Review of Satan Met a Lady (1936) by Irvin C — 03 Dec 2011

This was Hollywood's second attempt to adapt Dashiell Hammett's "The Maltese Falcon", just right before John Huston's version. The plot is the same except for the fact that instead of a falcon, it's a horn filled with jewels and it's all played for laughs.

This attempt at blending film noir and comedy has some good lines here and there and features an interesting performance by a young Bette Davis but it's ultimately a failure. An interesting failure but still a failure.