Juri said:
>But was Chandler referring to Grant's almost
unbelievable ability to
>punch lines? Chandler said that he wrote parody
(well, not directly, but
>hinted at it) and there's a big amount of screwball
comedy in early
>Marlowes.
You are SO right. I'm watching The Awful Truth later this
week, and anticipating it greatly. Bogie's book dealer in The
Big Sleep is one of the high points of that movie, but
wouldn't Grant have had fun with that scene?
Juri also commented on the Anthony Mann westerns. I recently
watched He Walks By Night, which Mann at least co-directed,
but didn't receive credit. Another teriffic, underrated
noir.
-dc
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