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	Amazon.com: Murder My Sweet: Video: Dick Powell,Claire Trevor,Anne Shirley,Otto Kruger,Mike Mazurki,Miles ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In this adaptation of Farewell, My Lovely, Powell's cynical, smart-talking private eye is hired by a dim ex-con (pug-nosed Mike Mazurki) to find his girl Velma, and by the prissy stooge of a flmail victim to babysit him during a handoff.
		Powell does a wonderful job in the role, presenting a relatively calm, cool, and collected figure, sharp as a tack and yet underestimated by many (which tends to work to his advantage), always handy with just the appropriate glib remark, and possessing a dogged determination to see things through, no matter the dangers that arise.
		Some of my favorite parts involve the character's narrative, as it generally includes some of the best lines from the film, the most memorable for me being early on when Marlowe was gathering information on Velma, the woman whom Moose had asked him to find.
	www.amazon.com /Murder-My-Sweet-Dick-Powell/dp/6304212135 (2132 words)

	dvd Murder, My Sweet; Dick Powell at Book Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In this adaptation of Farewell, My Lovely, Powell's cynical, smart-talking private eye is hired by a dim ex-con (pug-nosed Mike Mazurki) to find his girl Velma, and by the prissy stooge of a flmail victim to babysit him during a handoff.
		The title was changed to "Murder, My Sweet" for American release, because the studio felt that Chandler's title might confuse Dick Powell fans into thinking the movie was a musical, as Powell had made a career up to this point of singing in musical comedies.
		"Murder, My Sweet" is one of only a dozen or so private detective film noirs, and it adheres to some private eye and some film noir conventions.
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	DVD review of Murder, My Sweet - DVD Town (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		"Murder, My Sweet" is the second of three film adaptations of Chandler's 1940 detective novel, "Farewell, My Lovely." The first time it was brought to the screen, it was as a vehicle for the popular "Falcon" character in a movie titled "The Falcon Takes Over" (1942), with George Sanders.
		For "Murder, My Sweet" the title was changed to ensure that audiences wouldn't confuse it with any of Powell's earlier musicals.
		Hollywood noir films like "Murder, My Sweet" from the early-to-mid forties onward reflected a downbeat, post-World War II pessimism and were usually crime, gangster, or detective thrillers set in a big-city milieu of smoke, fog, night, and shadows.
	www.dvdtown.com /review/murdermysweet/12380/2187 (1319 words)

	DVD Verdict Review - Murder, My Sweet
		My favorite scene in that regard is one of the earliest, when Marlowe is "relaxing" in his office under the repetitive glare of a flashing neon sign.
		Murder, My Sweet has violence, and it has scornful exchanges, but they are handled with a measure of abstract decorum that allows us to relax.
		Murder, My Sweet is thereby one of the most accessible film noirs ever made.
	www.dvdverdict.com /reviews/murdermysweet.php (2374 words)

	Murder My Sweet
		In "Murder My Sweet" Marlowe is hired by an ex-con (Mike Mazurki) to hunt down his old flame.
		But the plot spins out of control when a murder leads to Marlowe's engagement by a manipulative woman (Claire Trevor), to recover her missing jewels.
		"Murder My Sweet" is one of the first great, though often overlooked, film noirs; an absolute must see.
	www.mediascreen.com /m/murdermysweet.htm (293 words)

	Turner Classic Movies This Month Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In typical film noir fashion, Murder, My Sweet (1944) opens with a flashback as detective Philip Marlowe (Dick Powell) sits beneath a police station's hot lamp and recounts the convoluted story of two women, a jade necklace and multiple murders.
		Murder, My Sweet was originally delivered to theaters as Farewell, My Lovely, the original title of Chandler's 1940 novel.
		But Murder, My Sweet is still considered the penultimate version and is deeply indebted to Dmytryk's atmospheric lensing and improvisational touches.
	www.turnerclassicmovies.com /ThisMonth/Article/0,,93576,00.html (921 words)

