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The Maltese Falcon (novel)

Index The Maltese Falcon (novel)

The Maltese Falcon is a 1930 detective novel by Dashiell Hammett, originally serialized in the magazine Black Mask beginning with the September 1929 issue. [1]

52 relations: Alfred A. Knopf, BBC Radio 4, Bebe Daniels, Bette Davis, Black Mask (magazine), Burlingame, California, Censorship, Chicago, Dashiell Hammett, Detective fiction, Edward Herrmann, Elisha Cook Jr., Film noir, George Segal, Gladys George, Hardboiled, Hardcover, Hollywood Theater of the Ear, Homosexuality, Hong Kong, Humphrey Bogart, Istanbul, Jane Lapotaire, Johnson County Library, Knights Hospitaller, Lee Patrick (actress), Mary Astor, Michael Madsen, Modern Library, Modern Library 100 Best Novels, Motion Picture Production Code, National Endowment for the Arts, Peter Lorre, Philip Marlowe, Pinkerton (detective agency), Raymond Chandler, Ricardo Cortez, Sam Spade, San Francisco, Sandra Oh, Satan Met a Lady, Sydney Greenstreet, The Black Bird, The Continental Op, The Dain Curse, The Glass Key, The Maltese Falcon (1931 film), The Maltese Falcon (1941 film), Tom Wilkinson, Warner Bros., ..., Warren William, Webley–Fosbery Automatic Revolver. Expand index (2 more) »

Alfred A. Knopf

Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. is a New York publishing house that was founded by Alfred A. Knopf Sr. and Blanche Knopf in 1915.

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BBC Radio 4

BBC Radio 4 is a radio station owned and operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history.

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Bebe Daniels

Phyllis Virginia Daniels (January 14, 1901 – March 16, 1971), known professionally as Bebe Daniels, was an American actress, singer, dancer, writer and producer.

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Bette Davis

Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis (April 5, 1908 – October 6, 1989) was an American actress of film, television, and theater.

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Black Mask (magazine)

Black Mask was a pulp magazine first published in April 1920 by the journalist H. L. Mencken and the drama critic George Jean Nathan.

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Burlingame, California

Burlingame is a city in San Mateo County, California.

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Censorship

Censorship is the suppression of speech, public communication, or other information, on the basis that such material is considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, or "inconvenient" as determined by government authorities.

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Chicago

Chicago, officially the City of Chicago, is the third most populous city in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles.

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Dashiell Hammett

Samuel Dashiell Hammett (May 27, 1894 – January 10, 1961) was an American author of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories, screenwriter, and political activist.

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Detective fiction

Detective fiction is a subgenre of crime fiction and mystery fiction in which an investigator or a detective—either professional, amateur or retired—investigates a crime, often murder.

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Edward Herrmann

Edward Kirk Herrmann (July 21, 1943 – December 31, 2014) was an American actor, director, writer, and comedian, best known for his portrayals of Franklin D. Roosevelt on television, Richard Gilmore in Gilmore Girls, a ubiquitous narrator for historical programs on The History Channel and in such PBS productions as Nova, and as a spokesman for Dodge automobiles in the 1990s.

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Elisha Cook Jr.

Elisha Vanslyck Cook Jr. (December 26, 1903 – May 18, 1995) was an American stage, film and television character actor who often specialized in roles as "cowardly villains and neurotics.", Turner Classic Movies (TCM), Turner Broadcasting System, a subsidiary of Time Warner, Inc., New York City, New York.

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Film noir

Film noir is a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish Hollywood crime dramas, particularly those which emphasize cynical attitudes and sexual motivations.

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George Segal

George Segal (born February 13, 1934) is an American actor and musician.

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Gladys George

Gladys George (September 13, 1904 – December 8, 1954) was an American actress of stage and screen..

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Hardboiled

Hardboiled (or hard-boiled) fiction is a literary genre that shares some of its characters and settings with crime fiction (especially detective stories).

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Hardcover

A hardcover or hardback (also known as hardbound, and sometimes as case-bound) book is one bound with rigid protective covers (typically of Binder's board or heavy paperboard covered with buckram or other cloth, heavy paper, or occasionally leather).

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Hollywood Theater of the Ear

Hollywood Theater of the Ear is a non-profit production company specializing in audio theater, founded in 1993 by Yuri Rasovsky, which releases productions through Blackstone Audio.

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Homosexuality

Homosexuality is romantic attraction, sexual attraction or sexual behavior between members of the same sex or gender.

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Hong Kong

Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, is an autonomous territory of China on the eastern side of the Pearl River estuary in East Asia.

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Humphrey Bogart

Humphrey DeForest Bogart (December 25, 1899January 14, 1957) was an American screen and stage actor.

