Travis Simpkins

Josh Gondelman. Stand-Up Comedian and Writer. Last Week Tonight. by Travis Simpkins

Josh Gondelman. Stand-Up Comedian, Writer. Last Week Tonight. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of

Josh Gondelman

Stand-Up Comedian

and Writer for

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

by Travis Simpkins

Josh Gondelman - Stand-Up Comedy - Conan

For more info, please visit:

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Josh Gondelman. Stand-Up Comedian, Writer. Last Week Tonight. by Travis Simpkins

The Maltese Falcon (1941): Humphrey Bogart

Directed by John Huston in his debut, based on the book by Dashiell Hammett, The Maltese Falcon (1941) is often cited as the first major Film Noir and routinely places near the top of the list of the greatest films of all time. The story concerns a private investigator who gets tied up in murder and deception centered around a valuable and highly desirable statue of a falcon. One classic scene runs after another… a true masterpiece. Humphrey Bogart is excellent as Sam Spade. Mary Astor is sleek as the Femme Fatale. Sydney Greenstreet is grandiose in his debut, and Peter Lorre is great as well. Gladys George and Elisha Cook, Jr. co-star.

The Maltese Falcon. 1941: Humphrey Bogart and Mary Astor

The Maltese Falcon. 1941: Peter Lorre and Humphrey Bogart

The Maltese Falcon. 1941: Mary Astor and Humphrey Bogart

The Maltese Falcon. 1941: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor and Peter Lorre

The Maltese Falcon. 1941: Humphrey Bogart and Elisha Cook

The Maltese Falcon. 1941: Humphrey Bogart and Sydney Greenstreet

The Maltese Falcon. 1941: Humphrey Bogart and the Maltese Falcon

The Maltese Falcon. 1941: Humphrey Bogart and Mary Astor

The Maltese Falcon. 1941: Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet and Humphrey Bogart

The Maltese Falcon. 1941: Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre, Mary Astor, Sydney Greenstreet

The Maltese Falcon. 1941: The Maltese Falcon

The Maltese Falcon. 1941

The Maltese Falcon. 1941: Humphrey Bogart and the Maltese Falcon

"The Maltese Falcon"- movie trailer

The Third Man (1949): Orson Welles and Joseph Cotten

Perhaps the best film Orson Welles appeared in that he didn't also direct, The Third Man (1949) has all the makings of a classic. Shot in post-WWII Vienna, the crisp black and white cinematography is superb and dramatic. The script is airtight, written by the great literary author Graham Greene. The cast and acting are all top notch. And the harsh, zither music soundtrack is cutting and unforgettable.

American dime store novelist Holly Martins (Joseph Cotten) has just arrived in post-war Vienna, having been offered a job by his old friend, Harry Lime (Orson Welles). He soon discovers that Harry had died the previous week, having been accidentally hit by a truck. After the accident, two friends carried Lime to the sidewalk, where he died...

The Third Man. 1949: Joseph Cotten

Martins, dissatisfied with the jumbled police work of the opposing forces in the city, conducts his own investigation...

The Third Man. 1949: Orson Welles and Joseph Cotten

He learns some horrible truths...

The Third Man. 1949: Orson Welles

that Harry Lime was involved in some pretty despicable business rackets, that there were three men, not two, at the accident site, and that it might not have been an accident after all...