	GreenCine \| product main - Murder, My Sweet (1944)
		So fascinating are the "bad" characters in Murder My Sweet that the two 100% "good" characters, heroine Anne Shirley and detective Don Douglas, seem wishy-washy wimps by comparison.
		Murder My Sweet was based on Chandler's Farewell My Lovely, previously filmed in 1942 as The Falcon Takes Over; a remake, also titled Murder My Sweet, was produced in 1975, with Robert Mitchum as Marlowe.
		Murder, My Sweet is a Philip Marlowe detective thriller starring Dick Powell.
	www.greencine.com /webCatalog?id=104101 (886 words)

	DVD Talk > Reviews > Murder, My Sweet
		Murder, My Sweet was remarkably faithful to its book source, even if the title had to be beefed up so as not to sound like a soap opera.
		Murder, My Sweet was the first to feature one of Chandler's originals.
		Warners' DVD of Murder, My Sweet is a good transfer and encoding of a film we've mostly seen in murky and dirty 16mm prints.
	www.dvdtalk.com /reviews/read.php?ID=11330 (1167 words)

	The DVD Journal \| Quick Reviews: Murder, My Sweet
		When it comes to Murder, My Sweet, the 1944 adaptation of Raymond Chandler's pulp novel Farewell, My Lovely, it not only sticks, it clings like the shimmery fl dress on the gorgeous gams of a dame with a revolver aimed at your belly.
		The term "film noir" was first used by French critic Nino Frank in a 1946 essay in which he singled out Murder, My Sweet and Double Indemnity as quintessential, defining examples of the form.
		If you're a fan of the form you'll also recognize it as a seminal influence that remains entertaining, like a shot of first-rate hooch on a dark night, with the staccato patter of rain on the office window, then she walks in....
	www.dvdjournal.com /quickreviews/m/murdermysweet.q.shtml (633 words)

	Ossian Sweet House (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The home of fl physician Ossian Sweet became the site of a racial incident that resulted in a nationally publicized murder trial.
		Dr. Sweet, a graduate of Howard University Medical School, bought this two-story brick house in an all-white Detroit neighborhood in 1925.
		Subsequent trials upheld the right of Sweet and his companions, regardless of race, to protect life and property in dangerous situations.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/detroit/d4.htm (285 words)

	Murder, My Sweet Movie: Murder, My Sweet DVD is available from Bestprices.com
		MURDER, MY SWEET was Dick Powell's first turn as a hard-boiled detective.
		The original title, FAREWELL, MY LOVELY, was changed so that Powell's fans wouldn't mistake the film for a musical comedy.
		Edward Dmytryk's MURDER, MY SWEET is one of the darkest of all film noir thrillers, featuring Dick Powell as Raymond Chandler's famed detective Philip Marlowe.
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	EUFS: Murder, My Sweet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This is perhaps surprising considering that he was better known up to this point for playing the juvenile lead in backstage musicals (so much so that Chandler's originally title "Farewell, My Lovely" was dropped for fear of causing disappointment with audiences expecting a romantic comedy).
		He is bribed, threatened, beaten up and drugged, but is not to be deterred from his pursuit of either case.
		Murder, My Sweet is what they all aspire to be.
	www.eufs.org.uk /films/murder_my_sweet.html (298 words)

	Amazon.ca: Video: Murder, My Sweet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		January 1945: Murder, My Sweet is released starring former movie musical crooner Dick Powell as tough detective Philip Marlowe, Claire Trevor as femme fatale Mrs.
		But Murder, My Sweet is the ne plus ultra of film noir.
		"Murder My Sweet" is good and salty film noir with hard bitten performances, brittle dialogue, thugs, mystery and a sexy femme fatale in Mrs.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/6304212135 (1386 words)

