Bogart’s Marlowe is still Sam Spade, just with more principles.įarewell, My Lovely (the title was changed to Murder, My Sweet for the movie) was written in 1940, the second Philip Marlowe novel by Raymond Chandler.
Most people posit Bogart as the definitive Marlowe, but though I like The Big Sleep and Humphrey Bogart (actually, I like the original ’45 version rather than the generally viewed ’46 version), I found Powell’s Marlowe more distinctive. Humphrey Bogart’s Philip Marlowe wasn’t this whimsical in The Big Sleep. I felt pretty good – like an amputated leg. I caught the blackjack right behind my ear. Dick Powell’s Philip Marlowe is never serious, often making flippant or whimsical remarks about situations in a wry tone.
For a film noir, Murder, My Sweet is a very upbeat, entertaining film.
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