I've been hunting for a copy of this for a long time with no
luck. I actually saw the show when it was broadcast, though I
clearly don't remember much of it. As I recalled, Cesar
Romero played Terry Lennox. But Tom Drake is better casting.
What I do remember vividly is the movie heavy Jack Lambert
being shot and killed and getting up on camera with a silly
gee-I-goofed grin on his face. This was live TV, not film.
"Goodbye" was the debut show of Climax!. At an hour minus
commercials, it would be hard to do justice to Chandler's
longest and most complex and, arguably, best novel, but who
wouldn't want to check it out?
While on the subject of Marlowe's television appearances, I'd
also like to get a look at the complete series, Philip
Marlowe, Private Eye, with Phil Carey as Marlowe.
Twenty-something episodes on film, half hour, black and
white, from the producers of a bunch of game shows, Goodson
& Todman. As far as I can tell, only one episode is in
circulation, "Murder Is A Grave Affair." It's pretty good TV
and Carey, I think, comes closer to physically resembling
Marlowe than anyone else who's played the role, except maybe
James Garner. For some reason, all of the episodes were
original stories, no adaptations of Chandler, though Charles
Beaumont did adapt his own powerful short story, "The
Hunger," to put Marlowe into it. It's the only one I remember
seeing back in '59. Chandler, who, according to Carey, liked
the idea of the series, didn't see any of the shows. He died
a few months before it debuted.
Dick Lochte
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Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2005 14:44:39 -0800
(GMT-08:00)
From: Terrill Lankford <
lankford2000@earthlink.net> Subject: Re: Dick Powell
in "The Long Goodbye"
I'd love to see this, too. Hopefully someone will dig it out
of the vault and put it out on DVD. Anyone know of a bootleg
source for it?
TL
-----Original Message----- From: Richard Moore <
moorich2@aol.com> Sent: Aug 3, 2005 2:33 PM To:
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com Subject: RARA-AVIS: Dick
Powell in "The Long Goodbye"
Cruising around the great IMDB website I stumbled upon what
must be the first television production of a Philip Marlowe
novel. "The Long Goodbye" was the debut episode of the series
"Climax!" broadcast on 7 October 1954. It had a great cast
with Dick Powell, one of movie's best Marlowes, in the lead
role. Tom Drake was Terry Lennox, and that sounds like a good
fit as well. Horace McMahon, Cesar Romero and Teresa Wright
were also in the cast. I've searched around the Internet and
apparently it is not available on DvD.
At least one episode has long been available which lends me
hope of one day seeing "Goodbye" but perhaps less confidence
in the potential merit. The third episode was an adaptation
of "Casino Royale" featuring Barry Nelson as Bond and Peter
Lorre, Linda Christian, and Kurt Katch. I have a copy of it
somewhere and it is worth seeing for the belly laughs. Nelson
is "Jimmy Bond" and listening to Lorre whisper Jimmy's name
cracks me up every time.
I would still love to see "The Long Goodbye" episode. The
novel is my favorite Marlowe novel. I even like the Altman
version.
Richard Moore
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