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	The Maltese Falcon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Maltese Falcon (1930) is a detective novel by Dashiell Hammett that has been adapted several times for the cinema.
		The main character, Sam Spade, appears only in three lesser known short stories and this novel, yet is widely cited as the crystalizing figure in the development of the hard-boiled private detective genre.
		The novel has been filmed twice under the name The Maltese Falcon: once in 1931 and once in 1941; the latter version, starring Humphrey Bogart is considered a classic film noir.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Maltese_Falcon (2836 words)

	The True Story of The Maltese Falcon
		However, the Maltese falcon is not a figment of a novelist's imagination.
		In 1530 Charles deeded the Maltese islands to the grand masters in return for a symbolic annual rent of one live bird, a Maltese falcon, which was to be presented yearly to the emperor's viceroy in Sicily.
		In reality, the Maltese falcon was a living bird of prey which symbolized the power and prowess of the strong military arm of the Holy Roman Empire, the Knights of Malta.
	www.theculturedtraveler.com /Archives/NOV2002/Maltese.htm (1084 words)

	Feature \| Dashiell Hammett essay by Richard Layman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
		A primary theme of the novel is that the privilege of living in a place carries with it an obligation -- a tribute of the sort paid with the original Maltese falcon by the Hospitallers of St. John to Charles the V of Spain in the 16th century.
		The Maltese Falcon was Hammett's attempt to break out of the mold of hard-boiled pulp fiction that he had helped to form and that he had used -- and sometimes misused -- amply during his apprenticeship as a short-story writer.
		In the case of The Maltese Falcon, Peirce's basic triad might be expressed in terms of Brigid's first appearance, which presented a set of potentialities: she could be good or bad, honest or duplicitous, a delightful lover or a dangerous temptress.
	www.januarymagazine.com /features/hammettlayman.html (6259 words)

	Literary Encyclopedia: The Maltese Falcon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
		In The Maltese Falcon, in place of the nameless Continental Op of Red Harvest and The Dain Curse, Dashiell Hammett created, as his protagonist, one of the most famous examples of the private investigator.
		The Maltese Falcon opens with “Miss Wonderly” asking for Spade's help in her quest for a restoration of family harmony, claiming that she is searching for a sister whose loss would kill “Mama and Papa”.
		The obese, all-devouring Caspar Gutman, whose history of the Falcon is a tale of the universal pursuit of riches, is the father-figure of a grotesque family group (the effeminate Levantine, Joel Cairo; Gutman's young “gunsel”, the thuggish Wilmer).
	www.literaryencyclopedia.com /php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=251 (531 words)

	Movie Review of The Maltese Falcon
		Watching The Maltese Falcon is a little like tripping on your way up a staircase in the middle of the night: you can't quite see what you've hit, but you know that it's solid and full of hard edges.
		The symbolic center of this movie is the "Maltese Falcon," a jewel-encrusted gold statuette made for a king by crusaders in 16th-century Malta.
		As The Maltese Falcon begins, the precise whereabouts of the statue are unknown.
	www.guidetocinema.com /maltese.html (434 words)

	The Maltese Falcon
		The Maltese Falcon from the 1941 film is considered by some to be the most famous movie prop ever.
		It seems that the history of this falcon is almost as mysterious and sorted as the movie itself.
		One of the MK falcons had lead shot mixed into the casting and then was gold plated making it weight 22 pounds in total.
	www.thegoldenera.net /Falcon.html (290 words)

	The Maltese Falcon - Main Page
		Even Bette Davis and Warren William's starring roles in the 1936 "Satan Met a Lady" is not remembered as a version of the Maltese Falcon.
		Humphrey Bogart's film career can only be described as that of the Maltese Falcon - the elusive characters, the mystery, the diverse and multi-faceted nature of the parts he portrayed.
		Enjoy the story of the Maltese Falcon and the life of Bogie as we present it.
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	The Maltese Falcon
		The Maltese Falcon was John Huston’s first directorial effort and it went on to become a early Film Noir classic.
		Greenstreet explains that pirates stole the jewel-encrusted, priceless falcon when it was sent to King Charles and that, centuries later, it was discovered in Paris, where it was painted with fl enamel.
		Jack Warner, head of Warner Bros., received a scene-for-scene breakdown of The Maltese Falcon from John Huston (then a contract writer assigned to Warner’s biographical film department) and thinking it to be the final draft of the screenplay, approved it instantly.
	www.moderntimes.com /palace/falcon (4139 words)

