Classic Hollywood Movies Film Noir 1940's to 1950's

The most prolific period of time in which film noir was produced starts with The Maltese Falcon in 1941 and ends with Touch of Evil in 1958. During this period and for quite a while afterward, the films were...

Top Ten Classic Mystery Novels - 3,000 Years of Puzzles

The top well known and time-honored mystery stores of all time come from Greece, France, America, England/UK, and China. The oldest dates back to 600 or 700 BC or earlier. They all are read and viewed on film or in stage productions around the world.

A Look At The Maltese Falcon Sailboat - Photos and Info

Falcon is the idealistic prize for large scale entertaining while meandering among saucy anchorages, or for that erst in a lifetime depressed water ocean passage, foaming via the crests, beneath a towering...

Movie and Radio Museums--Who Has What?

Museums everywhere slug it out for dibs on artifacts. Sometimes their fights make the front page--as when Italy went after the J. Paul Getty Museum, threatening its former curator with jail because of certain...

Review of Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon

After the murder of his partner Private Detective Sam Spade becomes embroiled with ruthless criminals in pursuit of a priceless antique statuette. Though accustom to tough customers Sam struggles to stay...

Mrs. Paine's Garage and ...An End to Reading Lists and Libraries?

Here is a good list I'm reading, containing books of different genres. The whole list should be available at our public libraries, which could use a little of our help...

Humphrey Bogart, Tough Guy with a Soft Center

Humphrey Bogart has become one of the great legends of Hollywood. He made a number of movies which have become classics and many of the characters he created such as Rick Blaine and Duke Mantee have become an...

10 Great Movie Classics of the 1940's