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Actors Actors of Greatness Film Humphrey Bogart photography

The Maltese Falcon {1941}.

This film noir from John Huston features Humphrey Bogart, in a truly iconic, star-making performance, and the great Sydney Greenstreet, in his debut on the big screen. Peter Lorre, Mary Astor, and Elisha Cook, Jr. are also all brilliant, with the latter portraying the “Gunsel” (a term author Dashiell Hammett snuck by the Powers That Be).

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Impersonation Music

Cavalcade of Stars.

Let It Be {as Warner Oland}
Hey Jude {as Peter Lorre}
The Games People Play {as Bela Lugosi}
Sugar, Sugar {as Sydney Greenstreet}

The indomitable Paul Frees takes on some pop music standards, in a baffling array of idioms.