It was another vintage movie night. Tonight, it was The Maltese Falcon (1941), with Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre, Sidney Greenstreet. This was a break-out movie in so many different ways - the hard-boiled detective, the dark movie (what came to be called "film noir"), the star-turn of Bogart, and the introduction of Sam Spade. It's hard to believe that Sam Spade hasn't been around forever, but then I guess he has been a long time.
It's really a quite good movie, and has held up well over the years - given the technology available at the time. If you've never seen it, or haven't seen it in a long time, give it a viewing.
We're having some beautiful weather this week - mild, with low humidity. That's supposed to change gradually over the next few days. But, of course, by then, we'll be at the beach!!!!
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