HollywoodGolightly Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 As many of you already know, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is TCM's Guest Programmer today, and I thought it was really awesome that he'd pick two of the most famous noirs ever for the first two time slots tonight: *The Big Sleep* (1946) 8pm ET Private eye Philip Marlowe investigates a society girl's involvement in the murder of a pornographer. Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely, Martha Vickers Dir: Howard Hawks BW-114 mins, TV-PG *The Maltese Falcon* (1941) 10pm ET Hard-boiled detective Sam Spade gets caught up in the murderous search for a priceless statue. Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George, Peter Lorre Dir: John Huston BW-101 mins, TV-PG I think it'll be pretty interesting to hear what he has to say about the two movies and why he picked them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollywoodGolightly Posted March 23, 2010 Author Share Posted March 23, 2010 I enjoyed Kareem's intros more than I thought I would! Particularly the intro to The Maltese Falcon, where he mentioned the "prequel" novel, Spade & Archer. I don't remember having heard about it before, but I looked it up and found this: http://articles.latimes.com/2009/feb/09/entertainment/et-book9 Pretty interesting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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