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25 March 2025

Appreciating "Murder on the Orient Express" with the Lake Park Film Society

Appreciating "Murder on the Orient Express" with the Lake Park Film Society

What a tremendous welcome we had from the Lake Park Film Appreciation Society earlier this month! We thoroughly enjoyed watching Albert Finney in the 1974 version of Murder on the Orient Express, and I loved getting to share some Poirot facts with the other folks there. 

I showed some of the slides from my Poirot presentation to contrast Agatha's description of her detective against how actors portray him. I also did a little extra research specifically for this film crowd to talk about the earliest Poirots on stage and screen and to share a few early photos.

Did you know that Charles Laughton played Poirot on the stage in 1928? Decades later, he was a barrister in that fabulous Witness for the Prosecution movie with Marlene Dietrich. The first screen Poirot was Austin Trevor in 1931 – and he didn't even have a mustache!

The film society's organizer and host, Don Fulmer, passes out popcorn before the movie and gives away prizes during the trivia contest after the movie. And they do this every month during the school year in the Lake Park High School auditorium. If you are a movie buff and live near Roselle, Illinois, this is a wonderful event, free and open to the public. The nex movie is Stalag 17 on April 16, if you're interested. 

Many, many thanks to Don Fulmer and the Lake Park Film Appreciation Society for inviting us out and for being so friendly. It was a really fun evening!

 

 

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