The Big Sleep
The Big Sleep

INVENTORY #157118

The Big Sleep

CHANDLER, Raymond

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In 1946, Warner Brothers produced a noirish film based on Chandler's novel, The Big Sleep. The film, starring "Bogie and Bacall," was a success, despite its convoluted plot, script that changed during filming, Hays Code censorship, and some reviewers' conviction that Bacall couldn't act. Cast of the film listed on p. 2. List of other books into movies on rear jacket flap. Paper likely browned due to cheap wartime quality.

Publication Info

  • Publisher: The World Publishing Company
  • Edition: Motion Picture Edition from Forum Division of World Publishing. Stated first printing
  • Date Published: 1946
  • Place Published: Cleveland
  • ISBN: n/a

Details

  • Condition: Good
  • Signed: No
  • Dust Jacket: Yes
  • Jacket Condition: Good
  • Details:
    163 p. 21 cm. Scenes from the film on endpapers. Frontispiece of Lauren Bacall and 6 b&w photos from the film. Green cloth in mylar-covered pictorial dustjacket. Scuffs to jacket. White marks to green boards. Paper browned. Former owner's signature on a front endpaper.

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