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Classic Review: The Maltese Falcon (1941)–Humphrey Bogart defined the classic hardboiled detective in John Huston’s seminal film noir

On By ruthIn Classic Flix, FlixChatter Reviews13 Comments

I have a huge blindspot on John Huston and Humphrey Bogart's films, so I thought I'd hit two birds with one stone (pun fully intended). It’s perfect timing since AMC is now licensing a bunch of its shows to Netflix, including Monsieur Spade, where Clive Owen takes on Bogart’s role as Sam Spade, the detective …

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Flix Character Spotlight: Peter Lorre

On By ruthIn Classic Flix, Featured Actor/Filmmaker39 Comments

Peter Lorre was the epitome of the the Golden Era Hollywood character actor, providing solid support in a variety of movies and TV for more than 30 years. Born László Löwenstein in Austria-Hungary (now the Slovak Republic) in 1904, he ran away from home at age 17 and began to act in theatre. Changing his …

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