Film, Video Web Page The Maltese falcon

Title

• The Maltese falcon

Summary

• Hard-boiled San Francisco private detectives, Sam Spade and Miles Archer, are offered a large retainer by a "Miss Wonderly" to protect her from a man named Floyd Thursby. The detectives believe neither Miss Wonderly nor her story, but they believe her money. Archer saw her first, so he takes the case. Later that evening he is shot to death, as is the mysterious Thursby. Miss Wonderly, now claiming that her real name is Brigid O'Shaughnessey, begs Spade to take over the case and protect her, which he does. It isn't long before he finds himself in the middle of double-crossing intrigue and murder perpetrated by O'Shaughnessey and her former partners, Kasper Gutman and Joel Cairo. All are bent on obtaining possession of a foot-high, jewel-encrusted statuette known as the Maltese falcon.

Names

• Huston, John, 1906-1987, film director, screenwriter.
• Wallis, Hal B., 1899-1986, film producer.
• Blanke, Henry, 1901-1981, film producer.
• Edeson, Arthur, 1891-1970, cinematographer.
• Richards, Thomas, 1899-1946, film editor.
• Haas, Robert, 1889-1962, art director.
• Deutsch, Adolph, 1897-1980, composer.
• Forbstein, Leo F., musical director.
• Bogart, Humphrey, 1899-1957, actor.
• Astor, Mary, 1906-1987, actor.
• George, Gladys, 1904-1954, actor.
• Lorre, Peter, actor.
• MacLane, Barton, 1902-1969, actor.
• Patrick, Lee, 1901-1982, actor.
• Greenstreet, Sydney, actor.
• Bond, Ward, 1903-1960, actor.
• Cowan, Jerome, 1897-1972, actor.
• Cook, Elisha, Jr., actor.
• Hammett, Dashiell, 1894-1961.
• Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967) production company, film distributor.
• Copyright Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

• United States : Warner Brothers, 1941.

Headings

• -  Spade, Sam (Fictitious character)--Drama
• -  Private investigators--California--San Francisco--Drama
• -  Femmes fatales--California--San Francisco--Drama
• -  Swindlers and swindling--California--San Francisco--Drama
• -  Murder--California--San Francisco--Drama
• -  Figurines--Drama

Genre

• Detective and mystery films
• Film noir
• Feature films
• Fiction films

Notes

• -  LP10777 U.S. Copyright Office
• -  Based on the novel by Dashiell Hammett.
• -  Copyright: Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.; 18Oct41; LP10777.
• -  Director of photography, Arthur Edeson ; film editor, Thomas Richards ; art director, Robert Haas ; music by Adolph Deutsch ; musical director, Leo F. Forbstein.
• -  Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George, Peter Lorre, Barton MacLane, Lee Patrick, Sydney Greenstreet, Ward Bond, Jerome Cowan, Elisha Cook, Jr., James Burke, Murray Alper, John Hamilton.
• -  Filmed June 9, 1941 to July 18, 1941 in San Francisco, California, and Burbank, California.
• -  Part of summary from Variety review, October 1, 1941.
• -  LC also holds a colorized video viewing copy in the Copyright Collection, and a videodisc viewing copy in the LC Purchase Collection.
• -  This film was selected for the National Film Registry.
• -  Sources used: Internet movie database, March 11, 2021; Variety, October 1, 1941, p. 9, viewed March 11, 2021 via the Internet Archive.
• -  qxp

Medium

• viewing print 10 film reels of 10 on 3 (100 min., 3,614 ft.) : sd., b&w ; 16 mm.
• viewing print 10 film reels of 10 on 5 (100 min., 9,044 ft.) : sd., b&w ; 35 mm.
• non-viewing print 10 film reels of 10 on 5 (100 min., ca. 9,000 ft.) : sd., b&w ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

• FCA 6513-6515 (viewing print)
• FGC 4792-4796 (viewing print)
• FQA 6690-6694 (non-viewing print)

Source Collection

• United Artists Collection (Library of Congress)

Library of Congress Control Number

• 89706158

Online Format

• web page
• image

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/89706158

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• MARCXML Record
• MODS Record
• Dublin Core Record