MisterCairo
I'll Lock Up
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Michael Clayton with George Clooney and Tom Wilkinson. Very entertaining...
Casting based on celebrity drama...It's good to see some things never change.Well, her husband had just been involved in a sexual scandal, so in a way Astor was considered "hot" property at the time. That quote you mentioned is a good one. Lorre's tirade against Greenstreet is also memorable.
Hobo with a Shotgun.... oh how I wish I could have that hour and a half back... such a worthless, horrible excuse for a film.
The female roles are the weak link of the Huston version yet a strong point in the 1931 film. The 1931 Maltese Falcon cast Bebe Daniels as Ruth Wonderly, Una Merkel as Effie, and Thelma Todd (yowza!) as Iva Archer. In this case it is not hard at all to understand why Spade fell for Iva with Thelma Todd is filling the shoes! Compared to Thelma Todd, Gladys George looks positively grandmotherly in Huston's film. Are we expected to believe Spade went behind his friend's back for this dame? Not likely! I can see how Bebe Daniels might cause a guy to break a few laws to help her.
Hobo with a Shotgun.... oh how I wish I could have that hour and a half back... such a worthless, horrible excuse for a film.
"The King Of Jazz"
Paul Whiteman's Orchestra, Bing & the Rhythem Boys, John Boles, Venuti & Lang, the Russel Market Girls and two strip Technicolor. What's not to like?
Maltese Falcon. I love this movie for a dozen reasons, Ward Bond for one. "When you're slapped, you'll take it and like it" is another... But when the secretary says Mary Astor is a knock out, I think it's creative license. She's not a mud fence, but "knock out"? C'mon now.
And don't forget the guy with the bicycle pump. They couldn't get Bix, but that guy almost makes up for the loss.
The Odd Couple.
Started watching it two nights ago and finished last night.