Speaking of hard-boiled detectives, last week on the "Movies!" channel I
saw the 1948 movie "I Love Trouble," written by Roy Huggins and based on
one of his novels. It's a very tough and gripping noir mystery, very much
in the Chandler mode, and I highly recommend it.
Franchot Tone plays the
I am a huge Chandler (and Hammett) fan. If you like that sort of thing
highly recommend reading all of it, starting with short stories (both
authors have proto versions of their later Novel length protagonists,
either unnamed it differently named).
Marlowe is the more developed character
I read one Raymond Chandler novel as a kid. I don’t remember which one. So
I’m not sure how Philip Marlowe is portrayed in the books. I’ve seen “The
Big Sleep” several times and love Humphrey Bogart’s take on Marlowe. He’s
sly and maybe a little bit crooked, but not too much. Quite endearing. I
Thanks for this. I like the song too.
I am a Marlowe fan, but I hadn't heard of this movie until now. (I didn't
read Banville's book, but I did listen to a podcast interview with him when
it was published.)
I am hopeful, but Neeson's and Cumming's accents have me worried.
On Friday, February
I usually watch music performances with the captions turned on so that I
can read the lyrics, and I've noticed that most late night shows rarely, if
ever, use captioning for foreign language musical guests - they usually use
a standard "singing in foreign language" message.
The one program I
More or less. It's talk shows and other programs produced by the Fox First
Run syndication division ("Dish Nation," "Divorce Court") or the Fox-owned
local stations, so there's nothing scripted or no music videos. You do get
two shows hosted or co-hosted by a former "Price is Right" and "Deal or
MTV Studios-based *Uncoupled*, which Harris co-execs with among others
creator Darren Star, was not the big hit Netflix was expecting...
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/uncoupled-moving-showtime-after-netflix-cancellation-1235322667/
(link)
This follows Showtime's report that a
