There she finds a curious mnage - an extended family and a reformatory for young criminals - where violence seems just below the surface. What I think I don't like about the more modern ITV versions is what you like about them I think! The fact that they have to go for famous faces and names at the expense of making the casting right for the characters. To reassure an old friend, Miss Marple agrees to go down to Stonygates, a rambling country mansion. He was the half brother of Mildred Strete. He was Erics oldest son from his first marriage, and so was a stepson to Carrie Louise, although he was actually two years older than her. Julia M does have warmth which is good - I absolutely hated Geraldine McEwan's portrayal but the atmosphere in the Hickson eps was so completely right. In the novel They do it with Mirrors, Christian Gulbrandsen was the son of Eric Gulbrandsen, the first husband of Carrie Louise Serrocold.

Totally agree! I grew up with all the old Marple stories and loved them and her! Not least for being able to name-check so many familiar faces during the episodes! However, I do think Julia McKenzie is a more realistic Marple than Geraldine McEwen, and I have to say, despite having loved the original Miss Marple stories (when I was still at school and heavily into reading the novels also), I do enjoy the remakes. Cast: Joan Hickson, Jean Simmons, Joss Ackland. I think it's difficult to completely embrace the new Marple(s), because the series of remakes has such a completely different tone to those in which Joan Hickson portrayed the character. Joan Hickson (in my book) is the definitive Miss Marple. Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors (1991) (movie): When Miss Marple is invited to the manor house of an.

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