	Maltese Falcon
		While Dashiell Hammett’s “The Maltese Falcon” was made into one of best movies of all time with one of Hollywood’s most famous leading man, Humphrey Bogart, and became a popular serial radio show in the late 1940s and ’50s, it has never been made into a play.
		Producing the first stage version of “The Maltese Falcon” is one thing; having the approval of the Hammett family and having one of your actor/directors be the one to write the adaptation is another.
		Pope said he was honored by the praise and confidence that he, an unseasoned playwright, could take on the first play adaptation of “The Maltese Falcon.” He said he was confident he could do it, too.
	www.gazettes.com /falcon04282005.html (908 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: The Maltese Falcon [1941]: DVD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
		The title of the movie, which is arguably the most famous exponent of the film noir genre, refers to a golden figure with precious jewels that the Templars of Malta sent to Charles V of Spain as a token of their appreciation in the sixteenth century.
		But THE MALTESE FALCON would fix all three firmly in the public mind, and to some extent all three would continue to play variations of their FALCON roles for the rest of their lives.
		FALCON is particularly noted as one of several films that craftily circumvented the notorious "Production Code" by effectively implying but never directly stating the various sexual relations between the characters.
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	Maltese Falcon (1941)
		At 23rd on the AFI’s list of the top 100 films, 1941’s The Maltese Falcon ranks as its second-highest rated film noir after 1974’s at #19.
		The Maltese Falcon appears in an aspect ratio of 1.33:1 on this single-sided, double-layered DVD; due to those dimensions, the image has not been enhanced for 16X9 televisions.
		As for the monaural soundtrack of The Maltese Falcon, it appeared pretty good given the age of the material.
	dvdmg.com /maltesefalcon.shtml (1410 words)

	On The Maltese Falcon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
		Gutman plans to get rich by selling the statue of the falcon to its rightful owners, and as the leader of the criminals in the novel, he is somewhat likable for his charm and aristocratic bearing.
		The Maltese Falcon creates its interest by developing a hero that the reader can associate with, and it is more important to know how the hero deals with a situation than it is to know the minute details of his logic and reasoning.
		The Maltese Falcon contains most of the elements of the hard-boiled genre, which is no surprise, since Dashiell Hammett virtually defined the form.
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	The Maltese Falcon: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
		The Maltese Falcon is a detective novel by Dashiell Hammett[For more, click on this link] which was made into a quintessential film noir[For more info, click on this link] movie.
		It was filmed twice under the name The Maltese Falcon, EHandler: no quick summary.
		Sam spade was the leading character in the novel and movie the maltese falcon (1931)....
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/t/th/the_maltese_falcon.htm (1614 words)

	Dashiell Hammett, page 06a The Maltese Falcon
		The characters and dialogue in The Maltese Falcon are so vivid that this question is ignored throughout most of the story.
		Falcon debuted in serial form in five issues of Black Mask, between September 1929 and January 1930.
		In 1957, The Maltese Falcon was included in a hardcover set of mysteries that also featured Raymond Chandler’s The Big Sleep and John Buchan’s The 39 Steps.
	www.mikehumbert.com /Dashiell_Hammett_06_The_Maltese_Falcon.html (497 words)

	Inkblots: The Maltese Falcon by William R. Coughlan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
		John Huston's The Maltese Falcon established film noir in 1941, though the genre would not be christened until years later.
		The Falcon itself has been said to epitomize what Hitchcock would later dub the "MacGuffin" – the item that every character in a film either craves or fears; the corollary being that it doesn't matter what the item in question is, so long as everyone wants it.
		The Maltese Falcon, though by no means a perfect film (nor an accurate account of Maltese history), succeeds wonderfully both as individual artistic creation and as historical influence.
	www.inkblotsmag.com /critiques/film/maltesefalcon.php (1725 words)

	:: rogerebert.com :: Great Movies :: The Maltese Falcon (xhtml)
		It was already there in the novels of Dashiell Hammett, who wrote The Maltese Falcon, and the work of Raymond Chandler, James M. Cain, John O'Hara and the other boys in the back room.
		''The Maltese Falcon'' was his first choice, even though it had been filmed twice before by Warners (in 1931 under the same title and in 1936 as ''Satan Met a Lady'').
		The plot is the last thing you think of about ''The Maltese Falcon.'' The fl bird (said to be made of gold and encrusted with jewels) has been stolen, men have been killed for it, and now Gutman (Greenstreet) has arrived with his lackeys (Lorre and Elisha Cook Jr.
	rogerebert.suntimes.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20010513/REVIEWS08/105130301/1023 (1264 words)

	The Maltese Falcon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
		But The Maltese Falcon is a great film and a really great book that will repay close study.
		The Maltese Falcon is interesting for many other reasons too.
		Amazon.com has a lot of reader reviews about the book; The edition that we will use in class is the one pictured to the left (The Maltese Falcon, Vintage Crime, ISBN 0679722645).
	www2.gol.com /users/kcleary/cc/tmf (442 words)

	The Maltese Falcon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
		The Maltese Falcon is a detective novel by Dashiell Hammett, made into a quintessential film noir movie.
		The 1931 Maltese Falcon has also been released under the alternative title Dangerous Female.
		In the novel, Spade also gives up O'Shaughnessy, but in a more hard-boiled manner: It is a choice between which of them will be jailed for murder, and Spade is aware they will hang him but not O'Shaughnessy.
	www.santaclarita.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/The_Maltese_Falcon (549 words)

