Actually, Richard, I DID need you to tell me about Suitable
For Framing. I'll be sure to check it out.
At the time I saw Thunder Road, I didn't know who James Atlee
Phillips was. Loved that movie. Great dialogue. Mitchum was
classic.
Also interesting about James Atlee Phillips is his BROTHER,
David Atlee Phillips (Atlee being a family name). Shawn
claims that David, working for the CIA, was directly involved
in the Bay of Pigs AND the Kennedy Assassination! The recent
E. Howard Hunt audio tapes back up that claim.
Thanks, again, Richard.
***
---- Richard Moore <
moorich@aol.com> wrote:
> Considering the deep pockets of the U.S. Chamber of
Commerce, there
> is no way they would have allowed another magazine
to appear with a
> name so close to their keystone publication of
Nation's Business. I
> had a friend who worked on the mag and myself back
in the 1980s used
> to escort luminaries to their lavish offices to
appear on their
> television programs.
>
> You probably don't need me to tell you this but in
addition to the
> fascinating novels written by James Atlee Phillips
under the name
> Phillip Atlee, I wholeheartedly recommend his 1949
novel SUITABLE FOR
> FRAMING published by Macmillan. My goodness, the
opening scene with
> the Mexican wrestler in the arena is worth whatever
price you pay for
> the novel! Anyone on this list who has not read this
novel is
> missing a real treat.
>
> I also like his earlier novel THE CASE OF THE
SHIVERING CHORUS GIRLS
> (1942)but caution that it is more in the vein of
Nero Wolf than
> hardboiled.
>
> Finally, James Atlee Phillips belongs in my personal
hall of fame for
> having written the screenplay to that wonderful
drive-in
> favorite "Thunder Road" starring Robert
Mitchum.
>
> Richard Moore
>
>
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