P is for Phillip and Perry
Philip Marlowe is a fictional character created by Raymond
Chandler in a series of novels from 1939 to the author’s death in 1959. Marlowe
first appeared under that name in The Big Sleep published in 1939.
Chandler's early short stories, published in pulp magazines like Black Mask
and Dime Detective, featured similar characters with names like
"Carmady" and "John Dalmas". Some of those short stories
were later combined and expanded into novels featuring Marlowe. Philip
Marlowe's character is foremost within the genre of hardboiled crime fiction
that originated in the 1920s in which Dashiell Hammett's The Continental Op and
Sam Spade first appeared. Chandler's treatment of the detective novel exhibits
an effort to develop the form. His first full length book, The Big Sleep,
was published when Chandler was 51, his last, Playback at 70. Seven
novels were produced in the last two decades of his life, with an eighth being
posthumously completed by Robert B. Parker and published in 1989.
The Novels
The Big Sleep (1939)....
The High Window (1942)...
The Lady in the Lake (1943)...
The Little Sister (1949)...
The Long Goodbye (1953)...
Playback (1958)...
Poodle
Springs (1959/1989 (completed by Robert B. Parker)
Perry Mason is a fictional character, a defense attorney,
authored by Erle Stanley Gardner. Perry Mason was featured in more than 80 novels
and short stories, most of which had a plot involving his client's murder
trial. Typically, Mason was able to establish his client's innocence by
implicating another character, who then confessed. Gardner had over 135 million
copies of his books in print in America alone in the year of his death in 1969,
made him one of the bestselling authors of all time. The character of Perry
Mason was portrayed each weekday on a long-running radio series, followed by
well-known depictions on film and television, including Television’s most
successful and longest-running lawyer series from 1957 to 1966 starring Raymond
Burr.
The Novels
The Case of the Velvet Claws (1933)
The Case of the Sulky Girl (1933)
The Case of the Curious Bride (1934)
The Case of the Howling Dog (1934)
The Case of the Lucky Legs (1934)
The Case of the Caretaker's Cat (1935)
The Case of the Counterfeit Eye (1935)
The Case of the Sleepwalker's Niece (1936)
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop (1936)
The Case of the Dangerous Dowager (1937)
The Case of the Lame Canary (1937)
The Case of the Shoplifter's Shoe (1938)
The Case of the Substitute Face (1938)
The Case of the Perjured Parrot (1939)
The Case of the Rolling Bones (1939)
The Case of the Baited Hook (1940)
The Case of the Silent Partner (1940)
The Case of the Empty Tin (1941)
The Case of the Haunted Husband (1941)
The Case of the Careless Kitten (1942)
The Case of the Drowning Duck (1942)
The Case of the Buried Clock (1943)
The Case of the Drowsy Mosquito (1943)
The Case of the Black-Eyed Blonde (1944)
The Case of the Crooked Candle (1944)
The Case of the Golddigger's Purse (1945)
The Case of the Half-Wakened Wife (1945)
The Case of the Borrowed Brunette (1946)
The Case of the Fan-Dancer's Horse (1947)
The Case of the Lazy Lover (1947)
The Case of the Lonely Heiress (1948)
The Case of the Vagabond Virgin (1948)
The Case of the Cautious Coquette (1949)
The Case of the Dubious Bridegroom (1949)
The Case of the Negligent Nymph (1950)
The Case of the One-Eyed Witness (1950)
The Case of the Angry Mourner (1951)
The Case of the Fiery Fingers (1951)
The Case of the Grinning Gorilla (1952)
The Case of the Moth-Eaten Mink (1952)
The Case of the Green-Eyed Sister (1953)
The Case of the Hesitant Hostess (1953)
The Case of the Fugitive Nurse (1954)
The Case of the Restless Redhead (1954)
The Case of the Runaway Corpse (1954)
The Case of the Glamorous Ghost (1955)..
The Case of the Nervous Accomplice (1955)
The Case of the Sun Bather's Diary (1955)..
The Case of the Demure Defendant (1956; AKA The Case of the
Missing Poison)
The Case of the Gilded Lily (1956)
The Case of the Terrified Typist (1956)
The Case of the Daring Decoy (1957)
The Case of the Lucky Loser (1957)
The Case of the Screaming Woman (1957)
The Case of the Calendar Girl (1958)
The Case of the Footloose Doll (1958)
The Case of the Long-Legged Models (1958; AKA The Case of
the Dead Man's Daughters
The Case of the Deadly Toy (1959; AKA The Case of the Greedy
Grandpa)
The Case of the Mythical Monkeys (1959)
The Case of the Singing Skirt (1959)
The Case of the Waylaid Wolf (1959)
The Case of the Duplicate Daughter (1960)
The Case of the Shapely Shadow (1960)
The Case of the Bigamous Spouse (1961)
The Case of the Spurious Spinster (1961)
The Case of the Blonde Bonanza (1962)
The Case of the Ice-Cold Hands (1962)
The Case of the Reluctant Model (1962)
The Case of the Amorous Aunt (1963)
The Case of the Mischievous Doll (1963)
The Case of the Step-Daughter's Secret (1963)
The Case of the Daring Divorcee (1964)
The Case of the Horrified Heirs (1964)
The Case of the Phantom Fortune (1964)
The Case of the Beautiful Beggar (1965)
The Case of the Troubled Trustee (1965)
The Case of the Worried Waitress (1966)
The Case of the Queenly Contestant (1967)
The Case of the Careless Cupid (1968)
The Case of the Fabulous Fake (1969)...
The Case of the Crimson Kiss (1970)
The Case of the Crying Swallow (1971)
The Case of the Fenced-In Woman (1972)
The Case of the Irate Witness (1972)
The Case of the Postponed Murder (1973)
Nice post Scott! I didn't realize until seeing that list in print how prolific Erle Stanley Gardner's writings were! I grew up watching Perry Mason and still love to watch the reruns. i have not read any Philip Marlowe books but sure would like to be a 'lusious mantrap'! I adore all those covers!
ReplyDeleteGreat choices. I enjoyed this post, especially the book covers. I read a lot of Perry Mason in my youth and have a few to read soon. I don't remember if I read the Raymond Chandler novels or not, but going to try those out too. I want to see Dick Powell as Phillip Marlowe in Murder, My Sweet. I have liked him in other movies.
ReplyDeleteScott - Oh, you've mentioned some real icons here! In fact I'm very glad you have because I really do need to profile one of the Raymond Chandlers on my blog. I've been unpardonably remiss about that.
ReplyDeleteI read some of the Perry Mason cases long back. I haven't read any books by Raymond Chandler, he is on my TBR list for long.
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