Is Marlowe a Racist (or even homophobic)?

[John Carvill]

And how could we live without Bogart doing that 'gay' routine.



"Marlowe: You *do* sell books, don't you?

Agnes: What do those look like, grapefruit?

Marlowe: Well from here they look like books."



Not the clip I wanted, but, once found, hard to resist - here's Bogart
'getting wet' with Dorothy Malone:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2BU8-7kQLI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozEZsZhnjbM&NR=1

[note the framed picture of Roosevelt on the wall as Bogie enters the shop]