Classic Films

ificandream

(9,385 posts) Sat Apr 6, 2024, 04:12 PM Apr 6

Just picked up the 1931 version of "The Maltese Falcon".

Bought it on Vudu (it's $5 if you buy two others in their 3 for $15 mix and match. I think it's $7.99 if you buy it separately). Anyway, I was completely unfamiliar with it. It's quite different from the Bogart version. It's very typical pre-code. For one, Sam Spade is quite the womanizer.

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Just picked up the 1931 version of "The Maltese Falcon". (Original Post) ificandream Apr 6 OP

That's a corker. Harker Apr 6 #1

I'm still watching it, but so far I really like it. (I'm a big fan of pre-code, anyway.) ificandream Apr 6 #2

Interesting Easterncedar Apr 6 #3

dude is a lech.....mercy.... bahboo Apr 6 #4

Haven't seen it yet. But have been watching the new series, "Monsieur Spade" progressoid Apr 6 #5

Harker

(14,030 posts)

1. That's a corker.

Reply to ificandream (Original post)

Sat Apr 6, 2024, 04:30 PM

Apr 6

Fun to see Dwight Frye as Wilmer.

ificandream

(9,385 posts)

2. I'm still watching it, but so far I really like it. (I'm a big fan of pre-code, anyway.)

Reply to Harker (Reply #1)

Sat Apr 6, 2024, 04:33 PM

Apr 6

Easterncedar

(2,312 posts)

3. Interesting

Reply to ificandream (Original post)

Sat Apr 6, 2024, 04:56 PM

Apr 6

Thanks for the heads up. I’ll try to see it. But can anyone beat Sidney Greenstreet?

bahboo

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4. dude is a lech.....mercy....

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Sat Apr 6, 2024, 05:32 PM

Apr 6

progressoid

(49,992 posts)

5. Haven't seen it yet. But have been watching the new series, "Monsieur Spade"

Reply to ificandream (Original post)

Sat Apr 6, 2024, 08:53 PM

Apr 6

Twenty years after the events of the novel "The Maltese Falcon," Sam Spade has retired in the small town of Bozouls in southern France; it's 1963, the war has ended, and in a very short time, so, too, will Spade's tranquility.

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