tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post5126453108204714862..comments2024-03-25T11:17:18.130-07:00Comments on Davy Crockett's Almanack of Mystery, Adventure and The Wild West: The FIRST Maltese Falcon movie (1931)Evan Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07620731784654779358noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-11270794905721697192017-05-21T19:59:38.381-07:002017-05-21T19:59:38.381-07:00If you think of Sam Spade as a oily lounge lizard,...If you think of Sam Spade as a oily lounge lizard, Cortez is your man. I do like Bebe over Mary as the kind of babe a guy could fall for instantly.Cap'n Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11783977137812876489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-88186357695786728292017-05-21T13:21:52.888-07:002017-05-21T13:21:52.888-07:00And it had the advantage of being pre-code, so it&...And it had the advantage of being pre-code, so it's truer to the novel in matters of sex. Studio censors squelched a lot of good stuff from the later version.Evan Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07620731784654779358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-83321034644822496452017-05-21T09:35:26.816-07:002017-05-21T09:35:26.816-07:00I love this film and have watched it several times...I love this film and have watched it several times. The flaws: Ricardo Cortez!! And is it a flaw not to measure up to a masterpiece like the Bogart version? Taken on its own merits, this is a moody, hardboiled, sexy crime film with a faithfulness to its source material that comes from it being filmed practically concurrent with the novel's appearance. Absolutely worth checking out.Stephen Mertzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08531248810283345577noreply@blogger.com