Chapter 19: The Maltese Falcon

When a movie comes out made after a specific novel, the screenplay eliminates most of these minute differences. For example, the letters in the beginning of the novel were depicted as high action scenes rather than in letter format.

In chapter three of The Maltese Falcon Mr. Spade arrived to his office and found Mrs. Iva there; Mrs. Iva was Mr. Miles wife but she was also having an affair with Spade. Spade was bother to know that Iva was in his office waiting on him; he told Effie “I asked you to keep her away.” He had no other option that to see Iva and speak with her since she was there already. Iva was crying to Spade about her husband death but also was to physical close to him “her arms were around him…[and] they had a kissed.” While Spade tried to calm her down she had questioned him about her husband death and accused him. When Iva left the office Spade and Effie had a conversation about the whole situation with Iva and Mr. Miles death. Effie had mentioned that

In recent years, it has become popular for many of America's great literary masterpieces to be adapted into film versions. As easy a task as it may sound, there are many problems that can arise from trying to adapt a book into a movie, being that the written word is what makes the novel a literary work of art. Many times, it is hard to express the written word on camera because the words that express so much action and feeling can not always be expressed the same way through pictures and acting. One example of this can be found in the comparison of Ken Kesey's novel, "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and the film version directed in 1975 by Milos Forman.

A tremendous effort went into getting the details accurate. James Berardinelli of ReelViews.net says “The main events shown in the film happened much as they are depicted, some of the key characters (Shaw, Frederick Douglas, etc.) existed, and the outcome was as Zwick presents it.”. The list of characters include many first rate actors in the following roles Trip, (Denzel Washington), Robert Gould Shaw (Matthew Broderick), John Rawlins (Morgan Freeman) and Cabot Forbes (Cary Elwes). Although many of the secondary characters are moderately or completely fictitious the main movie tells a compelling moment in history.

     Many time in our lives, we have seen the transformation of novels into movies. Some of them are equal to the novel, few are superior, and most are inferior. Why is this? Why is it that a story that was surely to be one of the best written stories ever, could turn out to be Hollywood flops? One reason is that in many transformations, the main characters are changed, some the way they look, others the way they act. On top of this, scenes are cut out and plot is even changed. In this essay, I will discuss some of the changes made to the characters of the Maltese Falcon as they make their transformation to the ?big screen.?

The Maltese Falcon, was not only a detective film, but a film that displayed many different aspects of the female and the male character in the movie. The film was more than a story, but a story that explored the ideas of the detective genre and the different characteristics of femininity and masculinity. It also brought forth subjects of sexual desires and the greediness of money. The characters and the visual motifs in the film contributed to the developing of the plot and assisted in creating a more detective and gender oriented film. In the film, The Maltese Falcon, the role of men and women are portrayed in different ways in the film to show the distinct functions of masculinity and femininity

For instance, Biff was played well by the character pin the movie. Even though they had a different version of Willy, he tries to put his frustrations across but the reader may have expected a much older, fat and grumpy character. Despite this, the film is a successful portrayal of the play in which it was adapted. The actors in the film try as much as possible to conform to the play and they are successful.

The Maltese Falcon is definitely one of the most critically acclaimed books from the Pulp Era. This book is full of both mystery and scandal, this book screams Pulp Era. In the book there are two men who work at a detective agency called Spade and Archer Detective Agency. The agency is named after Sam Spade and Miles Archer. A woman who goes by the name of Miss Wonderly, walks into the two men's office and is in search of her missing sister, by the time the night is finished with Miles Archer one of the detectives is killed along with another man. Spade takes a very strong interest in this woman and the men that she surrounds herself with. Spade develops a very strong need to constantly be in everything that she does. He even says that “she is a

In traditional hard-boiled American detective fiction there are many themes that seem to transcend all novels. One of those themes is the concept of power and the role in which it plays in the interaction and development of characters. More specifically, the role of women within the novels can be scrutinized to better understand the power they hold over the other characters, their own lives and the direction of the story. Dashiell Hammett’s The Maltese Falcon exemplifies the varying ways in which female characters attempt to obtain and utilize power in hopes of influencing, manipulating and succeeding.

In The Maltese Falcon (1941), Humphrey Bogart plays Sam Spade, a private eye detective who is lured into the chase for a bird statue by a mysterious and deceitful woman named Ruth. His objectives are to find the Maltese Falcon, and discover the murderer of two crimes: the death of his former partner, Miles Archer, and another man named Thursby. He also wishes to prove his innocence for the murder of his partner because the police have him as the prime suspect. Sam approaches these problems by using his street smarts and investigative skills to follow a trail. Many times, he uses his uncanny ability to read expressions, words, and actions to see through lies and find the truth. This is evident when “Ruth” returns

As a former south sheriff, Hackman knows the conditions in and out. The actors portray the characters in a special way. The acting gives us an insight on how it was in reality. They act in a way that makes you become interested in the movie and

Behind every great movie, comes a storyline that is derived from a book however, most of the books to the movies have a great number of deviations. The screenwriters and other staff members to include the director come up with these deviations to enhance the plot in the attempt to make it a more interesting film to which in turn can make a better profit. The majority of differences that is found in films main objective is to enhance the mind. For example, when a scene has the ability to get a particular feeling out of a viewer, it is imperative to be able to understand the reasons for those feelings. The dialog and the visual effects of a scene sets a tone that differs from that of the book that it was taken from. Also, screen writers and

These are two similar stories told two different different ways. While original written works are what introduces thought provoking ideas, adaptations can expand on those ideas while reaching a wider audience becoming much more successful at least in terms of profit. Ever since the first film adaptation in the early twentieth century, critics and casuals alike have debated whether movies were better than their original written versions. The

Normally, when a movie is made about a story in a book the two stories are not exactly the same. The movie is adjusted by adding small details or leaving out some parts in order to make the story more

Whenever books are adapted for film, changes inevitably have to be made. The medium of film offers several advantages and disadvantages over the book: it is not as adept at exploring the inner workings of people - it cannot explore their minds so easily; however, the added visual and audio capabilities of film open whole new areas of the imagination which, in the hands of a competent writer-director, can more than compensate.