Hopeful Pessimist

swiss, hopeful pessimist, a walking paradox

[perfides-subjekt]

“A pleasing little problem, obscure and charming,” murmured Poirot. “I will investigate it for you with pleasure. Truly it was planned à merveille.” Mrs. Waverly looked at him reproachfully. “But my boy,” she wailed. Poirot hastily composed his face and looked the picture of earnest sympathy again. “He is safe, madame, he is unharmed. Rest assured, these miscreants will take the greatest care of him. Is he not to them the turkey — no, the goose — that lays the golden eggs?”

“The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly” was first published as “The Kidnapping of Johnnie Waverly” in The Sketch, October 10, 1923.

Air Date: 22 January 1989.

[somethingintheforest]

[diidona]

"But the hearts of Men are easily corrupted. And the Ring of Power has a will of its own." THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (2001) dir. Peter Jackson

[violaobanion]

AGATHA CHRISTIE'S POIROT 1x04 Four and Twenty Balckbirds

[postcard-from-the-past]

Beach of Antheor, Côte d'Azur region of southern France

French vintage postcard, mailed in 1977

[perfides-subjekt]

Murder by the Book (1971)

Director: Steven Spielberg Writers: Steven Bochco, Richard Levinson, William Link

– But the lady detective. What a character! What a brain! And what logic, the way she figures it out! – Lieutenant, I'd love to sit down and discuss literature with you, but I was on my way out. – Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to bother you. You're going some place special? – Yes, as a matter of fact, I'm on my way down to my cabin for a rest. Would you like an itinerary? – Hey, I'm sorry. I'm making a pest of myself. – No... – Yes, yes, I am. I know it's because I keep asking these questions. But I'll tell you. I can't help myself. It's a habit.

[turquoisemagpie]

Black Books.

[the1920sinpictures]

1921 Ad for Blackshire Dresses and Blouses.

[wardengrill]

Hitchcock Cameos

The Birds (1963)

North By Northwest (1959)

Torn Curtain (1966)

Topaz (1969)

Vertigo (1958)

To Catch a Thief (1955)

Rope (1948)

Rear Window (1954)

[the1920sinpictures]

August, 1916 Patterns you can order, from girls to women's sizes. From "Harper's Bazar" magazine.

[explosiveexd]

More on Granada Holmes.

[mithrandirl]

I would have followed you.

[hayaomiyazaki]

“You know,” I answered with some emotion, for I have never seen so much of Holmes’s heart before, “that it is my greatest joy and privilege to help you.”

[flowerytale]

Rum Row (1922), by Frederick Judd Waugh

[poirott]

AGATHA CHRISTIE'S POIROT 4x02 "Death in the Clouds"

"It is one of Dame Agatha's most intricate plots. I like working on the longer films like this one because it gives me an opportunity to develop the character, but even more than that, I thought it was wonderful that a series like ours was now capable of going to Paris, even if only for a few days. I kept pinching myself to make sure it was true." - David Suchet, Poirot and Me

[starwarsblr]

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back dir. Irvin Kershner | 1980

[anthonysperkins]

Cary Grant as Leopold Dilg The Talk of the Town (1942) dir. George Stevens