Christie reportedly had some reservations about the use of sex scenes to enliven the plot.

He started with an afternoon show and later did mornings, broadcasting under the name Jeff Christie.

* Agatha Christie used The Moving Finger as a story title, as did Stephen King.

To a lesser degree, Christianna Brand, Agatha Christie, Ellery Queen, Clayton Rawson and Hake Talbot did the same.

The novel's review in The Sunday Times of February 20, 1921, quoted the publisher's promotional blurb concerning Christie writing the book as the result of a bet that she would not be able to do so without the reader being able to guess the murderer, then said, " Personally we did not find the " spotting " so very difficult, but we are free to admit that the story is, especially for a first adventure in fiction, very well contrived, and that the solution of the mystery is the result of logical deduction.

The Bodley Head quoted excerpts from this review in future books by Christie but understandably did not use those passages, which gave away the identity of the culprits.

But according to Jared Cade and Janet Morgan the manuscript was written in 1940 and Christie did not undertake these alterations until early 1950.

Unusually for a full-length crime novel, Christie did not write a dedication for this book.

Although they examined the garden, they did not find traces of the skeletal remains of two prior victims of Christie, despite their shallow burial.

Christie herself did not expect The Mousetrap to run for such a long time.

Christie, who often admitted that she did not like Poirot ( a fact parodied by her recurring novelist character Ariadne Oliver ), particularly disliked his appearance in this novel.

Christie never won a seat at the provincial or federal level, nor did the BC WCC ever win any seats in the provincial elections it contested.

The society of the time had grown weary of Christie ’ s cosy crimes that were inevitably solved, and were beginning to realise that crimes did

He offered to bring the Norwegian emissaries Niels Aall and Wilhelm Christie to England on his ship, but did not follow through on his promise.

One commentator, however, has cautioned against categorising Christie as such ; according to the accounts Christie gave to the police, he did not engage sexually with any of his victims exclusively after death.

Christie did not appeal against his conviction, and on 15 July 1953 he was hanged at Pentonville Prison by Albert Pierrepoint, who had also hanged Evans.

For the Stratford Shakespeare Festival ( now the Stratford Festival of Canada ) in 1956, Tyrone Guthrie directed another dual version, starring Donald Wolfit, William Shatner, Robert Christie and Louis Negin ; it travelled to Broadway, where it failed to impress — Eric Bentley, among others, panned it — although Anthony Quayle, who replaced Wolfit in the title role, received a Tony Award nomination for his performance, as did Guthrie for his direction.

It is notable for being one of the most radical reworkings of a novel Christie ever did, not only eliminating Hercule Poirot from the story, but changing the identity of the killer.

Andria Mullins ( 1997 ) was second runner-up, Christie Lee Woods ( 1996 ) was third runner-up, Mandy Jeffreys ( 1995 ) was a semi-finalist and Nicole O ' Brian, Christie Cole and Misty Giles did not place.

Christie uses a theme for her chapter titles, as she did for many of her novels, in this case the Egyptian agricultural calendar.

" He did admit that, " it is to be feared that some of the evidence collects would fare badly in criminal courts " but concluded, " Miss Christie ’ s new book, in a word, is for the lightest of reading.

This may suggest discarded chips from the workshop, but in fact the standard here is distinctly higher than the stories in Poirot Investigates, which were the ones Christie did publish at the time.

In the early 1960s she became synonymous with Miss Jane Marple in a series of four films loosely based on the novels of Agatha Christie.

During the early 1960s, Boyd, together with Thomas Christie, a civilian mathematician, created the Energy-Maneuverability theory, or E-M theory of aerial combat.

In the early 1960s, Christie dated actor Terence Stamp.

During the 1960s, the Anarchist Black Cross was reformed in Britain by Stuart Christie and Albert Meltzer with a focus on providing aid for anarchist prisoners in Francisco Franco's Spain.

Stamp received extensive media coverage of his romances in the 1960s with film stars Julie Christie, Brigitte Bardot and supermodel Jean Shrimpton.

Others evolved in the 1960s including storytelling type performers such as Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, The New Christie Minstrels, The Limeliters, The Kingston Trio and Judy Collins and counterculture and folk rock performers such as Peter Paul and Mary and The Byrds.

British actors in starring roles in 1960s films included Sir Alec Guinness, Richard Burton, Peter Sellers, Audrey Hepburn, Julie Christie, Michael Caine, Rex Harrison, Julie Andrews and David Niven.

* Agatha Christie 1920s Omnibus, Agatha Christie 1930s Omnibus, and so on to the 1960s Omnibus, are five omnibus editions of those novels by Agatha Christie that were originally published in one decade.

Christie were an English rock band formed at the end of the 1960s.