	The Maltese Falcon Summary
		The ornament, known as the "Maltese Falcon," had been fashioned by the Knights of Rhodes on Malta and sent as a tribute to King Charles of Spain.
		Unfortunately, the dealer was later murdered and the bird taken; but Gutman had traced the falcon to Constantinople and was on the verge of actually possessing it when Thursby and Brigid turned greedy.
		The falcon, he deduced, must be on the La Paloma, the one vessel sailing in from Hong Kon- that day.
	www.awerty.com /maltese2.html (1406 words)

	Major Works: The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
		The Maltese Falcon is probably America's greatest detective novel: it was recognized as such when published, and critics continue to affirm its importance.
		Dashiell Hammett, The Maltese Falcon (New York: Knopf, 1930).
		Irving Malin's "Focus on The Maltese Falcon: The Metaphysical Falcon," and Robert Edenbaum's "The Poetics of the Private Eye: The Novels of Dashiell Hammett," in David Madden, editor, Tough Guy Novels of the Thirties (Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1968), 80-103, 104-09.
	www.cwru.edu /artsci/engl/marling/hardboiled/MalteseFalcon.HTM (1521 words)

	Maltese Falcon
		The other major attraction of The Maltese Falcon is its colorful cast of characters; they include the antiheroic detective Sam SPADE; Brigid O'Shaughnessy, a deceptive beauty; Joel Cairo, an effete Levantine whose gun gives him courage; the very fat and jovial but sinister Casper Gutman; and Gutman's "gunsel" Wilmer, eager to be feared.
		All of them are looking for the Maltese falcon, a fabulously valuable 16th-century artifact.
		First published in 1930, The Maltese Falcon stands today as one of the classics of both suspense literature and American writing.
	noirtexas.com /maltese_falcon.htm (932 words)

	Maltese Falcon, The Posters - Discount shopping Maltese Falcon, The posters
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	The Maltese Falcon (1941)
		On the other hand there's The Maltese Falcon, a movie in which these ingredients are inextricably bound, linked together at every level.
		Sure, the film is superb in each of these individual areas, but it is in their synthesis that The Maltese Falcon becomes great.
		As the keystone of The Maltese Falcon, Bogart's interpretation of Sam is perfection.
	www.film.u-net.com /Movies/Reviews/Maltese_Falcon.html (974 words)

	Reading Group Guide \| THE MALTESE FALCON by Dashiell Hammett
		Published in 1930, The Maltese Falcon was Dashiell Hammett's third novel in two years.
		The fat man reveals the value of the Maltese falcon, and the treasure hunt is on.
		The plot, characters, and dialogue in The Maltese Falcon are perfectly controlled by Hammett, incorporating a vigor and style that became the paradigm for hard-boiled crime fiction.
	www.readinggroupguides.com /guides/maltese_falcon.asp (636 words)

	The Maltese Falcon
		The object of all the mischief is (supposedly) a fabulous, jewel-encrusted statuette of a falcon that has had people cheating, stealing, and killing for over 400 years.
		Now, a new group of are after it, and their trail has led them to San Francisco and the investigative agency of Spade and Archer.
		An indication of the enduring appeal of ‘The Maltese Falcon’ is the number of parodies there have been, films such as ‘The Cheap Detective’, ‘The Black Bird’ and ‘Murder By Death’ are just a few that come to mind.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /alm005/maltese_falcon.htm (766 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: The Maltese Falcon (Crime Masterworks S.): Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
		THE MALTESE FALCON (1930) set the standard by which the private eye genre is judged.
		They are all embarked on a quest, a murderous quest as it turns out, for "the Maltese Falcon" a jewel-encrusted falcon lost from view since the Middle Ages and worth more money than one can imagine.
		It is difficult to discuss THE MALTESE FALCON without reference to the famous 1941 film version starring Humphrey Bogart and Mary Astor.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0752847643 (1814 words)

	THE MOVIE / It's a Noir World / Why Bogart made "The Maltese Falcon" what it is
		This aspiring poet read 'The Maltese Falcon' and his life was transformed.
		For his maiden effort, Huston specifically chose "The Maltese Falcon" because of his affinity for Hammett's jaundiced world view and crisp prose style.
		The first movie adaptation of "The Maltese Falcon," made in 1931, is largely faithful to the novel, especially the more salacious parts.
	sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/02/06/CMGS7AO2O31.DTL (1524 words)

	The Maltese Falcon (1941)
		The Maltese Falcon (1941) is one of the most popular and best classic detective mysteries ever made, and many film historians consider it the first in the dark film noir genre in Hollywood.
		The bejeweled, priceless 'Maltese Falcon' [a 50-pound plaster cast, seven in all, made by the Props Department at Warners] is at the center of the intriguing film as an elusive but valuable object that is greedily desired, for different reasons, by all the principals, in the labyrinthine, noirish plot.
		In 1539, the Knights Templar of Malta, paid tribute to Charles V of Spain, by sending him a Golden Falcon encrusted from beak to claw with rarest jewels- - - - - but pirates seized the galley carrying this priceless token and the fate of the Maltese Falcon remains a mystery to this day.
	www.filmsite.org /malt.html (3482 words)

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