The Maltese Falcon Articles

Humphrey Bogart, the most revered Old Hollywood tough guy, is Turner Classic Movies' Star of the Day this Wednesday as TCM continues its "Summer Under the Stars" film series.[Humphrey Bogart Movie Schedule.] My favorite tough guy — by far — is Edward G. Robinson. The star of Little Caesar, The Sea Wolf, House of Strangers, Key Largo, etc. is followed by James Cagney — when [...]

Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet, The Maltese Falcon An encore presentation of John Huston's 1941 Best Picture nominee The Maltese Falcon, will be presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Monday, September 13, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. Several weeks ago, The Maltese Falcon kicked off the Academy's highly successful film [...]

Groucho Marx, Thelma Todd in Norman Z. McLeod's Monkey Business Thelma Todd on TCM: THE MALTESE FALCON Schedule (PT) and synopses from the TCM website: 3:00 AM Broadminded (1931) A rejected suitor leaves town and gets mixed up in an international chase. Cast: Joe E. Brown, Ona Munson, Bela Lugosi. Dir: Mervyn LeRoy. BW-72 mins. 4:15 AM Son Of A Sailor (1933) A lovesick fool [...]

  It's Thelma Todd day on Turner Classic Movies. As part of TCM's "Summer Under the Stars" series, about a dozen Thelma Todd shorts are being shown this afternoon, in addition to six features this evening. [Thelma Todd schedule.] I'm unfamiliar with Todd's film career. I've seen her in a few supporting roles (Roy Del Ruth's The Maltese Falcon, the Marx Brothers' Monkey Business) and [...]