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“And certainly that’s part of what drives
the novel is this hunt for wealth, but when
you get it, it isn’t what you thought it was
going to be.”
Notes
1.
2.
Two other movies based on Hammett’s
novel were made prior to the 1941 classic:
The Maltese Falcon (1931), and Satan Met
a Lady (1936). The pre-Production Code
1931 film was banned from rerelease in
1936 because the Production Code Office
deemed its contents lewd. The restriction
was lifted in 1966, and the film was retitled
Dangerous Lady in order to avoid confu-
sion with the 1941 film version.
Hammett’s granddaughter, Julie Rivett,
provided a keen insight into her grandfa-
ther’s novel when she was interviewed for
the documentary The Maltese Falcon: One
Magnificent Bird. According to Rivett,
3.
It’s ironic that one of the Maltese Falcon
statuettes used in the 1941 film sold at
auction in 2013 to Steve Wynn for $4.1
million.
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