Mary Astor
Videos
Mary Astor was an American actress. Although her career spanned several decades, she may be best remembered for her performance as Brigid O'Shaughnessy in The Maltese Falcon.
Astor in 1933
A 1924 publicity photo of Astor from Stars of the Photoplay
A 1931 publicity photo of Astor for Argentinean Magazine
With Clark Gable in Red Dust (1932)
Dashiell Hammett
Videos
Samuel Dashiell Hammett was an American writer of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories. He was also a screenwriter and political activist. Among the characters he created are Sam Spade, Nick
Hammett in 1951
Building at 891 Post Street, San Francisco, where Hammett lived while writing The Maltese Falcon: The character Sam Spade may have also lived in the building.
Lillian Hellman in 1935
Photo portrait of Hammett from the cover of his final novel, The Thin Man (1934)