Mary Astor

Noir’s Hard Luck Ladies: Mary Astor

By Jake Hinkson

November 29, 2014

Mary Astor once summed up what she called the five stages in the life of an actor: Who's Mary Astor? Get me Mary Astor. Get me a Mary Astor Type. Get me a young Mary Astor. Who's Mary Astor? Astor was part of the first generation of actors who more or less grew up in…

The Maltese Falcon film poster starring Humphrey Bogart and Mary Astor

The Maltese Falcon at 70

By Jake Hinkson

June 7, 2011

This year marks the 70th anniversary of the release of John Huston’s The Maltese Falcon.   How do you even begin to take the measure of a masterpiece like this? It isn’t simply one of the great film noirs, it is one of the great films. The movie, of course, follows detective Sam Spade as…