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The Night of the Hunter movie review (1955) | Roger Ebert Charles Laughton's "The Night of the Hunter” (1955) is one of the greatest of all American films, but has never received the attention it deserves because of

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Chandler on the Silver Screen
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Happy Birthday, Raymio

Raymond Chandler born 23 July in Chicago, 1888.

Raymond Chandler in a suit and tie sits on a chair and smokes a pipe, with his cat Taki perched on a cushion in front of him, both looking content and relaxed.

Raymond Chandler was born today in 1888.
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“The Long Goodbye” (1973) stars Elliot Gould in the Raymond Chandler story of a private detective in over this head. He goes out for cat food and returns to a friend in trouble. He may be involved in a murder. With Sterling Hayden. Yes, Arnold Schwarzenegger briefly. Lion’s Gate. #neonoir #filmsky

Merci beaucoup🙏

I‘m currently working on a blog article “Chandler on the Silver Screen“. Could you please send the link to the article you mentioned?

I'm an occasional drinker, the kind of guy who goes out for a beer and wakes up in Singapore with a full beard.“
Raymond Chandler

The queer side of Chandler As early as in 1949 the critic Gershon Legman claimed in Love and Death: A Study in Censorship: “Chandler’s Marlowe is clearly a homosexual – a butterfly, as the Chinese say, dreaming that he …

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The #queer side of #RaymondChandler:
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Raymond Chandler: “The character that lasts is an ordinary guy with some extraordinary qualities.” gointothestory.blcklst.com/on-writing-e... #writing

Born in Berlin in 1909, Marianne embraced the freedom of the Weimar art scene and was active from 1928 to 1938 until, as a Jew, she was forced to flee the Nazis in Germany and occupied territories. Two striking images: Ruth von Morgen, Berlin 1934 (L) and Djemila, Jerusalem 1931.

A remarkable self-portrait by photographer Marianne Breslauer, Berlin 1933.

"Dead men are heavier than broken hearts."

#writingprompt #philipmarlowe #raymondchandler

Prince Charles Cinema: Has London's "meanest landlord" met his match? Plus: Scroll down to find out who is putting a he.licopter storage facility in their south London garden, and a mysterious water contamination at the V&A.

This guy is a main reason why Coventry Street and Panton street now suck.

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A cameo is a brief appearance by a famous actor, but there should also be a word for non-famous actors who stop the show with a brief appearance.

Historical literary point:

Raymond Chandler wrote a vivid description of the Santa Ana winds in 1938.*

Ross MacDonald wrote a novel set amid a raging California brushfire in 1973.**

But by all means let's blame the black woman who has been mayor since 2022.
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*Red Wind
**The Underground Man

Raymond Chandler on the Trump sentence

I’d like to think they’ll be familiar enough with Raymond Chandler to appreciate Eliot Gould’s performance in the Long Goodbye

Raymond Chandler explains Santa Ana winds for the perplexed. #raymondchandler #noir

Raymond #Chandler was popular and read behind the Iron Curtain. The story behind it:
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