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The Maltese Falcon

The Maltese Falcon

Editor’s note: This is a guest article from Will Whitson. “[He was] as honest as you can expect a man to be in a world where it’s going out of style.” —The Big Sleep Even if you’ve never picked up one of Raymond Chandler’s novels about quintessential noir private detective Philip Marlowe (or seen him […]

"The Maltese Falcon" 1941 Warner Bros.

The Maltese Falcon statue from the movie of the same name sold at auction for $4,085,00, including a buyer's premium of $585,000.The sale was conducted by Bonhams in New York in conjunction with Turner Classic Movies. The price was at the high end of expert estimates for the piece (Bonhams had declined to offer a pre-sale estimate). It ranks with the most expensive pieces of movie and TV m

“Humphrey Bogart, Gladys George in The Maltese Falcon, 1941...”

A statuette from the John Huston–Humphrey Bogart classic The Maltese Falcon is one of the most recognizable, and sought-after, pieces of movie memorabilia in history. In fact, Steve Wynn paid $4.1 million for it. But was it the genuine article? Bryan Burrough tracks down a flock of Falcons, with links to both Leonardo DiCaprio and a famous Hollywood unsolved murder.

After our first 7 awesome list of film noir stills here a new list of 7 Awesome Hardboiled Film Noir Detectives as we still love classic Hollywood film noir. 1. Sam Spade Humphrey Bogart as Sam spa…