The Big Sleep

[Michael Mallory]

I just saw "The Big Sleep" for about the tenth time, and noticed something new. In the first sequence, Norris, General Sternwood's butler, says to Marlowe: "Are you attempting to tell me my duties?" Marlow answers, "No, I'm having fun trying to figure out what they are." Apparently, Norris's duties include hat blocking, since when Marlowe (Humphrey Bogart) first enters the house, his hat has a narrow center dent. When he picks it back up -- and for the rest of the movie -- it is blocked in a pronounced teardrop.

 

[Quigley Brown]

For fun, you should notify the Internet Movie Database about the continuity error. They check it out and if it's valid they'll add it to the 'goofs' part of the film info. I've done it a few times. Now I'm not the type viewer that purposely looks for errors, but my eye will just catch one every once in a while...and it usually has something to do with the actors' clothing. In 'Key Largo,' as an example, watch Edward G. Robinson's necktie change lengths from shot to shot (hey, I should notify them about that one.).

 

[Michael Mallory]

I do the IMDb thing too, though this one might be a bit esoteric for them. I did, however, submit one about the address of Geiger's bookshop, which is given as "6311 North Sunset." Sunset, of course, runs east and west.

 

[imoldfashioned]

I love Dorothy Malone in that movie as the bookstore clerk. Great chemistry with Bogart and the classic "she takes off her glasses and is beautiful" moment.

 

[mysterygal]

love the movie! definetely on my top ten list! Bogie's great
The mister is really good at picking up on movie mistakes also, with me, unless it's fairly obvious, don't pick up on it at all

 

[The Reno Kid]

I love Dorothy Malone in that movie as the bookstore clerk. Great chemistry with Bogart and the classic "she takes off her glasses and is beautiful" moment.

In my humble opinion, Dorothy Malone's brief scene is one of the great highlights of the movie. And this is a movie filled with highlights. Hubba, hubba!

 

[Jack Scorpion]

In my humble opinion, Dorothy Malone's brief scene is one of the great highlights of the movie. And this is a movie filled with highlights. Hubba, hubba!

The first time I ever considered a chick in a B&W movie desirable enough to obsess over, it was Dorothy Malone in The Big Sleep.

 

[Tony in Tarzana]

The cabbie gal wasn't too shabby, either.