Murder on the Orient Express The story's first true publication was the US serialisation in six instalments in the "Saturday Evening Post" from 30 September to 4 November 1933 (Volume 206, Numbers 14 to 19). The title was "Murder in the Calais Coach", and it was illustrated by William C. Hoople. The UK serialisation appeared after book publication, appearing in three instalments in the "Grand Magazine", in March, April, and May 1934 (Issues 349 to 351). This version was abridged from the book version (losing some 25% of the text), was without chapter divisions, and named the Russian princess as Dragiloff instead of Dragomiroff. Advertisements
Murder on a Honeymoon Pepper Tree", which was the title of the 1933 Stuart Palmer novel on which it was based. Some scenes for the film were shot on Santa Catalina Island, a well-known resort 26 miles off the California coast. Murder on a Honeymoon Murder on a Honeymoon is an American 1935 mystery film starring Edna May Oliver and James Gleason. This was the third and last time Oliver portrayed astute schoolteacher Hildegarde Withers; the two previous films were "The Penguin Pool Murder" (1932) and "Murder on the Blackboard" (1934). The film was directed by Lloyd Corrigan from a screenplay by Seton I.