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Istanbul

Istanbul (or or; İstanbul), historically known as Constantinople and Byzantium, is the most populous city in Turkey and the country's economic, cultural, and historic center.

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Jane Lapotaire

Jane Elizabeth Marie Lapotaire (née Burgess; 26 December 1944) is a British actress.

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Johnson County Library

The Johnson County Library (JCL), established in 1952, is the county library system for Johnson County, Kansas and includes a Resource Library and 12 neighborhood libraries.

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Knights Hospitaller

The Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem (Ordo Fratrum Hospitalis Sancti Ioannis Hierosolymitani), also known as the Order of Saint John, Order of Hospitallers, Knights Hospitaller, Knights Hospitalier or Hospitallers, was a medieval Catholic military order.

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Lee Patrick (actress)

Lee Patrick (November 22, 1901 – November 21, 1982) was an American actress whose career began in 1922 on the New York stage with her role in The Bunch and Judy which headlined Adele Astaire and featured Adele's brother Fred Astaire.

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Mary Astor

Mary Astor (born Lucile Vasconcellos Langhanke; May 3, 1906 – September 25, 1987) was an American actress.

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Michael Madsen

Michael Søren Madsen (born September 25, 1957) is an American actor, producer, director, writer, poet and photographer.

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Modern Library

The Modern Library is an American publishing company.

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Modern Library 100 Best Novels

Modern Library's 100 Best Novels is a list of the best English-language novels of the 20th century as selected by the Modern Library, an American publishing company owned by Random House.

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Motion Picture Production Code

The Motion Picture Production Code was the set of industry moral guidelines that was applied to most United States motion pictures released by major studios from 1930 to 1968.

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National Endowment for the Arts

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence.

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Peter Lorre

Peter Lorre (born László Löwenstein; 26 June 1904 – 23 March 1964) was an Austro-Hungarian-born American actor.

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Philip Marlowe

Philip Marlowe is a fictional character created by Raymond Chandler.

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Pinkerton (detective agency)

Pinkerton, founded as the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, is a private security guard and detective agency established in the United States by Scotsman Allan Pinkerton in 1850 and currently a subsidiary of Securitas AB.

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Raymond Chandler

Raymond Thornton Chandler (July 23, 1888 – March 26, 1959) was an American-British novelist and screenwriter.

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Ricardo Cortez

Ricardo Cortez (born Jacob Krantz; September 19, 1900 – April 28, 1977) was an American actor.

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Sam Spade

Sam Spade is a fictional private detective and the protagonist of Dashiell Hammett's 1930 novel, ''The Maltese Falcon''.

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San Francisco

San Francisco (initials SF;, Spanish for 'Saint Francis'), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the cultural, commercial, and financial center of Northern California.

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Sandra Oh

Sandra Miju Oh (born July 20, 1971) is a Canadian actress known for her role as Cristina Yang on the ABC medical drama series Grey's Anatomy, from 2005-2014, set in the United States.

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Satan Met a Lady

Satan Met a Lady is a 1936 American detective film directed by William Dieterle and starring Bette Davis.

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Sydney Greenstreet

Sydney Hughes Greenstreet (27 December 1879 – 18 January 1954) was a British actor who did not work in films until the age of 62, but enjoyed a run of notable hits in a Hollywood career lasting just eight years.

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The Black Bird

The Black Bird is a 1975 film released December 25, 1975 starring George Segal and Stéphane Audran.

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The Continental Op

The Continental Op is a fictional character created by Dashiell Hammett.

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The Dain Curse

The Dain Curse is a novel by Dashiell Hammett, published in 1929.

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The Glass Key

The Glass Key is a novel by Dashiell Hammett, said to be his favorite among his works.

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The Maltese Falcon (1931 film)

The Maltese Falcon is a 1931 American pre-Code crime film, based on the 1930 novel of the same name by Dashiell Hammett and directed by Roy Del Ruth.

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The Maltese Falcon (1941 film)

The Maltese Falcon is a 1941 film noir written and directed by John Huston in his directorial debut, and based on Dashiell Hammett's 1930 novel of the same name.

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Tom Wilkinson

Thomas Geoffrey Wilkinson, OBE (born 5 February 1948)Born January–March 1948, according to the Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1916–2005.; at ancestry.com is an English actor.

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Warner Bros.

Warner Bros.

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Warren William

Warren William (born Warren William Krech; December 2, 1894 – September 24, 1948) was a Broadway and Hollywood actor, immensely popular during the early 1930s; he was later nicknamed the "King of Pre-Code".

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Webley–Fosbery Automatic Revolver

The Webley–Fosbery Self-Cocking Automatic Revolver was an unusual, recoil-operated, automatic revolver designed by Lieutenant Colonel George Vincent Fosbery, VC and produced by the Webley & Scott company from 1901 to 1924.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Maltese_Falcon_(novel)

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