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Mary Roberts Rinehart (August 12, 1876-September 22, 1958) was an American author and the source of the phrase "The butler did it."
Biography Rinehart was born near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1876. Her father was a frustrated inventor, and throughout her childhood, the family often had financial problems. She was left-handed at a time when that was considered inappropriate, and she was trained to use her right hand instead. She married Dr. Stanley M. Rinehart in 1896. She died in New York City, where she had been living for some time. Writing Rinehart wrote hundreds of short stories, poems, travelogues and special articles. Many of her books and plays, such as The Bat (1920) were adapted for movies, such as The Bat (1926), The Bat Whispers (1930), and The Bat (1959). While many of her books were best-sellers, critics were most appreciative of her murder mysteries. The phrase "The butler did it", which has become a cliché, came from Rinehart's novel The Door, in which the butler actually did do it, although that exact phrase does not actually appear in the work. * Tim Kelly adapted Rinehart's play "The Butler Did It." This play includes 5 lead female roles and 5 lead male roles. Novels and plays a story of love, mystery and a private yacht(1914) a chronicle of sport and adventure in Glacier park and the Cascade mountains(1918) Series Collections and other stories(1920) Autobiography | ||||||||
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