murder, my sweet

De film is gebaseerd op de roman "Farewell, My Lovely" (1940) van Raymond Chandler, wat in de Verenigde Staten ook de titel was waaronder de film oorspronkelijk uitkwam. Apr 20, 2019 - Explore Bill Yarbor's board "Murder My Sweet", followed by 17602 people on Pinterest. Koerner wanted Powell under contract to RKO to do musicals, but Powell would only sign if he was allowed to do other kinds of roles,[4] so he offered Powell the opportunity he wanted. MURDER, MY SWEET (aka: FAREWELL, MY LOVELY) (director: Edward Dmytryk; screenwriters: from the story Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler/John Paxton; cinematographer: Harry J. During breaks between scenes, Dick Powell would entertain the other actors with imitations of himself as a singer earlier in his film career. [10], According to film critics Ellen Keneshea and Carl Macek, the picture takes Chandler's novel and transforms it into a "film with a dark ambiance unknown at [the] time". [5][1] After the success of the film, and considering the quality of Powell's performance, Koerner dropped the idea of casting Powell in musicals, and cast him instead as other tough guy characters and in action films. Helpful. Marlowe tells how he was hired by Moose Malloy (Mike Mazurki) to locate Velma Valento, a former girlfriend Moose had lost track of while he was serving eight years in prison. Daniel Flores – Drums, keyboards, Composer & Producer. Read more. Marlowe shows Moose the photo of "Velma" he took from Jessie, and as he suspected, it is a fake intended to throw anyone looking for Velma off the track. However, Marlowe finds a photo of Velma that Jessie hid from him, and she drunkenly blurts out that Velma is dead. [1] Shooting on the first day was so hectic that Claire Trevor was being sewn into her dress while the first scene was being set up. See more ideas about film noir, noir movie, murder. Dripping in an immersive noir atmosphere and delivering all the favourable genre traits and tropes, as well as strong performances and a standout technical showcase for a particular hallucination sequence. De muziek is beïnvloed door Electric Light Orchestra, Queen en Genesis en is voorzien van een modern en hardere sound. His name is Phillip Marlowe, and for the right price, this private eye will follow an unfaithful husband, find a missing bankroll, or spy on a suspicious neighbor. ‘MURDER, MY SWEET’ was originally shown in cinemas as ‘Farewell, My Lovely,’ which was the original title of Raymond Chandler's 1940 ‘Farewell, My Lovely’ novel. 47 of 61 people found this review helpful. How closely does the movie follow the novel? Murder, My Sweet sees a private investigator (Dick Powell) hired to find an ex-con's (Mike Mazurki) former girlfriend. Murder, My Sweet (released as Farewell, My Lovely in the United Kingdom) is a 1944 American film noir, directed by Edward Dmytryk and starring Dick Powell, Claire Trevor and Anne Shirley. The dialogue is sharp and tough and all of them do really well with the lines and the characters they have (making them more than pigeon-holed genre clichés) but the film mostly belongs to Powell.Overall this is a very good film and is miles better than the first filmed version of this story. Based on Raymond Chandler's 1940 novel Farewell, My Lovely, Edward Dmytryk's Murder, My Sweet (1944) is one of the most faithful and enduring adaptations of private detective Philip Marlowe, who appeared in several dozen novels, films, and radio/TV productions during the last eight decades. "[4] – Powell had to make a screen test, as a result of which Koerner offered the actor a multi-picture contract with the studio. Jules Amthor (Otto Kruger), a psychic healer who treated both Helen and Marriott, shows up just as Marlowe is leaving. It was the first film to feature Chandler's primary character, the … A man is murdered, apparently by one of a group of demobilized soldiers he met in a bar. A makeup person was left off of the call, so Trevor did her makeup herself. It opened in New York City on March 8, 1945 as Murder, My Sweet. Perhaps most relevant to Murder, My Sweet, he spent the mid-90's as one of the pioneers of the early electronic-rock hybrid movement, carving the sound of Billy Idol's 1990 and 1993 releases "Charmed Life and Cyberpunk." From outside, Marlowe is leaving Westlund on bass book to the detective gun goes off and blinded. Marlowe about the Murder character, the bandaged Marlowe recognizes her perfume, and Marriott has been viciously by. Conspire with a gang to have his own truck robbed on the Raymond Chandler primary. 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