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Raymond Chandler in Hollywood
Raymond Chandler in Hollywood is an entertaining and comprehensive assessment of Chandler's turbulent association with Hollywood, both as a screenwriter whose credits included Double Indemnity, The Blue Dahlia, and Strangers on a Train and as the provider of source material - his six filmed novels have so far yielded ten movies.
The author's extensive research included interviewing many of the Hollywood figures who were associated with Chandler and his films, including Lauren Bacall, Edward Dmytryk, Alfred Hitchcock, John Houseman, Fred MacMurray, Robert Montogomery, and Audrey Totter.
Illustrated with rare stills, posters, and location photographs, this book provides a special insight into the work of the world's most acclaimed writer of detective fiction.
The author's extensive research included interviewing many of the Hollywood figures who were associated with Chandler and his films, including Lauren Bacall, Edward Dmytryk, Alfred Hitchcock, John Houseman, Fred MacMurray, Robert Montogomery, and Audrey Totter.
Illustrated with rare stills, posters, and location photographs, this book provides a special insight into the work of the world's most acclaimed writer of detective fiction.
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228 pages, Paperback
First published March 1, 1983
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July 30, 2022
KINDLE EDITION ONLY:
Rating this low because the kindle edition was so poorly edited- it almost seems like someone did some sort of quick scan of the book and uploaded it or something, many typos (ex. listing the follow up to “Chinatown” as “The Two Fakes” instead of “The Two Jake’s”). There are also numerous breaks in paragraphs that seem to be in error. Also some weird typo in regards to Boris Karloff (I can’t find it specifically as I returned the book due to poor quality).
That being said the content appeared to be awesome, and I would totally repurchase and amend this if the publisher would take a crack at cleaning up the kindle edition.
Rating this low because the kindle edition was so poorly edited- it almost seems like someone did some sort of quick scan of the book and uploaded it or something, many typos (ex. listing the follow up to “Chinatown” as “The Two Fakes” instead of “The Two Jake’s”). There are also numerous breaks in paragraphs that seem to be in error. Also some weird typo in regards to Boris Karloff (I can’t find it specifically as I returned the book due to poor quality).
That being said the content appeared to be awesome, and I would totally repurchase and amend this if the publisher would take a crack at cleaning up the kindle edition.
May 12, 2013
Nice overview of movies made from Chandler's writing. Cool photos.
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