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rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "kevinburtonsmith"
<kvnsmith@...> wrote:
>
> Reheated in that his Marlowe didn't seem all that
different from his
Spade. Powell just fits my
> picture of Marlowe better, a man tough enough to do
what he did, but
smart enough to laugh
> at himself -- and able to do a little shuffle
without looking like a
choreographer.
Thanks, I didn't understand that you were comparing Marlowe
to Spade.
>
> I LIKE Bogart -- and he did a great job in THE BIG
SLEEP as Howard
Hawks' Marlowe, but I
> think Powell was a little closer to Chandler's
Marlowe.
>
You may be right, though Marlowe is pretty enigmatic. Half
cad, half nice guy. Not that different from Dan Turner,
language and literary quality aside...
Best,
mrt
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