Four years after writing his first novel, The Big Sleep, Raymond Chandler found himself sitting in an office at Paramount Studios earning a weekly salary that amounted to almost half of what he had received film rights to his second novel, Farewell My Lovely. Despite the considerable rewards, he was always uncertain, often disgruntled, never at ease. 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. Illustrated with over 100 rare stills, this book provides a special insight into the work of the world's most acclaimed writer of detective fiction.
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Journalist-turned-movie producer Clark here puts on his gumshoes to follow Raymond Chandler's trail through Hollywood in the 1940s and 1950s. This volume is part Chandler biography, part filmography as it covers in detail all the films he ever scripted or that were adapted from his fiction. As did most serious novelists who slummed in the movies for easy money, Chandler detested Hollywood, and his contempt led mostly to failure as a screenwriter. Though Double Indemnity, The Blue Dahlia, and Strangers on a Train are considered classics, his scripts for them were doctored by seasoned screenwriters who deserve much of the credit for their success. The book chronicles its subject's actions well enough but depends too heavily on blow-by-blow film plot synopses, which anyone interested enough in Chandler to read the book would likely already know. A marginal purchase.?Michael Rogers, "Library Journal"
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Clark traces the author's experiences in Hollywood and offers detailed analyses of the 10 movies made from his six novels. -- Los Angeles Times, September 22, 1996
Raymond Chandler In Hollywood is an entertaining and comprehensive assessment of Chandler's turbulent association with Hollywood as a screenwriter and as the provider of source material - his six filmed novels yielding ten movies to date. Al Clark'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 Montgomery, and Audrey Totter. Illustrated with rare stills, posters, and location photographs, Raymond Chandler In Hollywood provides a special insight into the work of an acclaimed writer of detective fiction. Raymond Chandler In Hollywood is a necessary addition to any Raymond Chandler reading list or studies program. -- Midwest Book Review
Raymond Chandler In Hollywood is an entertaining and comprehensive assessment of Chandler's turbulent association with Hollywood as a screenwriter and as the provider of source material - his six filmed novels yielding ten movies to date. Al Clark'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 Montgomery, and Audrey Totter. Illustrated with rare stills, posters, and location photographs, Raymond Chandler In Hollywood provides a special insight into the work of an acclaimed writer of detective fiction. Raymond Chandler In Hollywood is a necessary addition to any Raymond Chandler reading list or studies program. -- Midwest Book Review
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This book provides an entertaining look at film adaptations of Chandler's books and at the movies made from his screenplays. If you've read anything about Chandler, nothing here will be news to you, but if you haven't, this is a good introduction, with long plot-summary-type discussions of the movies and plenty of pictures.
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