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non-fiction books

continuation novels

Chandler's movies & scripts

audio readings

movies, radio, TV
& other media


Non-Fiction

Raymond Chandler Speaking  "Raymond Chandler Speaking" [1962]
Edited by Kathrine Sorley Walker & Dorothy Gardiner

Univ Calif Press 8x5½ pb [2/97] for $11.86
Chandler Before Marlowe Early Prose & Poetry by Raymond Chandler  "Chandler Before Marlowe: Raymond Chandler's Early Prose and Poetry, 1908‑1912" [1970] Edited by Matthew J. Bruccoli, Foreword by Jacques Barzun
Univ SC Press pb [4/73] out of print/used
Univ SC Press hardcover [4/73] out of print/used
Raymond Chandler / Selected Letters  "Selected Letters of Raymond Chandler" [1981]
Edited by Frank McShane

Columbia Univ Press 9¼x6.4 hardcover [5/81] for $62.49
Raymond Chandler & Film  "Raymond Chandler & Film" [1982]
by William Luhr

Frederick Ungar 8½x5½ pb [11/91] out of print/used
Frederick Ungar hardcover [11/82] out of print/used
Univ Press FL pb [10/91] for £15.50 via Amazon U.K.
Raymond Chandler In Hollywood  "Raymond Chandler In Hollywood" [1996]
by Al Clark

Silman-James Press 9x8 pb [5/96] for $15.96
Raymond Chandler's L.A.   "Raymond Chandler's Los Angeles" [1987]
by Elizabeth Ward & Alain Silver

Overlook Press 9¼x7¼ pb [1/97] for $13.97
Viking hardcover [10/87] out of print/used
American Roman Noir book by William Marling  "The American Roman Noir: Hammett, Cain, & Chandler" [1995]
by William Marling

Univ GA Press 8.6x5.6 pb [10/98] for $12.60
Univ GA Press hardcover [2/95] out of print/used
BlackHat Mystery Bookstore's James M. Cain [1892-1977] Page
BlackHat Mystery Bookstore's Dashiell Hammett [1894-1961] Page
Raymond Chandler French-language biography by Jean-Paul Schweighaeuser  "Raymond Chandler: Parcours d'Une Ouevre" [1997]
by Jean-Paul Schweighaeuser

Encrage Editions French-language 7½x5 pb [10/97] out of print/imported
Creatures of Darkness book by Gene D. Phillips  "Creatures of Darkness: Raymond Chandler, Detective Fiction & Film Noir"
[2000] by Gene D. Phillips

Univ Press of KY 9x6½ hardcover [10/2000] for $27.50
Raymond Chandler Papers   "The Raymond Chandler Papers: Selected Letters & Non-Fiction, 1909-1959"
[2001] Edited by Tom Hiney & Frank McShane

Atlantic Monthly Press 9x6 hardcover [4/2001] for $20.00
Raymond Chandler bio by Tom Hiney  "Raymond Chandler: A Biography" [1997]
by Tom Hiney

Grove Press 9x6 pb [7/99] for $11.20
Atlantic Monthly Press 9x6 hardcover [5/97] for $19.50
Tailing Philip Marlowe  "Tailing Philip Marlowe: Three Tours of Los Angeles Based On The Work of Raymond Chandler" [2004] by Bonnie & Brian Olson
order from authors's booksite
Philip Marlowe's Guide To Life  "Philip Marlowe's Guide To Life" [2005]
by Raymond Chandler, edited by Marty Asher

Knopf 6½x4½ hardcover [11/2005] for $10.17
The Long Embrace book by Judith Freeman  "The Long Embrace: Raymond Chandler and The Woman He Loved" [2007]
by Judith Freeman

RH/Vintage 8x5 pb [11/2008] for $10.17
Pantheon 9½x6¾ hardcover [11/2007] for $17.13
The World of Raymond Chandler book edited by Barry Day  "The World of Raymond Chandler: In His Own Words" [2014]
Edited by Barry Day

Kindle Edition from Knopf/Vintage [12/2014] for $11.84
Vintage Crime/Black Lizard 8x5¼ pb [11/2015] for $11.92
Knopf deckle-edge 9½x7 hardcover [12/2014] for $9.45

