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Title:Discovering The Maltese Falcon & Sam Spade : The Evolution of Dashiell Hammett's Masterpiece, Including John Huston's Movie with Humphrey Bogart
Series:(The Ace Performer Collection Series)
Author:Edited by Richard Layman
ISBN:0972589864 : 9780972589864
Illustrations:colour & b/w photos
Format:Paperback
Size:180x255mm
Pages:359
Weight: .662 Kg.
Published:IPG (Vince Emery Productions) - September 2005
List Price: 13.5 Pounds Sterling
Availability:In Print
Subjects:Films; cinema: Literary studies: from c1900-


The Maltese Falcon has been widely lauded since its original publication in 1930. In its movie adaptation, it not only birthed American film noir but also ranks as one of the 100 greatest movies of all time, as selected by the American Film Institute. Now this treasury of memorabilia on Sam Spade and his creator, Dashiell Hammett, uncovers a wealth of documents and photos about the book and movie from institutional and private archives, many of which are previously unpublished and are available nowhere else. Providing far more information than any resource before it, the book delves deeply into the tale of the jeweled avian statue, including a full account of Hammett's detective career, a chronology of his life and publications, sources and notes the author used in constructing the book, and never-before-seen documents from the book's film, stage, and radio adaptations.