Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Bogart's first nomination for an Academy Award for Best Actor was for Casablanca (1942), [139] a film that he and co-stars Ingrid Bergman and Paul Henreid initially believed was of little significance. [note 2] [139] Bogart won the award on his second nomination, for his 1951 performance in the United Artists production The African Queen.
Fred Sexton (right) and The Maltese Falcon director John Huston, c. 1960. Fred Sexton, an American artist, sculpted the Maltese Falcon statuette prop for the film. [21] The "Maltese Falcon" itself was based on the "Kniphausen Hawk", [citation needed] a ceremonial pouring vessel made in 1697 for Georg Wilhelm von Kniphausen, Count of the Holy ...
Sam Spade is a fictional character and the protagonist of Dashiell Hammett's 1930 novel The Maltese Falcon. Spade also appeared in four lesser-known short stories by Hammett. [2] The Maltese Falcon, first published as a serial in the pulp magazine Black Mask, is the only full-length novel
Bogart's birth record confirms he was actually born on December 25, 1899. [20] [21] Maud Humphrey in the 1897 book American Women. Belmont, Bogart's father, was a cardiopulmonary surgeon. Maud was a commercial illustrator who received her art training in New York and France, including study with James Abbott McNeill Whistler.
Hollywood couple Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall are most well-known for films they starred in during the 1940s, but their son, Stephen Humphrey Bogart, is still shocked that his parent’s ...
Sydney Hughes Greenstreet was born on December 27, 1879, in Eastry, Kent, [1] the son of Ann (née Baker) and John Jarvis Greenstreet, a tanner.He had seven siblings. He left home at the age of 18 to make his fortune as a Ceylon tea planter, but drought forced him out of business.
Explore daily insights on the USA TODAY crossword puzzle by Sally Hoelscher. Uncover expert takes and answers in our crossword blog.
The Adventures of Sam Spade, Detective was a radio series based loosely on the private detective character Sam Spade, created by writer Dashiell Hammett for The Maltese Falcon. The show ran for 13 episodes on ABC in 1946, for 157 episodes on CBS in 1946–1949, and finally for 75 episodes on NBC in 1949–1951.