The funny thing about this movie

Is that, although it was a big sucess, has a good rating and was Oscar nominated, Raymond Chandler himself hated it!

I have in my collection a comic book adaptation of Chandler's original script of The Blue Dahlia, and in this edition there's a preface that says that Raymond Chandler completely hated the movie after it was completed. He said that the worst thing in the movie was Veronica Lake, or, as he called her, Miss "Moronica" Lake.

I personally don't think this was one of Chandler's best works, but I didn't found it so bad, especeally Veronica, one of my farovite actress, but it only shows how angry Chandler was about Hollywood. Filippo Scózzari, the guy who drown the comic also hated it so much that in the epilogue he himself killed Chandler (you must see to believe!).

Anyway, who like (or hate) this movie, or any of Chandler's works, should look for this magazine, for it is really precious.




"Shouldn't you have paid your bills,
Monsieur Royale?"

"Of course, Monsieur Juju!"