Humphrey Bogart
publication date: Monday, October 3, 2011 (part of Fall 2011)
category: 
Movies
clue: The star of the first film noir, soon to be the highest-paid star in the world, didn't mind calling his detective character a spade.
explanation: Bogart starred in The Maltese Falcon. more…
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Justin Woods, Joanna Woods, Richard Slominsky, Denise Sawicki, Mike Rothstein, Steve Dunn, Erik Bates, Ryan Dunn, and Sarah Kyle
Goo Noir: Hard-boiled detective fiction inspired some of Hollywood's darkest films in the 1940s and 50s. These writers and stars epitomized the genre that dwelled in the shadows of the human soul.Similar Goos
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