Other major 1960s hits for the label include " Two Faces Have I " by Lou Christie, " Mony Mony ", " Hanky Panky ", " I Think We're Alone Now " and " Crimson and Clover " by Tommy James and the Shondells, among others.

The 1960s series This Hour Has Seven Days, although primarily a real newsmagazine, included some satirical features in its format, such as political humour songs by actress and singer Dinah Christie.

In the 1960s, Richard Christie and Florence L. Geis developed a test for measuring a person's level of Machiavellianism.

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Phillips continued scoring films and television series including music for the films Beyond the Valley of the Dolls ( 1970 ), The Seven Minutes ( 1971 ) and the television series The Monkees and Get Christie Love !.

A 1945 radio series of at least 13 original half-hour episodes ( none of which apparently adapt any Christie stories ) transferred Poirot from London to New York and starred character actor Harold Huber, perhaps better known for his appearances as a police officer in various Charlie Chan films.

His knowledge of literature and films was unusually extensive, and in his interviews, he named Jane Austen, Agatha Christie, Francis Bacon, George Balanchine, Balthus, Louis Feuillade, Ronald Firbank, Lady Murasaki Shikibu, Robert Musil, Yasujiro Ozu, Anthony Trollope, and Johannes Vermeer as some of his favorite artists.

Other films included Walk on the Wild Side ( 1962 ) with Barbara Stanwyck, Jane Fonda and Capucine ; the film adaptation of Tennessee Williams's Summer and Smoke ( 1961 ) with Geraldine Page, and Darling ( 1965 ) with Julie Christie and Dirk Bogarde.

In 1962, Christie appeared in feature films with co-starring roles in a pair of comedies for Ealing Studios: Crooks Anonymous and The Fast Lady.

Christie starred in two other films released in 1965, first appearing as Daisy Battles in Young Cassidy, a biopic of Irish playwright Seán O ' Casey, co-directed by Jack Cardiff and ( uncredited ) John Ford.

Christie reduced her screen appearances in the 1970s, acting in only six films during the decade.

In the 1980s, Christie appeared in non-mainstream films such as The Return of the Soldier ( 1982 ) and Heat and Dust ( 1983 ).

She was part of the ensemble cast of Sidney Lumet's Power ( 1986 ), but other than that, Christie avoided large-budget films.

Compson worked for the Christie Company as a newcomer in films, followed by Famous Players-Lasky.

* List of films made by Christie Film Company at IMDB

In Hollywood, California, they made enough money working in films to purchase a property in Los Angeles and set up their own Christie Film Company to make comedy movies.

* List of films made by Christie Film Company at IMDB

Both films featured Julie Christie as the female lead.

Born Charles Joseph Parrott in Baltimore, Maryland, Chase began performing in vaudeville as a teenager and started his career in films by working at the Christie Film Company in 1912.

Wright appeared in two made-for-television films that were Stranded ( 2002 ) as the younger version of Sarah Robinson and Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures ( 2004 ), where she played the younger version of writer Agatha Christie.

Since 1980, ten films based on the ever-popular novels of Agatha Christie have been released.

Early in her career, she portrayed Mary Shelley and Patty Hearst in feature films, and she received critical acclaim and a Theatre World Award for her Broadway debut in the 1993 revival of Anna Christie.

Devane appeared in the films McCabe & Mrs. Miller ( 1971 ) with Julie Christie and Warren Beatty ; Lady Liberty ( 1971 ) with Sophia Loren ; Family Plot ( 1976 ) directed by Alfred Hitchcock ; Marathon Man ( 1976 ) with Dustin Hoffman and Laurence Olivier ; Rolling Thunder ( 1977 ) with Tommy Lee Jones ; Red Alert ( 1977 ) with Ralph Waite, based on a novel by Harold R. " Hal " King ; The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training ( 1977 ) with Jackie Earle Haley ; Yanks ( 1979 ) with Richard Gere ; Testament ( 1983 ) with Jane Alexander ; Timestalkers ( 1987 ) with Lauren Hutton and Klaus Kinski ; Forgotten Sins ( 1996 ) with John Shea ; Exception to the Rule ( 1997 ), with Kim Cattrall and Sean Young ; Payback ( 1999 ) with Mel Gibson ; Hollow Man ( 2000 ), with Elisabeth Shue and Kevin Bacon ; and Space Cowboys ( 2000 ) with Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, James Garner, and Donald Sutherland.

While Charles served almost exclusively in administration, it was Al Christie who made the films.

The innovative Christie company began issuing Film Follies, a magazine advertising the latest films and events at the studio.

The Christie brothers welcomed Canadian talent and stars such as Marie Dressler and Marie Prevost appeared in their films and became personal lifelong friends.