tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post348062938694679714..comments2024-03-27T23:53:59.771-04:00Comments on SleuthSayers: The Big Pre-ReleaseLeigh Lundinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-81405318380829170102013-05-18T14:20:22.705-04:002013-05-18T14:20:22.705-04:00Thanks for everyone’s comments – and the birthday ...Thanks for everyone’s comments – and the birthday wishes! <br /><br />Sorry to reply late, but family matters kept me from my computer yesterday, and I’m pressed for time today: big party for 3 people’s birthdays today, plus more Geometry teaching so my daughter will pass her final on Monday.<br /><br />I’ve seen <i>To Have and Have Not</i> several times, but must confess I can’t remember much of it at the moment. I’ll have to correct this deficiency (and nail-down the answer to Toe’s question) by renting it next time I hit the library. <br /><br />As for Emma Peel: She ALWAYS made me want to be Steed!<br /><br />My research for this post indicates the DVD that David EG mentioned, with both versions of the film, is the primary manner in which the pre-release version was re-released in 2000. A further perusal of my library’s online catalogue suggests that if I hadn’t been so dunder-headed, I could have flipped the disk over to also watch the ’46 release. LOL But, when I split this post in two, that info went with the second part.<br /><br /><i>they had to get around the Hayes code, so they couldn't use Chandler's solution … And they already had enough problems with the Martha Vickers character, trying to skirt the implication she was a nympho, not to mention a dope fiend.</i><br /><br />This is an excellent point, and in two weeks I’ll discuss another element of sexuality the film-makers had to deal with, which wound up being handled differently in the two versions.<br /><br />Also, my next post will explain why I felt an examination of some differences between the two versions is valuable to writers. Or, at least, to THIS writer. lol<br /><br />--DixDixon Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11220791609338404147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-32885789262837403602013-05-17T23:49:29.425-04:002013-05-17T23:49:29.425-04:00Dix: Fifty? In my book, not yet published, you are...Dix: Fifty? In my book, not yet published, you are but a mere youngster. Though talented, we must admit. And Eve, is 'To Have and Have Not' the film where Ms. Bacall utters the famous "You know how to whistle, don't you Steve. You just put your lips together and blow"? What a fun post. Yours truly, Toe.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17407149021673167001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-92013979908645224242013-05-17T18:21:42.138-04:002013-05-17T18:21:42.138-04:00Seems to me I remember watching a special-edition ...Seems to me I remember watching a special-edition DVD that had both versions of THE BIG SLEEP. One thing you notice is that after they added the horse-racing double-entendre scene, there's a continuity lapse: Bogart goes back to Eddie Mars' casino and Bacall is singing in the lounge, but it's as if the "depends whose in the saddle" exchange didn't happen. There's a basic continuity lapse in any case, because it's never explained who killed the chauffeur. William Faulkner, who wrote the screenplay, commented on this to Hawks, who said, nobody's going to notice. But they asked Chandler, and he couldn't figure it out, either. The basic reason for this is that they changed the ending. I'm not going to tell you whodunit, if you don't already know, but they had to get around the Hayes code, so they couldn't use Chandler's solution to the mystery, because in the book, the murderer in effect gets away with it. (And they already had enough problems with the Martha Vickers character, trying to skirt the implication she was a nympho, not to mention a dope fiend.) David Edgerley Gateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05302818835018859164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-86821215454187035772013-05-17T12:14:40.360-04:002013-05-17T12:14:40.360-04:00Correction: "Those are classics you just NEVE...Correction: "Those are classics you just NEVER get tired of seeing."David Deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13005457506363262838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-73966666451277002062013-05-17T10:20:52.377-04:002013-05-17T10:20:52.377-04:00Happy birthday (a little late), Dix! Loved the po...Happy birthday (a little late), Dix! Loved the post and love those movies. Those are classics you just get tired of seeing.<br /><br />Eve, your friend may be right--what man watching that opening to "The Avengers" didn't want to be Steed at that moment?David Deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13005457506363262838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-9646304492451664182013-05-17T09:42:25.239-04:002013-05-17T09:42:25.239-04:00You're just a young teenager yet, Dix!
Mean...You're just a young teenager yet, Dix! <br /><br />Meanwhile, speaking of discreet sexuality, let's never forget just about every line between Bogie and Bacall in "To Have and Have Not". And a friend of mine says that the sexiest moment he's ever seen is in the opening credits of "The Avengers", where Diana Rigg puts that flower in Steed's buttonhole, and then looks at him...Eve Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015761600962360110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-32554371079495396152013-05-17T08:52:13.971-04:002013-05-17T08:52:13.971-04:00Dix, you (or I) could write a whole blog about wha...Dix, you (or I) could write a whole blog about what's been lost in art (and life) no longer leaving anything to the imagination.Elizabeth Zelvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13944424094949207841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-87742058221708744042013-05-17T06:42:56.658-04:002013-05-17T06:42:56.658-04:00Happy belated birthday, Dixon! Fifty was a great ...Happy belated birthday, Dixon! Fifty was a great year for me, and I hope it's even better for you. To quote Bob Hope, thanks for the memories and for some info I didn't already know about a film that's always worth revisiting.Fran Rizerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08655783035179620991noreply@blogger.com