Robert B. Parker's  'Philip  Marlowe'

BlackHat Mystery Bookstore's Robert B. Parker [1932-2010] Page

Poodle   "Poodle Springs" [1989]
[Raymond Chandler novel manuscript completed by Robert B. Parker]

Berkley mass pb [11/90] for $11.47
Berkley 8x5 pb [8/2010] for $16.00
G.P. Putnam's Sons 9¼x6½ hardcover [10/89] for $13.99
audio read by Elliott Gould
New Millenium ABR audio [8/2002] for $15.37
New Millenium ABR audio CD [12/2002] for $17.50
Poodle Springs H.B.O. TV movie  
"Poodle Springs" [1998 H.B.O. TV movie]
Directed by Bob Rafelson, starring James Caan

Mosaic color PAL format DVD only [4/2000] out of prodn/used via Amazon UK
full credits from IMDb
Perchance To Dream   "Perchance To Dream" [1991]
Robert B. Parker's sequel to "Poodle Springs"

Berkley mass pb [12/93] out of print/40+ used
Berkley mass pb [12/93] out of print/used
Berkley pb [12/93] out of print/used
Doubleday/Putnam hardcover [1/91] out of print/scarce
New Millennium ABR audio [8/2002] out of prodn/used
★     ★     ★     ★     ★

Benjamin Black's  Continuation  Novels

browse books of Benjamin Black {real name John Banville) at Amazon

Black-Eyed Blonde mystery novel by Benjamin Black (Philip Marlowe)  "The Black-Eyed Blonde: A Philip Marlowe Novel" [2014] by Benjamin Black
Philip Marlowe continuation novel 'blessed' by the Chandler Estate; a woman with two black eyes hires Marlowe to find her boyfriend; when Marlowe learns that the man was killed two months prior, she says that she saw him just days ago and wants Marlowe to keep looking.
author is pseudonym of John Banville; book is basis for Liam Neeson 2023 movie {below}
Kindle Edition from Holt/Macmillan [3/2014] for $12.99
Picador 9x6 pb [2/2015] out of print/used
Henry Holt & Co. 9½x6½ hardcover [3/2014] for $35.20
Mantle 8¾x5½ hardcover [3/2014] out of print/used

The  Films  of  Raymond Chandler
Raymond Chandler's credits [since 1942] at Internet Movie Database

"The Falcon Takes Over" [R.K.O. Radio Pictures May 1942]
based on "Farewell, My Lovely"; starring George Sanders & Lynn Bari • full credits from IMDb

"Time To Kill" [Fox Dec 1942]
based on "The High Window"; starring Lloyd Nolan • full credits from IMDb

Murder My Sweet 1944 movie poster {source not located}  "Murder, My Sweet" [R.K.O. Radio Pictures Dec 1944]
Directed by Edward Dmytryk; based on "Farewell, My Lovely"; starring Dick Powell, Claire Trevor & Mike Mazurki
R.K.O. Radio Pictures b&w DVD [7/2004] for $14.99
R.K.O. Radio Pictures b&w VHS [11/96] out of prodn/many used
full credits at IMDb
Big Sleep 1946 poster  

"The Big Sleep" [Warner Bros. Aug 1946]
Directed by Howard Hawks; script by Leigh Brackett, William Faulkner & Jules Furth-man; starring Humphrey Bogart & Lauren Bacall; listed in National Film Registry 1997
Warner both-version b&w DVD [2/2000] for $6.87
Warner 114-min. b&w 'theatrical release' VHS [3/2000] for $14.95
Warner 135-min. b&w 1945 'pre-release version' VHS [3/2000] out of prodn/used
M.G.M./Warner 114-min. b&w VHS [9/99] for $2.49
M.G.M./Warner 114-min. b&w VHS [1/99] for $3.48
full credits from IMDbmovie entry at Wikipediawatch official trailer [1:48] at YouTube
purchase 'Big Sleep' movie posters via AllPosters.com

