Tag Archives: Modern Library Falcon

Hammett: A Coda on Midget Bandit Week

Posted on August 30, 2014 by Don

Shot above: the great Dwight Frye as Wilmer Cook in the first movie version of The Maltese Falcon, from 1931 — the only appearance on film of the character modeled on The Midget Bandit to screen in Edwin Ware’s lifetime. Would Ware … Continue reading →

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Hammett: Edwin “Midget” Ware

Posted on August 25, 2014 by Don

Yesterday I told you we were going to give you an ID on The Midget Bandit — and here it is. As direct as a fist in the face. If you ever had the slightest curiosity about The Midget Bandit, … Continue reading →

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Hammett: Midget Bandit Week!

Posted on August 24, 2014 by Don

If you’re any kind of serious fan of the writings of Dashiell Hammett, you know that Hammett modeled the gunsel Wilmer Cook in The Maltese Falcon, published in first edition hardcovers by Knopf in 1930, on a crook known as The Midget Bandit. … Continue reading →

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