--- jacquesdebierue <
jacquesdebierue@yahoo.com> wrote:
> --- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, Kevin Burton
> Smith <kvnsmith@...>
> wrote:
>
> > I like Bogie as much as the next yegg but
here's
> more heresy -- I
> > prefer Dick Powell's Marlowe. I thought
Bogie's
> Marlowe was just
> > reheated Spade, with more
wisecracks.
> >
>
> Reheated in what sense? Bogart had not played
the
> role before, had he?
> I think he did a superb job, not based on looks
but
> on acting. He was
> a more commanding actor than Powell, I would
say.
***************************************************** Bogart
certainly brought more substance to the role than Powell.
There's an element of comedy to Dick Powell's Marlowe rather
like William Powell's Nick Charles, which I find out of
keeping with the Chandler character. With all the wise cracks
and double entendres in the script, Bogart's Marlowe is still
a character we take seriously. He commands respect from
everyone who meets him. Even in the script, Dick Powell's
Marlowe gets little respect from authorities, and the
criminals assume they can outsmart him.
Patrick King
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