At 08:27 AM 5/8/00 +0600, Bill Crider wrote:
>I've read complaints about Mary Astor in other
forums, so I know I'm in
>a minority on this point, but I kind of like her in
THE MALTESE FALCON.
> I'm so old now that the first time I saw the movie I
was too young to
>be critical. In fact, Juri, I was so young that her
haircut was even sort
>of stylish. And later on, when I read in HOLLYWOOD
BABYLON about her red-hot
>love affairs with George S. Kaufman and John
Barrymore, I figured she must
>have plenty of sex appeal, even if it wasn't always
obvious on screen.
I have a difficult time seeing anyone
other than MA in the role, although I can understand that the
book would seem to call for a bit more of an Ingrid Bergman
style bombshell.
James
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