Dashiell Hammett Double Feature: THE MALTESE FALCON, 1931, CITY STREETS, 1931 May 4, 2012

Friday, May 4 – 7:30 PM
Dashiell Hammett Double Feature: THE MALTESE FALCON, 1931, Warner Bros., 80 min. No, not the Bogart version, but the original - made the year after Hammett’s landmark novel was published. This pre-Code adaptation flaunts a much sexier tone than John Huston’s more famous 1941 version. Some Hammett fans even prefer it. Ricardo Cortez and Bebe Daniels star as Spade and Brigid. Screenplay by Maude Fulton & Brown Holmes, from the Hammett novel. Directed by Roy Del Ruth. [35mm]
CITY STREETS, 1931, Paramount, 83 min. Gary Cooper (young and stunningly handsome) plays a carny sharpshooter who goes crooked in order to free his love (Sylvia Sidney) from prison. The only story Dashiell Hammett wrote specifically for the screen, it is brilliantly realized by director Rouben Mamoulian and legendary cameraman Lee Garmes. Restored print courtesy UCLA Film & Television Archive. Screenplay by Oliver H.P. Garrett, adapted by Max Marcin, from Hammett's original story. NOT ON DVD [35mm]
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