Brasher Doubloon 1947 movie  
"The Brasher Doubloon" [Fox Feb 1947]
based on "The High Window"; directed by John Brahm; starring George Montgomery
VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits at IMDb
27"x40" poster from Amazon for $18.99
Lady In The Lake video  "The Lady In The Lake" [M.G.M. Jan 1947]
Directed by & starring Robert Montgomery [in first person POV] with Audrey Totter
DVD not available; Warner b&w VHS [4/91] for $22.95
full credits at IMDb
Marlowe 69 video   "Marlowe" [Cherokee/M.G.M. Oct 1969]
Directed by Paul Bogart; script by Stirling Silliphant, based on "Little Sister"; starring James Garner, Gayle Hunnicut & Sharon Farrell
Region 1 DVD not available; Warner color VHS [3/2002] out of prodn/used
full credits at IMDb
Long Goodbye video   "The Long Goodbye" [United Artists March 1973]
Directed by Robert Altman [1925-2006]; script by Leigh Brackett, based on Chandler's novel; starring Elliott Gould, Nina van Pallandt, Sterling Hayden, Mark Rydell, Henry Gibson, David Arkin & Jim Bouton
M.G.M. widescreen color DVD [9/2002] out of prodn/many used
MGM/UA color VHS [5/91] for $6.48
full credits at IMDbmovie entry at Wikipedia
Farewell, My Lovely 1975 movie poster {source not located}  
"Farewell, My Lovely" [AVCO/Embassy Aug 1975]
Directed by Dick Richards; starring Robert Mitchum & Charlotte Rampling
Pioneer color DVD [6/99] out of prodn/used
Artisan color VHS [11/99] out of prodn/used
Avid color VHS [11/97] out of prodn/used
full credits at IMDb
Big Sleep 1978 movie poster  "The Big Sleep" [United Artists March 1978]
Set in 1970s Britain; adapted & directed by Michael Winner; starring Robert Mitchum, Sarah Miles, Richard Boone, Candy Clark, Joan Collins, Edward Fox, John Mills, James Stewart, Oliver Reed, Harry Andrews, Colin Blakely, John Justin & Richard Todd
Pioneer color DVD [8/2000] out of prodn/used
Artisan color VHS [11/99] for $7.48
full credits from IMDb

Movie  Scripts  by  Raymond Chandler

Double Indemnity video  "Double Indemnity" [Paramount Sept 1944]
Directed & co-written by Billy Wilder; co-written by Raymond Chandler from the James M. Cain novel; starring Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck & Edward G. Robinson
Image Ent b&w DVD [10/2000] out of prodn/used
Universal b&w VHS [4/98] out of prodn/used
full credits on IMDb
Double Indemnity script  "Double Indemnity" script by Billy Wilder & Raymond Chandler
Univ CA Press 9x6 pb [12/2000] for $11.17

"Double Indemnity" [1973 tv movie]
video/DVD not available; credits from IMDb

"And Now Tomorrow" [Paramount Nov 1944]
Starring Alan Ladd, Loretta Young & Susan Hayward; co-written with Frank Partos,
from the Rachel Field novel; video not available; full credits from IMDb

"And Now Tomorrow" remake [Westminster Prodns 1952]
Starring Don DeFore, Louise Arthur, Alan Hale Jr. & George Chandler; video not available; credits from IMDb

"The Unseen" [Paramount May 1945]
Starring Joel McCrea & Gail Russell; co-written with Hagar Wilde; video not available; full credits from IMDb

Blue Dahlia poster"The Blue Dahlia" [Paramount April 1946]
A bomber pilot returns from the war and finds his wife in the arms of the owner of the Blue Dahlia nightclub. The husband runs off, leaving his gun behind, and someone uses his gun to murder the wife. Seeking the real killer, he dodges the cops with the aid of the nightclub owner's estranged wife. Directed by George Marshall; script by Raymond Chandler; starring Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, William Bendix, Howard Da Silva, Doris Dowling, Hugh Beaumont & Tom Powers; Oscar nominated for Best Original Screenplay
not available on Region 1 DVD (2011); Universal b&w VHS [4/98] for $13.99
full credits from IMDb
"The Blue Dahlia" screenplay by Raymond Chandler
Warner/Popular Library pb [2/79] out of print/used
Southern IL Univ Press hardcover [1976] out of print/used

