RARA-AVIS: Re: RARA-AVIS Digest V3 #238

From: Kent Johnson ( kjohnson@slip.net)
Date: 08 May 2000


>Perhaps I'm alone in this, but I always thought that someone better than Mary
>Astor could've played the role. It's not just that dated look either.
>
>Bill Hagen

Not a popular opinion, but one I agree with totally. I always have a hard time with Mary Astor when watching THE MALTESE FALCON. She just wasn't a very good actress and her lines could have been delivered *much* better.

Kent Johnson

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