Tag Archives: The Maltese Falcon

Dark Victory (1939)

Posted on March 27, 2026 by Mark DuPré

Melodramas have a bad reputation, as if this were a lesser genre than say, the musical, action/adventure, the biopic, the suspenseful thriller, and horror. But Gone with the Wind was a melodrama, as was Titanic. More recently, Manchester by the … Continue reading →

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An Unfortunate Remake: High and Low (1963) / Highest 2 Lowest (2025)

Posted on January 17, 2026 by Mark DuPré

Remakes have a reputation of being inferior to the original. That’s not always true; there are many good-to-great films that are remakes. Some of the best include: The Maltese Falcon ((1941), a remake of the 1931 film of the same … Continue reading →

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Two Prototypes: What Price Hollywood? (1932) and Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)

Posted on September 25, 2018 by Mark DuPré

Prototype: a first, typical or preliminary model of something. I’ve seen a boatload of old and foreign films recently but haven’t had the time to write about them. Yet when I notice a similarity between two films that don’t seem … Continue reading →

Posted in Film Reviews, Older Films | Tagged A Star is Born, Bill Murray, Cat People, Citizen Kane, Clint Morgan, Constance Bennett, Dali, David O. Selznick, Double Indemnity, film noir, George Cukor, German Expressionist, Hitchcock, IMDB, Lowell Sherman, M, Neil Hamilton, Nicholas Musuraca, Out of the Past, Peter Lorre, prototype, Spellbound, Stranger on the Third Floor, The Maltese Falcon, Val Lewton, What Price Hollywood? | Leave a comment

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Dark Victory (1939)

Two Prototypes: What Price Hollywood? (1932) and Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)

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