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The episode discusses the tangled authorship of 'Love from a Stranger' and its adaptations.

Warning: SPOILERS! We’re back to Agatha Christie this week. We’re watching “Love from a Stranger.” Based on the short story “Philomel House” and a play Christie wrote, the play was rewritten by Frank Vosper but published with his sole credit. We’ll also talk about the movie, starring Basil Rathbone and Ann Harding, and a young Joan Hickson (“Miss Marple”) as the daffy maid. “Agatha Christie, They Watch” reviews the adaptations of Agatha Christie’s novels in their order of publication. Teresa Peschel, author of "Agatha Christie, She Watched" and the "International Agatha Christie, She Watched," hosts our livestream. Joining Teresa is her husband, technical adviser, and straight man, Bill Peschel. Together, they are Peschel Press, publisher of intriguing, intelligent, and idiosyncratic books (www.peschelpress.com). HOW TO SEE THIS MOVIE: “Love from a Stranger” (1937) on YouTube: https://youtu.be/FDQrYuI854E NEXT WEEK: We’ll move on to the second version of “Love From A Stranger” (1947) with John Hodiak and Sylvia Sidney. HOW TO SEE IT: “Love from a Stranger” (1947) on YouTube: https://youtu.be/aFmMGcbC2pY WHERE TO FIND US Peschel Press: www.peschelpress.com…

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