The Maltese Falcon (Warner Bros.) (1931)

HOLDS LARGE Bebe Daniels Starred in Warner Bros. Picture © Version of Dashiell Hammett Novel, Now At The ...__.. Theatre (Review Featuring the Story) The large audience at the Theatre last night, at the opening performance of ‘‘The Maltese Falcon’’ starring Bebe Daniels, gave unmistakable evidence that the muchheralded thriller was all that had been claimed for it and more. It is a spellbinder, and what is more—a different sort of spellbinder—for Dashiell Hammett, from whose novel the picture is taken—has written into the story, his experience of detectives and their prey—gained over long years as a Pinkerton man. Miss Wonderly, the heroine if she can be so-called—is a baffling adventuress who keeps every ——bedy guessing to the last moments of the play whether she is what she seems to be—or what the detectives think she is. The fuss is all about the statuette of a bird—presumably a faleon—the body of which is ¢erammed with priceless jewels — es@ospirited from Hong Kong — PGirange means—causing much exemient on the way — several murGere — and many tricks by the ly-wise Miss Wonderly — to Menke herself appear more sinned Peemmst than sinning. [Miss Daniels gives a brilliant performance as the alleged queen of the Grime ring—who wins over all men @xeept the one man she really wants fo win. This individual—head of Pee metective agency—is played by Ha@atdo Cortez. Others in the cast @tew Dudley Digges, 1S aie " BEWARE! You're Marked by the Una Merkel,melodrama to see and see again. Robert Elliott, Thelma Todd, Otto Matiesen, Oscar Apfel, Walter Long, Dwight Frye, J. Farrell MacDonald and Agostino Borgato. The adaptation of the Hammett novel is by Maude Fulton, Lucien Hubbard and Brown Holmes. Roy Del Ruth directed. Scenes of the hair-raising mystery are laid in San Francisco. “The Maltese Falcon” is in the tradition of the best in mystery and detective fiction. It is the sort that makes millions of the great, the near great and ordinary mortals, burn the midnight oil and feel their hair rising in answer to their tingling nerves. It is an escape from ordinary commonplaces, and so impersonal that it is a rest for mind and body. The role of Miss Wonderly is a daring one and the versatile star of “Rio Rita,” “Dixiana” and “My Past” gives a vital performance. This is a picture which the present reviewer advises all lovers of real “You can’t pull the love stuff on me. If cond leptihiaes don. at. the ae Theatre. SFY ga see Ret eees : “Any woman one can be SeHara of, soon loses her lure,” says the who has played leading roles opposite almost MAITESE FALCON yO Cut No. 19 Cut 15¢ Mat sc Supporting Bebe Daniels in “The Maltese Falcon’ at the Theatre. Cortez Counsels~ Women To Keep Men Guessing Bebe Daniels, Starred in “Maltese Falcon’? Does Just That In Absorbing Mystery Film (Current Story) Ability to keep a man guessing RF eS pig eR well-known leading man every feminine star in motion pictures. For these reasons Cortez thoroughly approves of the role played by Miss Daniels in “The Maltese Falcon” and feels that his own part is convincing because he portrays the character of a detective who is powerfully attracted to a woman who is both a riddle and a temptress. ——_—[—————————— is woman’ssnrest weapon, in thes jj dn Kitiope sis oysiiome kien thi Ine “The Maltese Falcon,’’ Warner Bros. Mystery Romance Starring Bebe Daniels, Now Showing At The Theatre (Feature) In ‘‘The Maltese Faleon,’’ the Warner Bros. mystery romance starring Bebe Daniels, now at the Theatre, the vast store of stolen jewels is supposed to be hidden in a statuette which is in the form of a faleon—that strange bird of prey whose rapacity has made it the centre of one of the most ancient sports of the world. Hawking falconry in which a hooded falcon, hawk, eagle, vulture or other bird is fastened to a cord and borne on the wrist to be set free at a signal, to in flight. For the purpose, the hood is removed. Fal is another name for capture birds conry is mentioned in the writings of Pliny, Aristotle