The Thin Man (1934)

View the trailer at YouTube or at the IMDB.

The Maltese Falcon (1941)

If you haven't seen The Maltese Falcon, make that your first sojourn into film noir.




If you go to the Internet Movie Datase (www.imdb.com) you will generally be able to see at least trailers from most movies, if not clips.

Visit there now to see a 1941 movie trailer in all its glory.

Who is this man?
He makes crime a career --
and ladies a hobby
He's as fast on the draw--
as he is in the drawing room.

Humphry Bogart as the most ruthless lover you've ever met
Mary Astor as the most exciting woman he's ever met

It's Dashiell Hammett's greatest novel
The Maltese Falcon

Such amazing adventures!
Such strange drama!
It's a masterpiece of mystery!

Humphrey Bogart topping his smashing success in High Sierra
Mary Astor greater than in The Great Lie

The Maltese Falcon
Another great story from the author of The Thin Man

The Song of the Thin Man (1947)

The Song of the Thin Man was the last in the Thin Man series of films. While all the series is charming, it must be said that only the first two are excellent. The others are good mostly because of the chemistry between William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles.

Legend in Green Velvet, by Elizabeth Peters

To Mother
best friend, severest critic, fellow
traveller, and all-around inspiration



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The Case of the Gilded Fly, by Edmund Crispin

For
Muriel and John
donum memoriae causa




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The James Joyce Murder, by Amanda Cross

To the first reader of this--and other things





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Rat Race, by Dick Francis

Contains an introduction, but no dedication.

The introduction explains how Dick Francis and his wife formed an air-taxi company, which was successful for seven years before they sold it to a competitor.


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