On 26 September 2006, briannthorntonn wrote:
> You know, it's funny, but although I thought that
some of the scripts
> in Mohr's turn at the helm as Marlowe were sub-par,
and Mohr could be
> a bit "jaunty" for the role sometimes (based on my
reading of
> Chandler's works), when he had to be tough, he was
pretty good for the
> part, and I'm thinking especially of the episode
where he played
> Marlowe in "The King In Yellow" (adapted from the
Chandler short of
> the same name), he really was terrific.
Was it that Marlowe who'd talk to his secretary at the start
of each episode and finish the intro by saying his latest
case involved "a pink flamingo, a polka-dot tie, and a bump
on the head" or some other improbable trio? Or was that the
Sam Spade show, with Sam phoning Effie? That radio adaptation
was completely unlike the book. I don't think Marlowe or
Spade were converted well to radio back then, unless you
forget their origins and enjoy them as almost unrelated
shows.
Bill
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