There was a stage adaptation of the Falcon presented in Long
Beach a couple of years ago. Here is a link to an article
that discusses it and also mentions in passing the musical
concept: http://www.gazettes.com/falcon04282005.html
Richard Moore
--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "Dick Lochte"
<dlochte@...> wrote:
>
> I think there's been some unsettled legal problem
regarding the
film rights
> to the book. At least that was the case back in the
Sixties when,
with the
> success of Peter Gunn, 77 Sunset Strip et al, a Sam
Spade TV
series was
> contemplated and shelved. Too bad. Howard Duff,
whose radio
version was, in
> my opinion, the best detective show in that medium,
was still
young enough
> to have played him. But then, it was his and of
course Hammett's
political
> leanings that helped to end the radio
series.
>
> Maybe I'm fantasizing, but I seem to recall that a
musical version
starring
> the Rat Pack was considered, with Sinatra (who at
one time did
resemble the
> book's description of Spade), Martin as Archer,
Sammy Davis as
Cairo, Angie
> Dickenson as ..., Victor Buono as ... And so on.
Would have been a
challenge
> for Burke and Van Husen. But Sondheim might have
been able to put
some songs
> together.
>
> In any case, there will probably be more movie
and/or TV interest
in Spade
> next year when Joe Gores' prequel
arrives.
>
> Dick Lochte
>
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