Movie Still Du Jour

Posted on October 27, 2013 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes:

thebigsleepDorothy Malone and Bogie in Hawks’ THE BIG SLEEP

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7 Responses to Movie Still Du Jour

  1. Fabrizio del Wrongo's avatar Fabrizio del Wrongo says:
    October 27, 2013 at 6:17 am

    This might be my favorite movie scene of all time.

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  2. shoutingthomas's avatar shoutingthomas says:
    October 27, 2013 at 1:12 pm

    Pretty steamy photo. Bogie plays the dick (private investigor), and he’s opening up his hips to show his pistol. Madame Librarian seems impressed.

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  3. Sir Barken Hyena's avatar Sir Barken Hyena says:
    October 27, 2013 at 2:13 pm

    In the book she had “the fine drawn face of an intelligent jewess”. That’s a term we need to bring back.

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  4. Fabrizio del Wrongo's avatar Fabrizio del Wrongo says:
    October 27, 2013 at 2:34 pm

    In Todd McCarthy’s ace Hawks bio, he quotes Hawks as saying that the scene was never supposed to be as suggestive as it was, but that they did it because “the girl was so damn good-looking. It taught me a great lesson, that if we could do something that was fun, the audience goes right along with you.”

    “If we could do something fun, the audience goes right along with you.” Kind of sums of Hawks.

    He also says that Malone was so nervous during shooting they had to fill the bottom of her glass with lead to stop her hand from shaking.

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  5. Paleo Retiree's avatar Paleo Retiree says:
    October 27, 2013 at 3:17 pm

    Malone’s perf has to be one of the sexiest ever. Bogie does darned well himself.

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  6. Gavin Bledsoe's avatar Gavin Bledsoe says:
    October 28, 2013 at 2:38 am

    I grew up wanting, and still wanting, to visit her book shop.

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