The Maltese falcon

Duration: 100

Year Published: 1941

Creator: produced by Henry Blanke ; written and directed by John Huston.

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Credits: Huston, John, 1906-1987, direction.; Blanke, Henry, 1901-1981, production.; Edeson, Arthur, 1891-1970, camera/lighting.; Lorre, Peter, cast.; Bogart, Humphrey, 1899-1957, cast.; Astor, Mary, 1906-1987, cast.; Hammett, Dashiell, 1894-1961. Maltese falcon.; Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967)

Description: Based on the novel by Dashiell Hammett.; Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. Access by appt. only. CBPF.; Photography, Arthur Edeson ; editor, Thomas Richards.; Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George, Peter Lorre, Sidney Greenstreet.; The focus is on private eye Sam Spade as he investigates the murder of his partner and searches for the mysterious, priceless falcon. This was a prototype for film noir in the feeling of unease running through the presentation of a claustrophobic world animated by betrayal, pain and hints of perversion. However, there is also a vein of dark humour more often linked with the private eye film. Bogart as Sam Spade is the archetypal forties 'hard-boiled' private eye who is ultimately validated as the the masculine hero. Classic film noir tends to question unified and potent masculinity. Huston's direction here is also more matter-of-fact and visually less expressionistic than the later noir-influenced detective films.; PFA 1616-01-15129. D0442; PFA 1616-01-15129. CONDITION NOTE: checked 2012 KW: moderate scratching throughout; some splices; appears to be poor duplicate; R3 warped, R1-R2 slightly so; startup sprocket damage R2

Metadata Source:BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE