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The Maltese Falcon

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A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a beautiful liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette. From TMDB

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  • Dr Pop Culture USA @drpopcultureusa.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 18, 2026

    Humphrey Bogart and Buck Henry on the set of The Maltese Falcon. Henry’s mother was Ruth Taylor, a silent film actress and star of the original version of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.

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  • A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 23, 2024

    1941 THE MALTESE FALCON (Huston) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️ A strong year, but this movie just won't be denied. The greatest detective story of all time. My favorite Bogie performance, deep supporting cast, plot just twisty enough, environs perfectly seedy, ending grim and jaded, just like McPoyles like it.

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  • Frank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 11, 2025

    "Remakes always suck!" (This was the third movie version of The Maltese Falcon.)

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  • Kevin Fox @michigrim.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 30, 2026

    Big fan of the Maltese Falcon poster making it look like a John Woo heroic bloodshed movie.

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  • Comics in the Spooky Age 🧛‍♂️🧟‍♀️🎃 @comicsinthega.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 9, 2023

    My daughter saw Casablanca and The Maltese Falcon in her film study class & she wants to see more Humphrey Bogart films. So we decided we’re going to have a marathon over her holiday break. It will be Key Largo, The Treasure of Sierra Madre, The Big Sleep, The African Queen, & The Caine Mutiny.

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  • More Movies @moremovies.co.ukBluesky · Nov 6, 2025

    Day 6 of the #NoirvemberChallenge - the coolest #FilmNoir character... Our choice has to be Humphrey Bogart as Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon (1941) dir. John Huston #Noirvember #filmsky #moviesky

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  • (un)de(ad) Selby @deselby.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 5, 2026

    📽️ #FilmSky #NowWatching The Maltese Falcon (1941) Dir. John Huston boxd.it/29c4

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  • Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 19, 2025

    i rewatched the movie "In the Heat of the Night" yesterday. I have now moved it up to my top five movies of all time joining movies like Casablanca, The Godfather, The Maltese Falcon, etc. Heat has such great acting, script, and music score.

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  • Comics in the Spooky Age 🧛‍♂️🧟‍♀️🎃 @comicsinthega.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 12, 2023

    My daughter was updating me on her film studies class and the last two films they watched were Duck Soup and Bringing Up Baby. Next up are The Maltese Falcon and Double Indemnity, which she saw with me on the big screen earlier this year and loved. What a selection! And for a high school class!

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  • danst3.bsky.social @danst3.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 19, 2026

    Reminds of a line from an old Neil Simon movie, "The Cheap Detective" (a parody mash-up of Humphrey Bogart movies like The Maltese Falcon and Casablanca) where the Nazi Major tells the French Resistance leader, "Come back to Germany with me, where you will be given a fair trial and found guilty"

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  • Skip Bolden 💙🎬🎞️ @skipbolden.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 25, 2025

    The Maltese Falcon (1941) Written and directed by John Huston in his directorial debut based on the 1930 novel The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett. This is a remake of the 1931 film of the same name.

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  • Monica At The Movies @monicasmovies.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 2, 2025

    The Maltese Falcon (1941) Directed by John Huston

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  • John Lister - johnlisterwriting.com @johnlister.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 17, 2024

    If you want to see Popeye and TinTin singing "Singing In The Rain" in a film adaptation of The Maltese Falcon, you're going to enjoy the world of public domain in 2025.

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  • On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 25, 2026

    On this day (25th January) in 1990, the Scala Cinema was showing The Maltese Falcon (1941), Casablanca (1942) and To Have And Have Not (1944) as a Humphrey Bogart triple bill.

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  • Skip Bolden 💙🎬🎞️ @skipbolden.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 22, 2025

    The Maltese Falcon (1941) Written and directed by John Huston in his directorial debut based on the 1930 novel The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett. This is a remake of the 1931 film of the same name.

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  • Skip Bolden 💙🎬🎞️ @skipbolden.bsky.socialBluesky · May 12, 2026

    The Maltese Falcon (1941) Written and directed by John Huston in his directorial debut based on the 1930 novel The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett. This is a remake of the 1931 film of the same name.

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  • Skip Bolden 💙🎬🎞️ @skipbolden.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 9, 2025

    The Maltese Falcon (1941) Written and directed by John Huston in his directorial debut based on the 1930 novel The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett. This is a remake of the 1931 film of the same name.

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  • 𝙉𝙤𝙞𝙧 𝙃𝙖𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙘𝙠 ♬ @noirbeachshack.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 3, 2026

    Friday *Lee Patrick and Humphrey Bogart in The Maltese Falcon (1941) #FilmNoir

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  • Dean Frey @dean.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 27, 2025

    Remembering Sydney Greenstreet on his birthday 🎂 As Kasper Gutman in John Huston's The Maltese Falcon 📷 Mack Elliott, 1941 He was so good as The Fat Man, it's hard to remember it was his film debut. Rookie of the Year at 62!

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  • Skip Bolden 💙🎬🎞️ @skipbolden.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 5, 2025

    The Maltese Falcon (1941) Written and directed by John Huston in his directorial debut based on the 1930 novel The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett. This is a remake of the 1931 film of the same name.

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  • Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 2, 2026

    It’s 1941. You've never made a movie. So you take a 1930 Dashiell Hammet novel to adapt, grab Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre, Mary Astor and Sydney Greenstreet and give your very first film a crack. Oh, and you call it THE MALTESE FALCON #JohnHuston

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  • Cinephilia & Beyond @cinephiliabeyond.orgBluesky · Feb 21, 2025

    John Huston’s The Maltese Falcon (1941) wasn’t just a great film—it was a perfect directorial debut. A masterclass in noir storytelling, sharp dialogue, and unforgettable performances. How did Huston pull it off? Dive into the story behind the film: cinephiliabeyond.org/maltese-falc...

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  • Hell-a Bambust 🏳️‍⚧️ (alleged transsexual)(spooky) @ela-bambust.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 9, 2026

    The problem is that while the Maltese Falcon and Dial M for Murder are very good, very little Film Noir beats Casablanca.

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  • Corey Atad @coreyatad.comBluesky · May 28, 2025

    you ever wanna watch a good movie, like you’re in the mood for just a good damn movie, you throw on The Maltese Falcon, that’s a 100% guaranteed good ass movie

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  • arotrios @[email protected]Lemmy · Sep 11, 2023

    The Maltese Falcon - 1941 - Starring Humphrey Bogart and Mary Astor, directed by John Huston. cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/13thFloor/t/444651 > > > > > > The Maltese Falcon is a 1941 American film noir written and directed by John Huston in his directorial debut, based on the 1930 novel of the same name by Dashiell Hammett and indebted to the 1931 movie of the same name. It stars Humphrey Bogart as private investigator Sam Spade and Mary Astor as his femme fatale client. Gladys…

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  • Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 21, 2025

    It’s 1941. You've never made a movie. So you take a 1930 Dashiell Hammet novel to adapt, grab Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre, Mary Astor and Sydney Greenstreet and give your very first film a crack. Oh, and you call it THE MALTESE FALCON #JohnHuston

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  • J.A.Tallon @tallon.bsky.socialBluesky · May 27, 2026

    Dashiell Hammett (with scenes from the film "Satan Met a Lady" which was a loose adaptation of "The Maltese Falcon") - BOTD

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  • ArmchairAce1944 @[email protected]Lemmy · Sep 4, 2025

    Anyone who says that TV in the 80s and 90s didn't have 'woke' or 'politically correct' elements in it hasn't been (re)watching a lot of TV from the era. Many major shows I grew up watching in the 90s were chock full of it. Quantum Leap, MacGyver, Sliders, The entire premise of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, and basically every fucking Saturday morning cartoon... Speaking of Saturday morning cartoons. I wonder what those people would think of characters like Charlie from Biker Mice from Mars? She…

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  • Geoffrey Henry @gdhenry.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 30, 2024

    My top 10 favorite film noirs: 1. Double Indemnity 2. Laura 3. The Postman Always Rings Twice 4. The Maltese Falcon 5 The Big Sleep 6. Chinatown 7. The Long Goodbye 8. Twilight (1998) 9. L.A. Confidential 10. Mulholland Drive #Noirvember

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  • Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 2, 2026

    Film Critic LEONARD MATLIN talks about JOHN HUSTON’s stone cold classic THE MALTESE FALCON (1941)

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  • Paul Parcellin @paulpar.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 21, 2026

    A motley gaggle of adventurers enlist private investigator Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart) to help locate a missing jewel encrusted statue, the "dingus," as Spade calls it, in "The Maltese Falcon" (1941). The search is an exercise in futility. The film itself? Exhilarating. #filmnoir

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  • Cinefeast33 (demon version) 📽📺📚 @cinefeast33.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 21, 2025

    My ★★★★★ review of The Maltese Falcon boxd.it/b8pn0j Ultimate cage match: Bogart, Astor, Lorre, & Greenstreet enter the ring for a priceless artifact. Who will emerge victorious? No one remains unscathed in John Huston's hard-hitting, fast-talking noir. Whip smart & funny as Hell. #filmsky 📽

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  • C.W. Blackwell @cwblackwell.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 12, 2024

    Tonight’s #Noirvember flick is the stuff that dreams are made of. THE MALTESE FALCON (1941)

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  • Paula @totallypaula.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 9, 2026

    I don’t mind a reasonable amount of trouble. ~ Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart) in “The Maltese Falcon,” 1941 #Quote #FilmSky #MalteseFalcon #HumphreyBogart

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  • John Hodson @mgcroadster.bsky.socialBluesky · May 14, 2025

    It’s quite rare that writing, acting, editing and directing collide at the very same intersection in time and space, producing a piece of work that could be said to be perfect, but 1941’s THE MALTESE FALCON is such a movie - my ★★★★★ review on Letterboxd boxd.it/9H0VaB #FilmSky

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  • Bill in Colorado @spyvinyl.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 3, 2025

    #NoirvemberChallenge Day 3: The Noir Film That Made You A Fan: "The stuff that dreams are made of." The Maltese Falcon (1941) #Noirvember 🫆 Follow @ladykdesigns.bsky.social and check out the challenge!

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  • TCMFanatics @tcmfans.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 10, 2025

    Born Today, April 9, in 1903 Character Actor Ward Bond... Over 270 film and tv roles including It's a Wonderful Life, The Maltese Falcon, The Quiet Man, The Searchers, Gentleman Jim, Drums Along the Mohawk - and of course star of TV's Wagon Train!

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  • TCM Party @tcmparty.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 25, 2024

    The studio originally wanted to call the film THE GENT FROM FRISCO because THE MALTESE FALCON had already been used for the 1931 film. #TCMParty #TheMalteseFalcon ^JW

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  • Cinefeast33 (demon version) 📽📺📚 @cinefeast33.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 21, 2025

    #NowWatching THE MALTESE FALCON (1941). Director: John Huston. Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor. The perfect noir? Perhaps. Bogart, Astor, Lorre, & Greenstreet are, indeed, the stuff that dreams are made of... Never get tired of this one! #filmsky 📽

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  • Danny Bowes @dannybowes.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 19, 2024

    Watching THE MALTESE FALCON for the nine millionth time: Bogart's devastating emotional breakdown when he finds out about Miles Archer ranks with the most operatic displays on film.

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  • Gaijin "Jiangshi" Rando @gaijinrando.bsky.socialBluesky · May 27, 2024

    Images from film adaptations of the writings of Dashiell Hammett, BOTD in 1894 The Glass Key (1942) The Maltese Falcon (1941) The Thin Man (1934) The Maltese Falcon (1931)

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  • Be Gay Solve Crimes @begaysolvecrimes.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 8, 2026

    BONUS EPISODE - This week on Be Gay Solve Crimes, we scratch away the enamel coating of The Maltese Falcon and discover a movie that is not quite what we thought it would be. Available now on Patreon! www.patreon.com/BeGaySolveCr...

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  • LadyKdesigns @ladykdesigns.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 30, 2025

    Mood: Sydney Greenstreet as Kasper Gutman in The Maltese Falcon (1941). Greenstreet, a veteran stage actor, had never appeared on screen before. He was 61 years old for his film debut. 📷 #filmnoir

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  • Paula @totallypaula.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 31, 2025

    Books to film 📚=🎞️ The Maltese Falcon (1930) by Dashell Hammett. "The stuff that dreams are made of." #booksky #filmsky

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  • jude paw picture diary 🔜 TFCON ORLANDO @judepaw.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 22, 2025

    i think i've told this story before, but i took a date to the 75th anniversary screening of "The Maltese Falcon" because it's one of my favorite movies, and my date kept trying to Do Stuff during the movie because she thought it was boring. did not care for that

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  • J.A.Tallon @tallon.bsky.socialBluesky · May 27, 2025

    Dashiell Hammett (with scenes from the film "Satan Met a Lady" which was a loose adaptation of "The Maltese Falcon") - BOTD

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  • Ray Winninger @winningerr.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 12, 2025

    I’ve tracked every movie I’ve seen since 2009. In that time, I’ve seen THE MALTESE FALCON thirteen times; I’ve seen it in each of the last ten years. Time for the 11th annual screening.

