Talk:Philip Marlowe

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[edit] Why so concerned with "Notability" and why is it so unevenly applied?

I know Wikipedia prides itself on having some standards about "Notability" (I laughed when I read a newspaper report about an incensed amateur band being pulled.) But why strive to excise interesting tidbits about well established topics? Personally I have added "Ten Percent of Life" by Hiber Conteris to the "novels by other writers" section which has been removed for lack of "Notability" and yet another novel also of foreign origin in which Marlowe is evidently a SECONDARY character is allowed to stay. (With an untranslated title) Marlowe is the MAIN character in "Ten Percent" Furthermore, "Orange Curtain" was also allowed to stay which features a character whom Chandler "used as the basis for Marlowe" Both seem less notable to me. My mention of the "Goldfish" radio adaptation was also removed. And the article does not mention the "Red Wind" adaptation featuring Danny Glover on Showtime's "Fallen Angels" I would think wikipedia would value comprehensiveness.....

[edit] Gerald Mohr photo

The caption to the photo lists Gerald Mohr as Philip Marlowe, yet under the Gerald Mohr wiki article it describes the same photo as being from Undercover Girl, a movie which has nothing to do with Phillip Marlowe.

No knock against Gerald Mohr, or Bogart, but Marlowe was probably a bit more handsome than either. Picture should be changed, and when I become technically proficient enough, I'll do so, if no one else does first. Guernseykid 20:05, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] BBC

Since figure in illustration is looking to the right, the image is placed on left because of a basic layout and design principle. I've previously raised this point after people move left-side images to the right but never get a response. Pepso 20:16, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

Although the principle is generally sound, I think in this particular case the image could just as well be interpreted as having his back to the viewer, which would make it appropriate to have the image on the right (since his back is, as it were, looking to the left). Just a thought. --Paul A 05:47, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
Not sure I follow that, but how about this? The picture does work okay on the right because the venetian blinds echo and continue the lines of typography. I'd very much like to know the name of the illustrator. Anyone know? Pepso 07:28, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
it's not about his back, it's about where the empty space is. Pic should be on the left. raining_girl 23:56, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
At last! Someone who knows design and sees what I'm getting at! Pepso 00:24, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
after seeing your comment I looked at a load of articles, and the pics are all on the right. If that's the Wikipedia standard then - you aren't going to like it - we need a new pic! GDAR... But if I'm wrong and it's a matter of choice then move the pic over. raining_girl 18:32, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
There are many pages with images on the left. Some have images at both the top left and top right, with text between. Pepso 19:52, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
In that case... I've moved it. raining_girl 16:51, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
Yay! You reign, girl! Pepso 19:32, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Info on Personal Relationships?

It never seems to mention whether Marlowe has any friends or partners throughout the novels. Is this not considered important? It seems to be. FiendishThingie 17:29, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "Blackmailers Don't Shoot"

Why is there no mention of what I understand is Chandler's first short story, "Blackmailers Don't Shoot." Admittedly, it's written in third person, and this may have something to do with why, unlike other shorts reffed in the article, reprints in Marlowe collections (I read it in an omnibus, The Midnight Raymond Chandler, but I think it was also in the mass-market paperback Trouble is My Business) don't change the private eye's name from Mallory. But it is generally considered an early Marlowe story as much as the others, and as I said it has been included in Marlowe collections. Ted Watson (talk) 21:05, 15 March 2008 (UTC)