Tag: philip marlowe

February 1960 issue

February 1960, first US appearance of Chandler’s “Wrong Pigeon”, published posthumously. First publication of the full text. An abridged version had been serialized in the Perth Daily News during May, 1959 as “Marlowe Takes on the Syndicate”. In September of 1965, it was published in Argosy magazine with the title “The Pencil”. It would be published again with that title in the 1988 Doubleday hardcover Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe: A Centennial Celebration

“The ‘Mob’ had a grudge against Marlowe…and thy were out to kill two pigeons with one stone.”

United Artists, 1973

The Long Goodbye (United Artists, 1973). Very Fine+ on Linen. International One Sheet (27″ X 41″). Starring Elliott Gould, Nina Van Pallandt, Sterling Hayden, Mark Rydell, Henry Gibson, David Arkin, Jim Bouton, Warren Berlinger, Rutanya Alda, David Carradine, Danny Goldman, Carl Gottlieb, George Wyner, and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Directed by Robert Altman.

[Vic Fair artwork]