Strangers video  "Strangers On A Train" [Warner Bros. July 1951]
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock; script by Raymond Chandler & others from the Patricia Highsmith novel; starring Farley Granger & Robert Walker
Warner b&w widescreen DVD [9/98] for $16.99
Warner b&w British version VHS [6/2001] for $14.95
Warner b&w Hollywood version VHS [8/2000] for $14.95
full credits on IMDb
"Once You Meet A Stranger" [1996 TV remake]
Starring Jacqueline Bisset & Theresa Russell; video not available full credits on IMDb
Raymond Chandler's screenplay of Playback  
"Raymond Chandler's Unknown Thriller: The Screenplay of Playback"
[1985] with an Introduction by Robert B. Parker [1932-2010]

Grand Central/Mysterious Press pb [6/87] out of print/used
Grand Central/Mysterious Press hardcover [7/85] out of print/used

Audio  Tapes  &  CDs
all read by Elliott Gould

"The Big Sleep"
listed on Time Magazine's All-TIME 100 Novels (10/2005)
New Millenium UNABR audio CD [3/2002] for $27.97
Dove Audio UNABR [9/93] out of prodn/used
Dove Audio ABRIDGED [9/93] out of prodn/used

"Farewell, My Lovely"
New Millenium UNABR audio CD [3/2002] for $31.50
New Millenium UNABR audio [3/2002] for $20.97
Dove Audio UNABR [9/93] out of prodn/used

"The High Window"
New Millenium ABR audio [3/2002] for $12.60
New Millenium ABR audio CD [6/2002] for $15.37

"Killer In The Rain & Other Stories"
New Millenium ABR audio [2/2002] for $17.50
Dove Audio UNABR [4/96] out of prodn/used

"Lady In The Lake"
Dove Audio [1/88] out of prodn/used

"The Long Goodbye"
New Millenium ABR audio [3/2002] for $12.60

Mandarin's Jade & Other Stories audio book read by Elliott Gould  "Mandarin's Jade & Other Stories"
"Mandarin's Jade", "The Man Who Liked Dogs", and "Try The Girl"
Phoenix Books ABR audio CD [2007] for $15.69
New Millenium ABR audio cassette [2/2002] out of prodn/used
Dove Audio UNABR audio cassette [1/96] out of prodn/used

"Playback"
New Millenium ABR audio [5/2002] for $17.50
New Millenium ABR audio CD [5/2002] for $20.97

"Perchance To Dream"
Dove Books audio cassette [1/91] out of prodn/used

"Poodle Springs"
New Millenium ABR audio cassette [8/2002] for $15.37

"Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe: A Centennial Celebration"
[1988] Edited by Byron Preiss
Dove Audio [5/92] out of prodn/used

Trouble audio  "Trouble Is My Business & Other Stories" [1950]
New Millenium audio [4/2002] for $12.60
New Millenium audio CD [4/2002] for $15.37

Movies,  Radio,  Television  &  Other  Media

the illusive "Trouble Is My Business" CD-ROM
Warner Books Multimedia Software CD-ROM [1995] original price $39.95 / out of prodn/rare

★     ★     ★     ★     ★

"Philip Marlowe" on NBC Radio [13 half-hour episodes 1947]
Starring Van Heflin; sponsored by Pepsodent & Ford

"The Adventures of Philip Marlowe" on CBS Radio
[92 half-hour episodes 1947-51] Starring Gerald Mohr

"Philip Marlowe" radio program [1947-51] 107 episodes on CD

★     ★     ★     ★     ★

"Philip Marlowe" [26-episode 1959 b&w ABC-TV series]
Starring Philip Carey • series credits at IMDb

★     ★     ★     ★     ★

"Philip Marlowe, Private Eye"
B.B.C./H.B.O. 1983 & 1986 mini-series starring Powers Boothe
episode details from epguides.comseries credits at IMDb

Philip Marlowe, Private Eye TV series boxed set   boxed set of all 11 episodes on DVD
Goldhil color DVD [2/2004] 3 disks - out of prodn/used

boxed set of all six 1986 episodes
Mill Creek Ent, color DVD [7/2007] 6 episodes on 2 disks for $29.96
Goldhil color VHS [10/2001] 3 tapes - out of prodn/used

