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Hace 2 días · Best Known For: Films such as The Maltese Falcon (1941), In a Lonely Place (1950) and The African Queen (1951). Thoughts on Casablanca : The film presented a very different Bogart, an idea he claimed to be wrestling with to The Richmond News Leader in 1943: “Here I am, used to getting out of scrapes with a handy little black automatic.
Hace 2 días · Fans of crime fiction know many of the works of the great authors by heart: Dashiell Hammett’s The Maltese Falcon, Raymond Chandler’s The Big Sleep, for example. But few remember another one of the great, and I think overlooked, pulp crime writers. Frederick Nebel (1903-1967) wrote stories for the leading pulp magazines, including Black Mask,…
Hace 5 días · In the intricate web of The Maltese Falcon, private detective Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart) finds himself entangled in a dark mystery. A femme fatale, Brigid O'Shaughnessy (Mary Astor), hires him for what appears to be a simple case. But when his partner is murdered, things take a sinister turn.
Hace 2 días · John Huston, a titan of classic Hollywood cinema, was renowned for his skill as both a director and screenwriter. His unique ability to bring complex, nuanced characters to life can be seen in iconic films like The Maltese Falcon, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, and The African Queen.
Hace 3 días · The 1940s and 1950s are considered to be the height of classic film noir and featured an array of timeless titles, including The Maltese Falcon, Laura, and The Big Heat, becoming one of the...
Hace 5 días · The cast members of The Maltese Falcon have been in many other movies, so use this list as a starting point to find actors or actresses that you may not be familiar with. This list features actors like Humphrey Bogart and Peter Lorre.
Hace 1 día · Pauline Kael wrote that much of Mankiewicz's vision of "the theater" was "nonsense", but commended Davis, writing "[the film is] saved by one performance that is the real thing: Bette Davis is at her most instinctive and assured.