and Martial and appears to have been known in China 2000 years B.C. It is found in Japanese records as far back as 600 B.C. and at an equally early date in India, Arabia, Persia and Syria. Faleonry was introduced . into England about 860 A.D. and was followed with ardour not even excelled by fox hunting, down to the seventeenth century. Stringent laws were passed, notably during the reigns of William the Conqueror, Edward III, Henry VIII and Elizabeth relative to the sport. Faleons and hawks are allotted to degrees and orders of men according to their rank and station, for instance, to the emperor Ss eagle oe athe Sa jot ies: Bn gt “= -omes Blonde ror Role In “Maltese Falcon” (Current Reader) Bebe Daniels donned a blonde wig to add another touch of mystery to the weird and alluring part she plays in her latest starring vehicle, Warner Bros. “The Maltese Falcon,” now at the Theatre. The thrilling and absorbing story is an adaptation of the novel by the same name, written by Dashiell Hammett, Roy Del Ruth directed. As-*flown: consists of ¢ ah (confined to the British Isles) Diack: game, pheasants, partridges, quails, landrails, ducks teal woodcocks, snipes herons, rooks, crows, gulls, magpies, jays, blackbirds, thrushes, hares and rabbits. The hawks used in England are the three great northern species—the Greenland, Iceland and Norway falcons. The peregrine, the hobby, the merlin, the goshawk and the sparrow-hawk are also used. The most efficient for general use are the peregrine faleon and the goshawk. In all hawks the Seer thriller will take ae eyou by storm, 2 When a man’s after a murderess he has no time for love.” FALCON! s BEBE | DANIELS | Temptingly beautiful--thrillingly exciting! 4 RICARDO CORTE DUDLEY DIGGES UNA MER | aati Hammett’s case = 34. ONG has. hese th 4strange murder on: erie the + is oe 80 “Keep ’em guessing” is Cortez’s counsel to women who would attract men. Miss Daniels and Mr. Cortez head a cast which includes Robert Elliott, Dudley Digges, Una Merkel, Otto Matiesen, Thelma Todd, Dwight Frye, Agostino Borgato, Walter Long and J. Farrell MacDonald. Roy Del Ruth directed. Bebe Of The Merry Masque Turns To Melodrama (Current Reader) Bebe Daniels, who has endeared herself to the public in as many light comedy roles as serious ones, appears as a weird adventuress of strange fascinations, in “The Maltese Falcon,” the Warner Bros. picture now at the Theatre. The tense melodrama is a sereen version of the successful novel of the same name by Dashiell Hammett. Roy Del Ruth directed. female is larger and more powerful than the male, “The Maltese Falcon,” pictures a type of woman who is also more deadly than the male. Miss Daniels portrays this strangely alluring adventuress with superb finish. Others in the cast are Ricardo Cortez, Dudley Digges, Una Merkel, Robert Elliott, Thelma Todd, Otto Matiesen, Oscar Apfel, Walter Long, Dwight Frye, J. Farrell MaeDonald and Agostino Borgato. “The Maltese Faleon” was adapted from the best-selling detective novel of Dashiell Hammett, by Maude Fulton, Lucien Hubbard and Brown Holmes. Roy Del Ruth directed. Hammett Mystery Baffles All Amateur Unravelers (Current Reader) “Tha. Maltasa a SOT en version ot the novel . os thse, same % RE oa name. “by Dashiell Hab ett: is sol SCEH isu, ; lution is absolutely plausible, Miss Bebe Daniels gives a gorgeous performance as the weird and 1omantic adventuress around whom the story revolves. ‘Rol Del Ruth ~‘rected. >. and RICARDO CORTEZ Why Are Dangerous Women The Most Attractive? (Current Reader) Bebe Daniels, famous for fine players of a}l sorts and conditions of romantic iadies, has never been quite so fascinating as in the role of the amazing Miss Wonderly—and aliases—the murderous love-adventuress in “The Maltese Falcon,” the Warner Bros. production, now at the Theatre. The part makes one quite sure that the female of the species may be, on oecasion, more deadly than thé male. Why are the dangerous women the most attractive? Don’t all answer at once. : COLISEUM Cut No. 24 Cut goc Mai roc