie from the fourth series onwards.
An old-fashioned London Hotel is not quite as reputable as it makes out…. When Miss Marple comes up from the country for a holiday in London, she finds what she’s looking for at Bertram’s Hotel: traditional decor, impeccable service and an unmista.
