once to get my meaning down,
once to put in anything I have left out,
once to take out anything that seems unnecessary,
and once to make the whole thing sound as if I had only just thought of it.
A Man Called Spade
by Dashiell Hammett.
Published by Dell.
First Edition.
Paperback.
First published 1944.
ASIN: B000JWUE5A
Description:
Collection of short stories by this master writer of the Sam Spade detective series. Introduction by Ellery Queen. Dell Mapback #90. Sam Spade is featured in five short stories. The original hard-boiled American detective is featured in this vintage mapback edition.
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A Fine Romance (1991); À la folie, pas du tout (1987); À pied, à cheval et en voiture (1957); Adieu Léonard (1943); Allô... je t'aime (1952); An Angel on Wheels (1959); Antenne 2 Midi (1987); April Fools' Day (1954); Art. 519 codice penale (1952); Au théâtre ce soir (1966–1984); Avis de recherche (1988); Bell' Antonio (1960); Boléro (1942); Bomben auf Monte Carlo (1960); Bonheur en location (1949); Boulevard des faits divers: 65-66 (1966); Carré de valets (1947); Carve Her Name with Pride (1958); Castles in Spain (1954); C'est la faute d'Adam (1958); Champs-Elysées (1982–1988); Chéri (1962); Coïncidences (1947); Demain nous divorçons (1951); Des jeunes filles dans la nuit (1943); Devil in the Flesh (1947); En cas de guerre mondiale, je file à l'étranger (1983); En famille (1915); Entrez sans frapper (1972); Escalier de service (1954); Et dix de der (1948); Étrange destin (1946); Fan des années 80 (2009–2012); Fantaisie d'un jour (1955); Girls' Dormitory (1953); Hello-Goodbye (1970); Honneur d'artiste (1920); Il seduttore (1954); Jeunes filles à marier (1935); Joyeux anniversaire Monsieur Trenet (1995); Julietta (1953); La bonne soupe (1964); La dame de Vittel (1937); La derelitta / Cinéma 16 (1977–1982); La joie de vivre (1954); La maison de campagne (1969); La nuit des Molières (1987); La peau de l'ours (1957); La ronde des heures (1949); La rue des bouches peintes (1955); La soupière (1992); La une est à vous (1988); La villa Sans-Souci (1955); L'auberge en folie (1956); L'aventure est au coin de la rue (1944); Le chevalier Tempête (1967); Le confident de ces dames (1959); Le couple idéal (1946); Le divan (1988); Le gaffeur (1985); Le panier à crabes (1960); Le père de Mademoiselle (1953); Le petit monument (1961); Le petit théâtre d'Antenne 2 (1985); Le printemps, l'automne et l'amour (1955); Le tombeur (1958); Le voleur de feuilles (1984); L'entretien (1969); Les aventures de Babar (1968); Les caves du Majestic (1945); Les corsaires du Bois de Boulogne (1954); Les dames de la côte (1979–1980); Les moyens du bord (1979); Les petites Cardinal (1951); Les pique-assiettes (1989); Les quartiers de Paris (Clio dans le métro) (1967); Les rois maudits (1972); Les saisons du plaisir (1988); Les temps difficiles (1985); Les uns et les autres (1988); L'esprit de famille (1982); L'extravagante mission (1945); L'honorable Catherine (1943); L'insaisissable Frédéric (1946); L'oasis dans la tourmente (1942); Love and the Frenchwoman / Segment: Le Divorce (1960); Madame et son flirt (1946); Madame Rigadin modiste (1914); Mademoiselle Etchiko (1913); Mais qui donc m'a fait ce bébé? (1971); Mardi cinema (1984); Merci Sylvestre (1983); Midi-Première (1981); Mimi Pinson (1958); Mitsou (1956); Mon ami Sainfoin (1950); Monsieur Hector (1940); Montmartre sur Seine (1941); My Fair Lady (1964); Nemrod et compagnie (1916); N'oublie pas ton père au vestiaire... (1982); On demande un ménage (1946); Pas de caviar pour tante Olga (1965); Pas de week end pour notre amour (1950); Police judiciaire (1958); Raspoutine (1954); Regards de femme (1990); Retour de flamme (1943); Rigadin professeur de danse (1916); Romance à trois (1942); Rome Express (1950); Rouge (1960); Sacrée soirée (1987–1991); Samedi soir (1972); Serge Panine (1939); Six heures à perdre (1947); Stars 90 (1991); Summertime (1955); Sur la sellette (1978); Sylviane de mes nuits (1957); Tête blonde (1950); The Blue Veil (1942); The Blues (1918); The Party (1980); The Party 2 (1982); The Sheep Has Five Legs (1954); The Tour of the Grand Dukes (1953); Thé, soupçon et sympathie (1967); Tout pour le mieux (1969); Trois artilleurs à l'opéra (1938); Trois artilleurs au pensionnat (1937); Un curé de choc (1974); Un homme dans la maison (1962); Un ours pas comme les autres (1978); Une autre vie (1971); Une femme par jour (1949); Une nuit aux Baléares (1957); Vingt-cinq ans de bonheur (1943).
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directed by Victor Sjöström,
written by Frances Marion and John Colton,
based on the novel by Dorothy Scarborough,
was released in the United States on September 17, 1928.
Music by William Axt and Carl Davis.
Cast:
Lillian Gish, Lars Hanson, Montagu Love, Dorothy Cumming, Edward
Earle, William Orlamond, Carmencita Johnson, Leon Janney, Billy Kent Schaefer,
Sam Appel, Si Jenks, Cullen Johnson, Seessel Anne Johnson, Gus Leonard,
Margaret Mann.
directed
by Ben Affleck,
written
by Peter Craig, Ben Affleck and Aaron Stockard,
was
released in the United States on September 17, 2010.
Music by Harry Gregson-Williams and David Buckley.