tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32685968.post707401734300481967..comments2024-03-25T10:47:42.656-07:00Comments on Can't Explain: The Maltese Falcon (1929)Jeff Pikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17148737647138431543noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32685968.post-72384042503272160652020-02-01T01:11:19.082-08:002020-02-01T01:11:19.082-08:00Thank you, Mark.Thank you, Mark.Jeff Pikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17148737647138431543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32685968.post-62296174719992929362017-05-13T23:52:14.343-07:002017-05-13T23:52:14.343-07:00I think this was made 4 times as a movie (I know t...I think this was made 4 times as a movie (I know there are 3 for sure, one with a different title). The Continental Op stories were, I think, cleaner stories. I still like the story Spade tells about the guy in Seattle almost hit by the falling safe.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11756022412660068554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32685968.post-38141083659398356442017-04-09T23:19:00.290-07:002017-04-09T23:19:00.290-07:00This posting brought back memories of how much I e...This posting brought back memories of how much I enjoyed the book and the film the first time I discovered them. Thank you.Mark L Freemannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32685968.post-83739430028245508872017-04-09T08:24:48.565-07:002017-04-09T08:24:48.565-07:00Hammett got a chapter in my dissertation. I focuse...Hammett got a chapter in my dissertation. I focused more on Red Harvest for the novels, but Maltese Falcon for the movies. It's important that Huston, who as you note saw that the book pretty much worked as a movie with few adjustments, left out the final scene in the book, when Effie expresses her contempt for Spade. (There is also a good old-time radio version of Spade played by Howard Duff ... he was replaced later and those suck ... it's not really Hammett by that point, but it's entertaining.)Mon-sewer Paul Regrethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04918972562626522624noreply@blogger.com