Philip Marlowe
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Philip Marlowe is a fictional private detective created by Raymond Chandler who was characteristic of the hardboiled crime fiction genre. The genre originated in the 1920s, notably in Black Mask magaz
Humphrey Bogart in the trailer for the 1946 film The Big Sleep
Photo of Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall from the 1946 film The Big Sleep
Gerald Mohr in the CBS Radio series The Adventures of Philip Marlowe (1948–1951)
Raymond Chandler
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Raymond Thornton Chandler was an American-British novelist and screenwriter. In 1932, at age 44, Chandler became a detective fiction writer after losing his job as an oil company executive during the
Philip Marlowe
…Philip Marlowe ( MAR-loh) is a fictional private detective created by Raymond Chandler who was characteristic of the hardboiled crime fiction genre. The genre originated in the 1920s, notably in Black Mask magazine, in which Dashiell…
Chandler c. 1943
A blue plaque marks the house in Cathedral Square where Chandler stayed in Waterford, Ireland.
Raymond and Cissy Chandler's tombstone