Comments on: Chandler on Cain: “Proust in greasy overalls”

By: Tony D'Ambra

Tony D'Ambra — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:17:43 +0000

DeeDee, Hitchcock did give Chandler a hard time.

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Monday Morning Diary (February 1) « Wonders in the Dark — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 04:34:41 +0000

[...] Tony d’Ambra has been cooking up quite a diverse series of goodies at ‘Films Noir.net’, the latest an amusing dismissal of celebrated noir author James cain by none other than Raymond Chandler himself: http://filmsnoir.net/film_noir/chandler-on-cain-proust-in-greasy-overalls.html [...]

By: Sam Juliano

Sam Juliano — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 01:04:24 +0000

Those are pretty damning disclaimers there from Chandler, dismissing the man who wrote DOUBLE INDEMNITY, THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE and MILDRED PIERCE. Chandler cries foul here, but I wonder if he were alive today he’d stand by his uncompromising position. Cain obviously favors deceit and treachery – that’s clear enough – but there’s nothing dubious about his presentation. But Chandler is the top guy, I won’t deny that.

By: DeeDee

DeeDee — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 21:41:34 +0000

Hi! Tony,
I read this short piece yesterday and all I can say is…
Wow…What a story and what a comment by Raymond Chandler I wish that I could share this article on my book blog (Because I ‘am featuring his book The Big Sleep on my bookstore widget) on my blog and link back to you…wishful thinking right?!?…Upon laying eyes on author Raymond Chandler, for the first time I always thought looked like a sourpuss and unfortunately, this comment almost confirmed my suspicion about author Raymond Chandler.

Director Alfred Hitchcock, even parted company with him while filming the 1951 film Strangers on a Train. Due, to the fact, that he insulted Hitchcock, by referring to his weight in a negative manner. (Which as all Hitchcock’s fan know was most definitely, a no, no… Unless of course, you wanted to incur Alfred Hitchcock’s wrath.)

By the way, I will place this book on my book blog shelf too– Frank MacShane, The Life of Raymond Chandler, 1978.

Thanks, for sharing!