	MURDER OF A SWEET OLD LADY by Denise Swanson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Her life just keeps getting more and more entangled in the little hometown she'd like to escape for a second time and now she's involved in another murder, this one of someone very dear to her.
		Denise Swanson has followed up "Murder of a Small-Town Honey" with a story that is every bit as delightful as the first in the series, a true cozy that is charmingly entertaining while having a well-developed mystery plot and plenty of red herrings.
		Swanson's characters are nicely defined---I could visualize every one of them, good and bad---and Skye herself is so likable because her life is just as messed up as yours and mine.
	www.murderexpress.net /reviews/sweetoldlady.htm (268 words)

	Murder, My Sweet (1945)
		He did that no more successfully than with RKO Pictures in Murder, My Sweet, where he played rumpled, smart-mouthed, beat-up detective Philip Marlowe, whose tough perseverance went beyond any loyalty to client or any financial reward.
		Many of his films seem to reveal a naïve faith in the common man, “a deep reverence for American ideals” and optimism toward the goodness of human nature that “defuses dramatic conflict.” Murder, My Sweet must be considered an exception to this trend with its deep-seated cynicism about social corruption.
		So after the film initially flopped, in March of 1945 the studio re-released the film in New York as Murder, My Sweet so there would be no ambiguity about the plotline or tone.
	web.cocc.edu /humanities/hir/film/murdermysweet.htm (1049 words)

	DVD Verdict Review - Shadows, Lies, And Private Eyes: The Film Noir Collection
		Edward Dmytryk's Murder, My Sweet, on the other hand, is the archetypal private eye film (taken from a source novel by the man who practically invented the private dick story, Raymond Chandler).
		My hands were clammy (and I'm not typically a moist person).
		What they are really telling themselves is "now's my chance to ditch this crazy broad/square chump." So they literally go their separate ways…for ten seconds or so.
	www.dvdverdict.com /reviews/filmnoircollection.php (9841 words)

	Review of Murder, My Sweet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Murder My Sweetis just as every bit as delicious a noir.
		The plot is enjoyably twisty and Marlowe's two cases are combined in a more supple fashion than in The Big Sleep, whose plot is a rather awkward combination of two short stories by Raymond Chandler.
		Murder My Sweet because the twists ultimately make sense.
	www.eskimo.com /~noir/ftitles/murdermy/rev.shtml (642 words)

	Fans Speak
		And my favorites were always his film noirs, even though I didn't know the term at the time.
		One of my favorite stories comes from the filming of "Lady from Shanghai." According to my grandfather it was customary for Orson Wells to show up on the lot in chauffeur driven car.
		Twelve-step programs and self-esteem are a part of my generation, not theirs, and it's refreshing to see them in those movies confront life without the therapy mentality and political correctness that persist today.
	www.noirfilm.com /The%20Fans%20Speak.htm (4112 words)

	village voice > music > Ja Rule's The Last Temptation by Sterling Clover
		On the other hand, Ja Rule and Irv Gotti's mastery of the charts is so sickeningly consensual that we have to playact as though it were forced on an unwilling audience.
		The paradox of all successful artist collectives (and Gotti's Murder Inc. imprint is nothing if not successful) is how they transform their specific insularity into the universal.
		I'm getting murdered (whatever that means), given over to the warm embrace of oblivion.
	www.villagevoice.com /music/0304,clover,41312,22.html (878 words)

	MURDER OF A SWEET OLD LADY by Denise Swanson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This story is about the murder of a grandmother and the granddaughter who searches for the killer.
		It has many twists and turns that continually keeps you guessing about whom the real murderer is. You do not find out who the killer is or the reasons why until almost the last chapter.
		Skye is a great and determined young lady to help her family solve the murder.
	www.myshelf.com /mystery/01/murderofasweetoldlady.htm (163 words)

	murdermysweet5
		The EP Murder My Sweet is complete and the track listing is as follows.
		Also on monday 6/13/05 the band will be attending a photo shoot with one of the nations best photographers.
		Ryan has taken on the responsibility of rythm guitarist, and has really gave the band the kick in the ass they needed.
	www.geocities.com /murdermysweet5/murdermysweet5 (152 words)

