Dashiell Hammett

The Maltese Falcon is a thrilling, mystery crime that made its debut in 1941. Main character, Sam Spade, battles around town to find this treasured falcon. Spade doesn’t know what is so great about the falcon, however he just knows that it’s costing him his reputation around town. With the police watching his every move and the death of his partner, he is pressed for time. The film gives you a suspenseful feel, as if you are doing the dirty work right along with him. Director, John Huston,…

Hey, that's right it's me, the best in the business. No need to get star struck, I promise.(pause for laughter) I may be the best drummer, from the best band, with the best set, but I hope you can handle the radical emanating off this stage. (Shrug) Oh right, for those of you who don't know, my name's (point to self) Tommy Lee. The famous drummer of Motley Crüe, one of the best bands of this decade. You probably are just here for the autographs at the end, but you're going to sit through this…

We first discussed our research question, To what extent do Arthur Conan Doyle and Dashiell Hammett use their characters to explore the immorality in their texts The ‘Hound of the Baskerville’ and The ‘Maltese Falcon’?, which she disagrees with due to its broadness of the topic. She recommends discussing justice between the two texts instead of immorality, which I found is difficult to focus, especially with the amount of research I’ve completed so far. We later found that the research question,…

Think there is corruption in your town? Does it really grind your gears? Wish there was something you could do about it. Dashiel Hammett’s Red Harvest is just that, the safe way to immerse yourself in action of revenge to those low down crooks that have done you wrong. Set in the grime and greed of the 1930’s, Hammett’s Red Harvest, is worded in the vernacular of the times which brings out the Al Capone gangster out of every reader. The theme is a righteous blood bath staring a detective…

Through Men’s Eyes The hard-boiled detective story is an American classic, featuring men who speak curtly and without shame, a mystery that often involves danger, and alluding women. Since its publication in 1929, Dashiell Hammett’s The Maltese Falcon has been used throughout English classes in grade schools and universities as a way to explore the theme of greed and deception. Despite this, The Maltese Falcon can also be studied in other branches of academic discipline. A student taking a…

The three works that will be analyzed in this essay are “ Stage to Lordsburg” by Ernest Haycox, “ The Big Sleep” directed by Howard Hawks, and “ Too Many have Lived/They Can Only Hang You Once” by Dashiell Hammett. Each of these works has a unique approach to storytelling, but they all share similar characteristics as well. “Stage of Lordsburg” , “ The Big Sleep” , and “Too Many have Lived” all demonstrate different as well as similar tools in literature, such as characterization and imagery.…

Evolution In a murky windy city of San Francisco, A tall, handsome man named Sam Spade is multitasking his desires and job while solving the biggest Mystery; finding the Maltese Falcon. Arthur, Dashiell Hammett wrote the book in third-person point of view making it interesting as the story made us the detective as well, unraveling and putting the puzzles together for the offenses. Realistically, in a 21-century investigation, there are different morals and aspects when pursuing a case.…

The true film noirs used iconology to express the depth of the control and power these women held. Long hair, jewelry, and cigarettes are few examples of the icons used to highlight sexuality. The image of the women were created through their looks and dress codes. For instance, there is a strong emphasis on the eyebrows for the femme fatales’ makeup. Eyebrows play an important role in defining facial expressions. A high arc eyebrow suggests a strong and firm look. When paired with deep red…

America during its time has been influenced by several different literary time periods. The pulps era, which lasted from the early 1930s to the late 1940s was an extremely unique and influential time period in America’s literature and America itself. Due to the state of our country during this era, the pulps literary period saw a new type of writing, a type that we to this very day still have, the comic book. During this time period, America as a society was at an all time low. World War…

We can reserve judgment on whether Carroll & Williamson had the acting ability and chemistry of William Powell and Myrna Loy, two Hollywood greats by anyone's measure. We won't even dwell on the fact that the original Thin Man was created by Dashiell Hammett, one of America's great authors. The point is that TV has never, or extremely rarely, matched the level of dialogue that the Thin Man series in the movies had. The proper comparison is not to one of the great movie couples and their…