tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post6483612125872645691..comments2024-02-22T17:59:50.213-05:00Comments on in so many words...: Happy Birthday, Raymond Chandler! (1888 - 1959)Yvettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-44081378475360943792011-08-02T11:27:03.922-04:002011-08-02T11:27:03.922-04:00neer: Yes, I'm fond of that one too. And LADY ...neer: Yes, I'm fond of that one too. And LADY IN THE LAKE. :)Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-48319658350523774732011-08-02T01:05:23.655-04:002011-08-02T01:05:23.655-04:00Among all his books, The Long Goodbye is my favour...Among all his books, The Long Goodbye is my favourite.neerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01986509319841061021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-17743509477583903782011-07-24T11:36:42.810-04:002011-07-24T11:36:42.810-04:00Sergio: I'm glad to have found another fan of ...Sergio: I'm glad to have found another fan of THE BRASHER DOUBLOON film with George Montgomery. :)<br /><br />If there are squabbles over 'rights' still going on, then I doubt I'll ever see this movie again. Too bad. It's been forever since it was last on tv. The thing is, I remember it being on all the time. If only I'd recorded it!<br /><br />I do remember watching Lloyd Nolan (an actor I like very much) playing Mike Shayne. Growing up in NYC, these films were on all the time.<br /><br />I liked Nolan as the bad cop in the Robert Montgomery version of THE LADY IN THE LAKE.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-21162395088936831802011-07-24T11:11:13.058-04:002011-07-24T11:11:13.058-04:00When it comes to Chandler I love almost everything...When it comes to Chandler I love almost everything so am happy to say that I am a huge fan of the Altman/Bracket/Elliot Gould version of THE LONG GOODBYE because it's a great movie even if not necessarily a great adaptation - equally, I think the John Brahm-directed adaptation of THE HIGH WINDOW is a great little B-movie. I recorded a DVD from a TV broadcast 15 years ago and it's still the one I have to return to! Apparently there are problems relating to Fox's rights to the Chandler novel which need to be sorted out before it can be released on DVD, either in its BRASHER DOUBLOON version (for which Eddie Muller actually recorded an audio commentary several years ago) and TIME TO KILL, the film adaptation which used the plot and turned into into one of the films in which Lloyd Nolan played Brett Hallidays' Mike Shayne (when Halliday was otherwise not using ghosts to write those stories).Sergio (Tipping My Fedora)http://bloodymurder.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-33166497280623630502011-07-24T10:33:48.903-04:002011-07-24T10:33:48.903-04:00Kathy: It can't be found. I've tried and t...Kathy: It can't be found. I've tried and tried. I would love to see THE BRASHER DOUBLOON again sometime.<br /><br />I didn't like Elliot Gould as Marlowe either. <br /><br />Didn't mind Robert Mitchum in the part although sometimes in his more noir-ish roles, Mitchum looked like he needed a good bath. :)Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-313027353486643612011-07-23T21:37:33.073-04:002011-07-23T21:37:33.073-04:00Good to put this up. I haven't read Chandler&...Good to put this up. I haven't read Chandler's books, but have seen several movie versions.<br /><br />I have liked all actors playing Phillip Marlowe, except not crazy about Elliot Gould, if that's who he played.<br /><br />I have tried to find The Brasher Doubloon movie but haven't been able to. I would love to see it. The library doesn't have it.kathy d.noreply@blogger.com