The latest entry on my blog has an anecdote about Hammett
recounted by the wife of photographer Edward Weston in her
book Through Another Lens: My Years with Edward Weston.
Here's the set-up:
"The silliest celebrity sitting during the Santa Monica
period came when an acquaintance of Edward's, Marcella Burke,
insisted that he should make a portrait of Dashiell Hammett,
who, seven years before, had introduced Sam Spade to the
world in The Maltese Falcon. Hammett appreciated good
photography, said Marcella, and badly needed publicity
pictures. The order was sure to be lucrative."
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--MC
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