Guns At Cyrano's & Pickup On Noon Street video   Volume 1: "Guns At Cyrano's" & "Pickup On Noon Street"
Goldhill color VHS [10/2001] out of prodn/used
Volume 2: "Trouble Is My Business" & "Spanish Blood"
Goldhill color VHS [10/2001] out of prodn/used
Volume 3: "Blackmailers Don't Shoot" & "Red Wind"
Goldhill color VHS [10/2001] out of prodn/used
★     ★     ★     ★     ★

"Poodle Springs" [1998 HBO TV movie]
Poodle Springs video  Directed by Bob Rafelson; teleplay by Tom Stoppard, based on the Raymond
Chandler novel completed by Robert B. Parker; starring James Caan

Mosaic color PAL format DVD only out of prodn/used via Amazon UK
full credits from IMDb
★     ★     ★     ★     ★

"Trouble Is My Business" feature film project [abandoned 2014]
rising British actor Clive Owen owns the movie rights, with graphic stylist Frank Miller set to create
a graphic novel, then the script, then possibly direct; latest info at IMDb

★     ★     ★     ★     ★

"The Long Goodbye" TV mini-series [N.H.K. Japan April-May 2014]
Japanese TV mini-series 'The Long Goodbye'  Five episodes set in 1950s Tokyo; Tamotsu is suspected of murdering his actress wife; he flees to Taiwan and commits suicide. Tamotsu's friend private detective Masuzawa has doubts about Tamotsu's death, but the case is covered up by powerful media mogul Harada. Masuzawa is then involved in another case where he encounters drunk novelist Kamiido, a publishing house editor, and beautiful Aiko, who holds the key to the case.
Directed by Kentaro Horikirizono; adapted by Aya Watanabe; starring Tadanobu Asano, Rina Ôta, Gô Ayano, Akira Emoto, Arata Furuta, Tomorowo Taguchi, Ai Tominaga, Eri Ishida, Ken'ichi Takitô, Kôtarô Yoshida, Koyuki, Rila Fukushima, Ryô Iwamatsu, Denden, Yuki Izumisawa, Kyôsuke Yabe, Keisuke Horibe, Daichi Watanabe & Ken'ichi Endô
VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available • series credits at IMDb

★     ★     ★     ★     ★

"Marlowe" [Open Road Films Feb 2023]  2/2023
Marlowe 2023     A brooding, down-on-his-luck private detective is hired to find the ex-lover of a glamorous heiress • Filmed in Los Angeles, California and Barcelona & Gerona, Spain and Dublin, Ireland; co-written & directed by Neil Jordan; screenplay by William Monahan; based on the Raymond Chandler continuation novel by John Ban-ville; starring Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, Jessica Lange, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Ian Hart, Daniela Melchior, Colm Meaney, Alan Cumming, Danny Huston, Seána Kerslake, François Arnaud, Patrick Muldoon, Anton Antoniadis, Julius Cotter, Darrell D'Silva, Kim DeLonghi, Billy Jeffries, David Lifschitz, J.M. Maciá, Mitchell Mullen, Rosa Rovira, Mark Schardan, Gary Anthony Stennette, Stella Stocker, Michael Strelow
full credits at IMDbofficial movie sitemovie entry at Wikipedia
DVD/Blu-ray not yet available •
watch 1/2023 official trailer [2:12] online at YouTube

Black-Eyed Blonde mystery novel by Benjamin Black (Philip Marlowe)  "The Black-Eyed Blonde: A Philip Marlowe Novel" [2014] by Benjamin Black
Philip Marlowe continuation novel 'blessed' by the Chandler Estate; a woman with two black eyes hires Marlowe to find her boyfriend; when Marlowe learns that the man was killed two months prior, she says that she saw him just days ago and wants Marlowe to keep looking.
author is pseudonym of John Banville
Kindle Edition from Holt/Macmillan [3/2014] for $12.99
Picador 9x6 pb [2/2015] out of print/used
Henry Holt & Co. 9½x6½ hardcover [3/2014] for $35.20
Mantle 8¾x5½ hardcover [3/2014] out of print/used

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