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  • Flying Squid @[email protected]Lemmy · Oct 30, 2024

    IMD ratings are stupid. I almost never see a rating even as high as 9 for anything no matter how much people love a movie or consider it one of the greatest ever made: Citizen Kane: 8.3 The Maltese Falcon: 7.9 Star Wars: 8.6 No Country for Old Men: 8.2 The Shining: 8.4 Lawrence of Arabia: 8.3 Psycho: 8.5 Here's a few 9s. Schindler's List: 9.0 The Godfather: 9.2 The Shawshank Redemption: 9.3 That's how rare it is. Even The Shawshank Redemption couldn't get a 10. Edit:…

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  • Lary Crews © @larycrews.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 8, 2026

    Today's movie (8-8-26) is The Maltese Falcon 1941.

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  • Joe "I'm a Zeppo Marxist" Bacon @josephebacon.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 19, 2026

    A very young Buck Henry hanging out with Humphrey Bogart on the set of The Maltese Falcon. Henry’s mother had been a silent film star.

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  • Patch Zircher @patrickzircher.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 26, 2026

    Gene Shalit, a retired movie critic, probably watched The Maltese Falcon at the Palace theatre in Morristown, New Jersey, when he was 15 years old.

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  • Rachel Gunter, Ph.D. 🗃️ @phdrachel.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 1, 2026

    And if you want to see how the Hayes Code affected Betty Boop and 3 different movie versions of the Maltese Falcon check out Forgotten America on The Great Courses Plus or Audible 🗃️ adbl.co/3HEk4q6

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  • Tommy Krasker @tommykrasker.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 7, 2026

    (3/12) In August 1946, film critic Nino Frank, in L’Écran Français, likened four recent Hollywood films – The Maltese Falcon, Double Indemnity, Murder My Sweet and #TheLostWeekend – to French noir. He was impressed that “even the crime films” were laced with “psychological plots.” #TheNoirCollective

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  • Tenthrow @[email protected]Lemmy · Sep 11, 2023

    The Maltese Falcon - 1941 - Starring Humphrey Bogart and Mary Astor, directed by John Huston. cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/4859270 > The Maltese Falcon is a 1941 American film noir written and directed by John Huston in his directorial debut, based on the 1930 novel of the same name by Dashiell Hammett and indebted to the 1931 movie of the same name. It stars Humphrey Bogart as private investigator Sam Spade and Mary Astor as his femme fatale client. Gladys George, Peter Lorre…

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  • Dan Shive @danshive.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 20, 2025

    Huh. The Maltese Falcon novel (not the movie) supposedly becomes public domain on January 1st. Innnteresting...

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  • pg13reynolds2.bsky.social @pg13reynolds2.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 14, 2025

    #NoirvemberChallenge 14 > The Mt. Rushmore of Film Noir Mary Astor * The Maltese Falcon Joan Bennett * Scarlet Street & Woman in the Window Rita Hayworth * The Lady from Shanghai Barbara Stanwyck * Double Indemnity & The Strange Love of Martha Ivers #noirvember #TCMParty #noirsky #femmefatale

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  • Tobias S. Buckell @tobiasbuckell.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 16, 2024

    My fave black & white film: The Maltese Falcon I became a b/w film watcher back in high school after an accidental film appreciation class. My history teacher Jim Ward showed us Casablanca and explained all the innuendo & history/context. My parents were befuddled by 15 year old me watching it

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  • darleneuk.bsky.social @darleneuk.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 19, 2025

    I await the muppet remakes of The Big Sleep, Farewell My Lovely, the Maltese Falcon or any number of film noir detective stories of the 1940s.

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  • Adam Witosky @adamwitosky.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 13, 2024

    #MovieMadness #MovieChallenge Day 13: Best Book To Movie Adaptation Movie: The Maltese Falcon

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  • ljconrad @ljconrad.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 29, 2026

    Good Evening Argent @sedahr.bsky.social Jaye @jaybird54.bsky.social & #FiresideFriends 🔥 I'm pulling up a chair with a Manhattan 🥃 & Smoked Salmon for starters. Excited to hear about everyone's fave film noir ... one of mine ... The Maltese Falcon. 🦅

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