In Pronzini and Adrian's anthology, _Hard Boiled: an
anthology of
American crime stories_, there's Raoul Whitfield's very nice
"Mistral"
from 1931, set in Nice. Aside from a few factual errors, it
is very
hard-boiled and very much rooted in this exotic locale.
BTW, I wonder if anyone on this list could possibly direct me
to a few
cameo shots of Astor, Lorre, Greenstreet, Cowan & Cook,
the cast from
_Maltese Falcon_? I'm preparing a unit on character portraits
in my
English class (here in France) based on this film and it
would help a
lot to have good stills with facial closeups, if possible
online.
I've been to most of the _MF_ and Bogart sites, and have
found many
good shots of Bogart himself, and a few group shots, but
that's about
it.
Cheers, --- Phil
Lycee Astier, Aubenas, France
Philip.Benz@wanadoo.fr
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