Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/08/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marc James Small wrote: > For those who read mysteries, attention is directed to Raymond > Chandler's > THE LITTLE SISTER, where the Bad Guy makes his living by taking nasty > pictures with a 'Leica with an f.2 lens' and blackmailing folks. > > Damn! Here's a money-making idea which never occured to me. Given > the > vintage of the novel, it is probably a IIIc and Summitar, one of my > favorite pairs, but who can tell at this remove? Chandler died forty > years > back, so we'll probably never be able to ascertain his involvement > with > photography in general and E Leitz Wetlzar in particular. Marc. I think the book of which you are speaking was written about 1949 by Raymond Chandler and features the detective Phillip Marlowe. Does this help with your dating of the Leica? There is also a movie made in 1914 With the title "The Little Sister" and starred Tom Mix, but I think that may be a little early for both Leica and Phillip Marlowe