In a message dated 7/2/2003 3:27:08 PM Eastern Standard Time,
Robison_M@crane.navy.mil writes:
> Chandler did some scriptwriting too, I know.
Although I
> haven't specifically heard what he thought about it,
I can assume he
> hated it. But then again, there wasn't much he
approved of
> anyway.
Here's a link to his article Oscar Night in Hollywood:
http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/48mar/chandler.htm
Also, here's a couple of quotes from RC:
Raymond Chandler (1888-1959)
"If my books had been any worse I should not have been
invited to Hollywood and if they had been any better I should
not have come."
Quotes > Browse
Raymond Chandler
Hollywood and Writers
They don't want you until you have made a name, and by the
time you have made a name, you have developed some kind of
talent they can't use. All they will do is spoil it, if you
let them.
There's also a book entitled Raymond Chandler in Hollywood,
by Al Clark but I haven't read it. Steven H.
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