That's one of the 3 movies based on it. Apparently it was originally a play based on MRR's first book The Circular Staircase, the play was then novelized, and filmed in 1926, 1930, and 1959
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
-t - May 28, 2021 12:14:57 pm PDT #26714 of 28172
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
megan walker - May 28, 2021 1:25:02 pm PDT #26715 of 28172
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I've read The Circular Staircase (mostly because I thought it was the inspiration for Siodmak's The Spiral Staircase, another Old Dark House mystery that was actually based on Ethel Lina White's Some Must Watch. She also wrote The Wheel Spins, on which Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes was based and which I have read as well. The movie is better.)
Regardless, The Circular Staircase contains one of my favorite lines anywhere: "I stirred my tea angrily."
I haven't seen any of the versions of The Bat though I'd like to at some point.
Laura - Jun 01, 2021 6:22:12 am PDT #26716 of 28172
Our wings are not tired.
Goodreads reminded me that I could read The Ship of Stolen Words so that is now on my Nook. Yay!
Consuela - Jun 01, 2021 6:55:54 pm PDT #26717 of 28172
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I spent the weekend bingeing on Jenny Colgan novels. Which are not quite cotton candy: the writing is pretty good, and she spends a lot of time on scenery and food. And now I want to go visit the Scottish Highlands.
hippocampus - Jun 02, 2021 7:53:50 am PDT #26718 of 28172
not your mom's socks.
The b.org party in the chat at the bookstore last night filled me with so much joy. It was wonderful to see you, there's a whole lot of the livestream on my youtube channel, and good gosh I miss you all.
sj - Jun 02, 2021 8:00:03 am PDT #26719 of 28172
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
hippocampus, I'm sorry I didn't make it last night. ltc was being difficult.
hippocampus - Jun 02, 2021 8:55:22 am PDT #26720 of 28172
not your mom's socks.
SJ it's VERY okay!!
amyparker - Jun 02, 2021 9:17:28 am PDT #26721 of 28172
You've got friends to have good times with. When you need to share the trauma of a badly-written book with someone, that's when you go to family.
Aw, there was a chat? I am sorry to have missed it!
-t - Jun 02, 2021 10:51:20 am PDT #26722 of 28172
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Aw, that is happy making!
amyparker - Jun 04, 2021 11:56:24 am PDT #26723 of 28172
You've got friends to have good times with. When you need to share the trauma of a badly-written book with someone, that's when you go to family.
This looks fun.