Top cast:James Kirkwood,Mack Sennett,Henry B. Walthall
Director:Kenneth Lonergan
Genre:Western
Region:Qatar
Year:2022
Storyline:Nancy: By yourself, Ma'am?Paula: Of course, why not?Nancy: Suppose the master asks where?Paula: Well, tell him I, tell him I just - (She turns and retreats up the stairs to her bedroom)Cameron, who had earlier caught sight of Paula walking in the garden of the Tower of London with Gregory and was intrigued by her uncanny resemblance to her opera-singer aunt, is enamoured enough of Paula to look into the files of Alice Alquist's long-ago, unsolved murder case.With numerous, elaborate montage sequences with staccato shifts, the film set a record for more edits (3,643 shot-to-shot edits at one count) than any other Technicolor film up to its time.Viewed from outside the car (but not audible), Harvey tells his father of his fishing exploits - boasting and gesturing with his arms and recalling the size of little and big fishes caught, while his father chuckles.He notices her legs after she descends the stairs.Capriciously, she tells him:Carmen: You're not very tall, are you?Marlowe: Well, I, uh, I try to be.Carmen: Not bad looking.Oh you probably know it.(while twirling and biting a lock of her hair)Marlowe: Thank you.Carmen: What's your name?Marlowe: Reilly.Doghouse Reilly.Carmen: That's a funny kind of name.Marlowe: You think so.Carmen: Uh, uh.What are you? A prizefighter?Marlowe: No, I'm a shamus.Carmen: What's a shamus?Marlowe: It's a private detective.Carmen: You're making fun of me.Marlowe: Uh, uh.Carmen (she leans back and falls into his arms, throwing herself at him): You're cute.Marlowe tells the butler Norris (Charles Brown): "You ought to wean her, she's old enough." In the humid, hot greenhouse filled with orchids, Sternwood is introduced to Marlowe.[Carmen could accurately be described as a 'hothouse orchid' herself.] He permits Marlowe to drink and smoke:Sternwood: How do you like your brandy, sir?Marlowe: In a glass.