Etienne wrote:
> Concerning the Falcon series with Sanders, there
were only 4 episodes of
> them as Sanders wanted to stop. The follow-up was
given to a
> providential brother character in the nb 4 titled:
THE FALCON'S BROTHER
> (1942) which was indeed written by Rice, but this
was the only one from
> the series with Sanders. A transition story and
totally forgettable.
> She probably wrote for subsequent
episodes.
>
> I very recently saw the four first Falcon episodes
and I must admit that
> nb 1 (A DATE WITH THE FALCON - 1941) is better than
expected due to
> clever dialogues, humor and Sanders (the story is
good average for a
> large audience, if we except some naive scientist
plot).
I think THE GAY FALCON (1941) is actually the first. I saw A
DATE WITH THE FALCON last night, and it seemed clearly to
rely on an audience's prior knowledge of the character. I
also thought it was abysmal. If George Sanders had relied
solely on this film for his reputation, he would be in all
likelihood an unknown bump in Hollywood history or, at best,
his generation's William Shatner. He mugs and winces and
gives every indication of thinking he's in a schoolboy's
skit. The story is not as complex as the average Archie comic
book, and as to the clever dialogue, I'd have to say perhaps
it sounds better dubbed in French. I'm looking forward to the
Chandler adaptation in THE FALCON TAKES OVER, but my high
hopes are no longer high.
Jim Beaver
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