I am continuing the pattern of following up on an actor/actress from the previous day's movie. After seeing Harold Lloyd's leading lady, Bebe Daniels, in yesterday's film short, I decided to revisit her performance in this early version of The Maltese Falcon.
#6 The Maltese Falcon (1931)
Sam Spade is a detective with his hands full of women, but that doesn't stop him from taking on another lovely dame who comes to him appealing for help with a false story of a missing sister, especially when she's willing to throw big money at him. It turns out to be a bird that's missing, and he soon finds out there's more to the story when he gets drawn into a deal with a wacky group of characters.
"You know darling, for that amount of money, I'd let you tell me a lie every day."
Many people may prefer the 1941 retelling with Humphrey Bogart, but I do enjoy this pre-code version with Ricardo Cortez and Bebe Daniels, which is quite a bit racier than the one that followed. Dwight Frye appears here as Wilmer, after playing Renfield in Dracula earlier that same year.
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Mrs. Archer |
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Laying it on thick. |
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Seduction |
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Before the interruption. |
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The dame packs a heater. |
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It appears to be a photo of Louise Brooks on the wall. |
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Bebe in the bathtub. |
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Found |
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"Well, make him lay off me or I'll fog him and nothing will stop me!" |
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Delivered |
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Police report. |
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Admission of murder. |
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