	dOc DVD Review: Murder, My Sweet (1944)
		And what a complicated story it is. Nobody could weave complex yarns with as much skill and panache as Chandler, and Murder, My Sweet requires unwavering attention to follow the threads and sew them together.
		Murder, My Sweet may be tough to follow at times, but all the puzzle pieces interlock eventually.
		Repeat viewings may be required to connect all the dots, but this classic film noir is so slick and entertaining, you'll want to watch it over and over anyway.
	www.digitallyobsessed.com /showreview.php3?ID=6113 (1216 words)

	MySpace.com - Murder, My Sweet - AUSTIN/L.A. - Alternative / Electro / Rock - www.myspace.com/murdermysweet
		Murder, My Sweet with Models Cardinal Cyn and Whitney Jardine.
		Murder, My Sweet began in late 2004 as the product of an unlikely writing collaboration between Mark Younger-Smith and the beat poet Joseph King.
		To perform and record Murder, My Sweet certain qualities had to be found in the muscians.
	www.myspace.com /murdermysweet (816 words)

	Denise Swanson Web Site http://www.DeniseSwanson.com
		Her second book, Murder of a Sweet Old Lady, was nominated for the Mary Higgins Clark Award and is in its seventh printing.
		Her sixth book, Murder of a Pink Elephant, (fourth printing) was also a Daphne du Maurier finalist — coming in second, spent three weeks on the Barnes & Noble mass market mystery bestseller list, and was #1 on the IMBA Bestseller list.
		Murder of a Botoxed Blonde is the ninth and latest book in her Scumble River Mystery series.
	www.deniseswanson.com (932 words)

	Crescent Blues Book Views \| Denise Swanson: Murder of a Sweet Old Lady
		Her first mystery novel, Murder of a Small-Town Honey, received a warm welcome.
		Her colorful characters spout memorable homilies such as: "When I think about dying, one of the things that really scares me is that I'll be surrounded by my family in heaven.
		She pokes at the flaws and weaknesses of the education system, she depicts the pain children endure at the hands of twisted parents, and she points out the plight of women in a patriarchal society.
	www.crescentblues.com /4_2issue/bk_swanson_murder_sweet_old_lady.shtml (491 words)

	Blue Murder: Adieu Sweet Lovely Nancy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Other versions: Adieu Sweet Lovely Nancy is sung by Jill and Jon Copper on the first Coppersongs LP.
		And Tim Hart and Maddy Prior sing Adieu Sweet Lovely Nancy on their LP Folk Songs of Old England, Vol.
		So let my body be where it might, my heart will be with you still.
	www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de /~zierke/watersons/songs/adieusweetlovelynancy.html (287 words)

	AMCTV.com SHOW - Murder, My Sweet
		Former '30s song-and-dance man Powell was an unlikely candidate to play the ultimate cynical dick with the code of honor but he does it quite successfully (some contend he was the best screen Marlowe).
		Director Dmytryk skillfully captures Marlowe's psychological disorientation as he moves from millionaire mansions to the seedy urban underbelly with a muted expressionism.
		The original title, "Farewell, My Lovely," was changed so that Powell's fans wouldn't mistake the film for a musical comedy, his career staple; the 1975 remake with Robert Mitchum retains the original title.
	www.amctv.com /show/detail?CID=2278-1-utc (138 words)

	murder-my-sweet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Hard-boiled detective Philip Marlowe (Powell) is hired by ex-con Moose Malloy (Mazurki) to find his missing girlfriend Velma.
		Dividing his time between the seedy underworld and the ritzy digs of the upper class, Marlowe finds flmail, doublecrosses, corruption, and murder on both sides of the tracks.
		MURDER, MY SWEET was written by John Paxton, based on Raymond Chandler's novel, Farewell, My Lovely.
	yorty.sonoma.edu /filmfrog/reviews/m/murder-my-sweet.html (237 words)

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